Registered Nurse Clinical Leader / Telemetry Center
Company: Hartford HealthCare
Location: Hartford
Posted on: April 24, 2024
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Job Description:
Description Job Schedule: Part Time
Standard Hours: 24
Job Shift: Shift 3
Shift Details: 7p-7a 24 hours per week, every third weekend, every
other holiday
Work where every moment matters.
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Every day, almost 30,000 Hartford HealthCare employees come to work
with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment
matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut's most
comprehensive healthcare network. -
Hartford Hospital is one of the largest and most respected teaching
hospitals New England. We are a Level 1 Trauma Center that provides
cutting edge treatment to its patients. This is made possible by
being home to the largest robotic surgery center in the Northeast
and the Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI), one
of the most-advanced medical simulation training centers in the
world. When hospitals cannot provide the advanced care, expertise
and new treatment options their patients require, they turn to
us.
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Job Summary:
This is an excellent role for inpatient or outpatient RNs that want
to begin their nursing leadership journey. The Centralized
Monitoring Unit (CMU), Clinical Leader is very involved with
patient care and outcomes without working on a unit or being a
direct care giver. The Clinical Leader is recognized as a
professional role model and telemetry clinical expert. Provides
clinical oversight and ongoing support for Central Monitor Unit
Technicians. Ensures adherence of CMU standard work and clinical
guidelines. Delegates and supervises work accordingly under the
direction of the Nurse Manager. Works collaboratively with the CMU
Educator.
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Job Responsibilities:
- - - - - - - - Clinical subject matter expert that provides
monitor tech oversight and supervision. Ensures accuracy of CMT
rhythm interpretations and adherence to standard work expectations.
Supports the ongoing educational needs of the monitor techs.
Ensures monitor tech coverage meets safety standards for
centralized monitoring.
- - - - - - - - Coordinates and implements patient-centered care
by: collaborating with the Health Care Team; reinforcing alarm
mitigation strategies, ensuring proper documentation, and
encouraging communication among the patient care team; provides
education to nurses on inpatient units in alignment with standard
work, cardiac, and physiological guidelines.
- - - - - - - - Conducts cardiac audits, and in partnership with
the unit leadership team, creates action plans based on the
identified opportunity including review of Riskonnect events.
- - - - - - - - Has complete accountability for department
standards including alarm escalation pathways and bidirectional
communication with clinical teams. Oversees integrity of rhythm
interpretation. Optimize technology and the electronic medical
record for safety, quality, and alarm mitigation strategies.
- - - - - - - - Utilizes appropriate delegation skills and monitors
patient and staff needs. Mediates communication issues on multiple
levels and functions as patient advocate as needed.
- - - - - - - - Demonstrates competencies, including knowledge and
leadership behaviors.
- - - - - - - - Models /mentors quality patient/colleague service
by: demonstrating proficiency in basic computer skills such as
operating cardiac monitoring equipment and applications and logging
on, identification and navigation of clinical display, utilization
of rosters and care team assignments, troubleshooting and logging
off, and email; Utilizing tact, discretion, and compassion in
responding to patient/colleague and needs; maintaining
confidentiality of all patient information; and functioning in a
collaborative manner with other members of the team to ensure
quality patient care and outcomes.
- - - - - - - - Coordinates continuous unit improvement by: -
coaching, mentoring, precepting, and developing staff; coordinating
unit activities (e.g. meetings, assignments, in-service); analyzing
quality performance data and identifying performance/quality
improvement opportunities and investigating recurrent CMU problems
through literature research. - Ensures and demonstrates the
cost-effective utilization of resources for self, others, and
unit/service as a whole. Contributes to improvement of nursing
practice by questioning current practices. Identifies strategies
and resources to implement change (change theory).
- - - - - - - - Demonstrates self-improvement, in collaboration
with the leadership team by identifying, communicating and seeking
resources or instruction/validation to meet own learning needs,
maintaining currency of validations and providing support and
mentorship to peers for their learning needs.
- - - - - - - - Demonstrates and champions the need for targeted
research utilization through screening research articles, selecting
and discussing research findings for application with other members
of the health care team, articulating a clear rationale for
research-based decisions or actions and helping translate research
for practice/organizational use, providing suggestions to enhance
credibility and reliability of methods of data collection to
improve outcomes in specific policy, nursing practice, and
standards for self and unit.
- - - - - - - - Performs other related duties as required.
Qualifications - - - - - - - - BS degree required, MSN preferred. -
One degree must be in Nursing.
- - - - - - - - *Exceptions to the educational requirement will be
evaluated on an individual basis. For example, a strong candidate
in the process of completing the educational requirement will be
considered. Continued progress toward completion of the educational
requirement within five years will be required. -
- - - - - - - - Minimum one-year nursing and telemetry
experience
- - - - - - - - Current RN CT License.
- - - - - - - - Certified Rhythm Analysis Technician [CRAT] or
equivalent preferred.
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We take great care of careers.
With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers
exciting opportunities for career development and growth. - Here,
you are part of an organization on the cutting edge - helping to
bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community
education to countless men, women and children. - We know that a
thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a
competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance.
- Every moment matters. - And this is your moment.
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