Registered Nurse (RN) - Telemetry
Desert Regional Medical Center
Palm Springs, California
The Clinical Nurse assumes principal responsibility for the total nursing care, assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation of each assigned patient. Desert Regional Medical Center is a trauma center.
- Eligibility
- Sign-on bonus
Posted Oct 8
- Shift and hours
- Nights Shift: Nights Job type: Full Time Hours:
- Unit and setting
- Telemetry · Hospital Registered Nurse (RN) - Telemetry
- License
- RN license Current CA Registered Nurse LicenseCurrent California RN license
- Term
- PermanentFull time
Do you qualify?
- License
- Current California RN license Current CA Registered Nurse License Check your license
- Certification
- AHA BLS certification, maintained at all times Current American Heart Association BLS certification and ACLS certification (maintain current at all times)
- Certification
- AHA ACLS certification, maintained at all times
- Education
- ADN (alternative to BSN) Associate Degree in Nursing ADN (G70AH / G70AK) or
- Education
- BSN (alternative to ADN) Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing BSN (G70AZ / G70AD)
- Also asks
- Comply with Respiratory Fit Testing Protection Policy Must comply with Respiratory Fit Testing Protection Policy
- Also asks
- Effective verbal and written communication skills Effective verbal and written skills to communicate with people on all levels and able to maintain positive working relationships with parents, families, and co-workers
- Also asks
- Able to independently manage multiple priorities
What it pays
- Sign-on bonus
- $15,000
- Bonus
- Sign-on bonus up to $15,000 Up to $15,000 Sign-On bonus based on experience!Based on experience
- Eligibility
- Benefit eligibility set by employment status Note : Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status
Benefits
- BenefitsMedical, dental, vision, and life insuranceMedical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Benefits401(k) with employer match401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
- BenefitsGenerous paid time offGenerous paid time off
- BenefitsCareer development and continuing education opportunitiesCareer development and continuing education opportunities
- BenefitsHealth savings accounts and healthcare and dependent flexible spending accountsHealth savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
- BenefitsEmployee Assistance program and Employee discount programEmployee Assistance program, Employee discount program
More benefits (7)
- BenefitsVoluntary pet, legal, accident and critical illness, long term care, elder and childcare, and auto and home insuranceVoluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Health savings accounts
- Healthcare and dependent flexible spending accounts
- Employee Assistance program
- Employee discount program
- Voluntary benefits including pet, legal, accident, critical illness, long term care, elder and childcare, auto and home insurance
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Maintain chemotherapy competency Maintain Chemotherapy Competency
- Day to day
- Obtain and interpret information in terms of patient needs Obtains information and interpret information in terms of the patient’s needs.
- Day to day
- Demonstrate knowledge of growth and development Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development.
- Day to day
- Understand the range of treatment appropriate to patient ages Understands the range of treatment needed as appropriate to the ages of the patients served.
- Day to day
- Maintain annual competencies Maintains Annual competencies.
- Day to day
- Perform and document comprehensive and daily assessments per policy Performs and documents accurate comprehensive and daily assessments per policy and standards for specific unit.
- Day to day
- Demonstrate knowledge of unit disease processes Demonstrates knowledge associated with specific unit disease processes.
- Day to day
- Demonstrate knowledge of commonly used unit drugs Demonstrates knowledge of commonly used drugs for specific unit.
- Day to day
- Initiate and document patient and family teaching Initiates, documents progressive patient, and family/significant teaching.
- Day to day
- Facilitate discharge process ensuring goals are addressed Facilitates the discharge process ensuring all goals are addressed prior to discharge.
- Day to day
- Initiate interdisciplinary communication and incorporate recommendations Initiates interdisciplinary communications and incorporates recommendations.
- Day to day
- Work with other disciplines on complex discharge planning Works with other disciplines for complex discharge planning and early facilitation of discharge process.
The workplace
You would be walking into Desert Regional Medical Center on North Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs—a Tenet hospital in the Desert Care Network that has been on this campus since 1948. It holds a Level I Trauma Center designation…
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range, differentials, and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
Original listing
Posted on Desert Regional Medical Center’s careers page.
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Overview
Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance. Ready to be a vital part of our mission? Apply today and bring your passion for nursing to a place where it truly matters!
At Desert Regional Medical Center, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That’s why we offer more than a job – we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Generous paid time off
- Career development and continuing education opportunities
- Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
- Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
- Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance
Note : Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status
Job Summary
Shift: Nights Job type: Full Time
Hours
Up to $15,000 Sign-On bonus based on experience!
The Clinical Nurse assumes principal responsibility for the total nursing care, assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation of each assigned patient. The staff nurse initiates teaching and educates the patient and family/or significant other to attain optimal health. Access to all Patient Health Information for treatment purposes only.
Responsibilities
Department Specific Duties
- Maintain Chemotherapy Competency
- Obtains information and interpret information in terms of the patient’s needs.
- Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development.
- Understands the range of treatment needed as appropriate to the ages of the patients served.
- Maintains Annual competencies.
- Performs and documents accurate comprehensive and daily assessments per policy and standards for specific unit.
- Demonstrates knowledge associated with specific unit disease processes.
- Demonstrates knowledge of commonly used drugs for specific unit.
- Initiates, documents progressive patient, and family/significant teaching.
- Facilitates the discharge process ensuring all goals are addressed prior to discharge.
- Initiates interdisciplinary communications and incorporates recommendations.
- Works with other disciplines for complex discharge planning and early facilitation of discharge process.
Qualifications
Required
- Current CA Registered Nurse License
- Associate Degree in Nursing ADN (G70AH / G70AK) or
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing BSN (G70AZ / G70AD)
- Current American Heart Association BLS certification and ACLS certification (maintain current at all times)
- Effective verbal and written skills to communicate with people on all levels and able to maintain positive working relationships with parents, families, and co-workers
- Possess active listening skills
- Compassionate and non judgmental care giver and advocate
- Able to independently manage multiple priorities
- Must comply with Respiratory Fit Testing Protection Policy
- Must successfully complete EKG test within (60) sixty days of hire/ transfer
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Organization Description
Desert Care Network serves the healthcare needs of the Coachella Valley and Morongo Basin regions in Southern California with three hospitals Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio and Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree. The hospital network provides advanced care with services such as comprehensive stroke care, a cancer center, a Level 1 Trauma Center and the only Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the Coachella Valley. Desert Care Network is committed to healthcare equality. Join our team!
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What's around it?
Palm Springs, CAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 11% above the US average
- Median rent
- $1,562/mo
- Household income
- $73,119/yr, all local households, not nurse pay