Clinical Nurse: Irvine Sub ICU/Telemetry
Hoag Health System · Irvine, California, United States
Expand Your Nursing Career at Hoag Irvine
Join Hoag Irvine's growing Telemetry team and gain experience across a variety of high-acuity specialties, including:
- Neurosurgical care
- Stroke management and neuro monitoring
- Cardiovascular surgical care
- Sub-ICU level care, including ventilator support
- Complex surgical care
If you're interested in advancing your clinical skills or preparing for a future in critical care, this is an excellent opportunity to build a strong foundation.
About the Unit
Our 72-bed Telemetry Unit provides care for patients with neurological, cardiac conditions, post-surgical recovery needs, and other complex medical conditions. We foster a collaborative environment focused on teamwork, professional growth, evidence-based practice, and exceptional patient care.
Why Hoag?
At Hoag, you'll join a team dedicated to clinical excellence, innovation, and compassionate care. We seek nurses who are passionate, accountable, and committed to delivering outstanding patient outcomes while continuing to grow professionally.
Available Shifts: Days and Nights
Key Responsibilities:
- Monitor and interpret cardiac rhythms and respond appropriately to changes in patient condition.
- Administer medications, including cardiac drips, and assess therapeutic and adverse effects.
- Collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to develop and implement individualized care plans.
- Educate patients and families regarding diagnoses, treatments, medications, and discharge planning.
- Perform comprehensive patient assessments and accurately document care provided.
- Communicate changes in patient status and contribute to effective handoff and care coordination.
- Respond to emergencies and provide timely clinical interventions.
- Support patient safety, infection prevention, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Maintain professional standards, regulatory compliance, and departmental policies and procedures.
Other duties may include:
- Assessing and documenting a complete physical assessment, nursing interventions, and teaching and discharge needs for patients assigned to each shift, utilizing documentation guidelines, Standards of Care and Pathway goals.
- Communicating changes in the patient's condition to the Charge Nurse/Supervisor and the physician directing care, as well as pertinent information at shift report using the patient Plan of Care (POC).
- Providing continuity of care through the implementation and utilization of the POC.
- Responding to emergency situations in a timeframe appropriate to the needs of each patient.
- Administering medications and intravenous therapy with the ability to assess the appropriate indication of dosing and effects of the medication administered.
- Assessing the educational ability/level for the patient, incorporating available educational material into patient/significant other teaching and documenting understanding in the patient record.
Continuing your journey here as a Hoag nurse, means consistently maintain a high standard of professional communication, appearance and conduct. You must be driven to excel in patient treatment and nursing, and be deeply passionate about your work. To that end, we’ll expect you to participate in our continuous quality improvement process and maintain a working knowledge of departmental and hospital standards, policies and procedures.
We’re keen on following safety measures and infection control protocols, being attentive to details, and having intimate knowledge of the populations we serve.
Education and Experience
Clinical Nurse I’s at Magnet designated facilities only require a BSN or that a BSN program is started within one year of hire date and BSN degree is attained within two years of the starting the BSN program.
Additional requirements for specific departments are as follows:
- Active, Current California RN License.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification accredited from American Heart Association
- ACLS certification accredited from American Heart Association
- Successful completion of an EKG course or equivalent.
- Requires and Maintains NIHSS certification 365 days from the day of hire as designated by Manager.
Preferred
- BSN.
- Previous telemetry, step-down, progressive care, or other high-acuity nursing experience.
- Experience caring for neurological, cardiovascular surgery, or ventilated patients.
- Proficiency with clinical equipment and electronic health record systems.
- Additional skills and knowledge of various equipment and software may be required.
- Preferred at least two (2) years of Clinical Nurse experience in a hospital setting.
We look for passion, an ownership mentality, and out-of-the-box thinking. If this is you and Hoag sounds like home, please apply. A dedicated member from our Talent Acquisition Team will review your information and respond accordingly.
License Required
Registered Nurse in the State of California - Current and in good standing.
Certifications Required
- All Clinical Nurse I's are required to have current BLS certification prior to clinical rotation.
- Irvine Telemetry: ACLS
- NIHSS certification required within 365 days of hire as designated by Manager