Introduction

Do you want to be appreciated daily? Our nurses are celebrated for being on the front line, empathetic for patients. At Rapides Regional Medical Center our nurses set us apart from any other healthcare provider. We are seeking a(an) LPN Cardiac Telemetry Nights to join our healthcare family.

Benefits

Rapides Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
  
• Fertility and family building benefits through Progyny
  
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• Family support, including adoption assistance, child and elder care resources and consumer discounts
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  
• Retirement readiness and rollover services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

At Rapides Regional Medical Center, our nurses play a vital part. We know that every nurse’s path and purpose is unique. Do you want to create your own personal career path in nursing? HCA Healthcare is your career destination! Our scale makes it possible for nurses to create the career path that fits their life – for life – and empowers their passion for patient care. Apply today for our LPN Cardiac Telemetry Nights opportunity.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Staff LPN performs continuous monitoring of cardiac rhythms and performing various patient care activities as related to cardiac telemetry monitoring. The LPN will detect and document arrhythmias and perform therapeutic and preventative nursing procedures, incorporating fundamental biological and psychological principles in giving individualized care. Participates in developing preventative or long-term health plans for patients and/or families. Provides patient’s family education that will enhance their knowledge of their disease process in order to maintain their health status and prevent advancement and/or deterioration of their disease process. Patient care will include all adolescents, adults and geriatric.

What you will do in this role:

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  Continually assessing the patient’s cardiac rhythm, rate and any significant changes in these and printing strips with any changes.
• Maintains accurate and current records of telemetry patients. Prints patient’s rhythm when changes occur.
• Assume responsibility and accountability for economical and safe utilization of telemetry supplies.
• Performs therapeutic and preventative nursing procedures, incorporating fundamental biological and psychological principles in giving individualized care. Participates in developing preventative or long-term health plans for patients and/or families. Provides patient’s family education that will enhance their knowledge of their disease process in order to maintain their health status and prevent advancement and/or deterioration of their disease process. Patient care will include all adolescents, adults and geriatrics.
• Contribute to the development of the patient’s plan of care through identification and communication of patient’s need to the RN, evident by reporting and documentation.
• Able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety and related criteria appropriate to the following age groups; adolescent, adult, geriatric.
• Provide patient/family health education that promotes health behaviors, supports recovery and enables the patients and/or family to be involved in decisions and their plan of care.
• Physician orders are carried out accurately and efficiently and clarified when necessary within the scope of practice governing LPNs.
• Assist physicians with patient rounds enhancing communication between the physician and the patient.
• The patient’s responses to intervention and progress toward desired outcomes are assessed, reassessed and communicated to health care team. (i.e., changes in patient condition or behavior, education needs assessed)
• Able to identify potential or actual victims of abuse and understands proper reporting mechanism.
• Able to recognize adverse drug reactions and demonstrates understanding of proper reporting mechanism once reaction is identified.
• Appropriately assesses the patient’s pain and involves the patient in effective management of that pain using age appropriate interventions.

What qualifications you will need:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Licensed Practical / Vocational Nurse (LPN / LVN)
• Associate Degree, or Vocational School Graduate

This role requires you to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 based on local, state and /or federal law or regulations (unless a medical or religious exemption is approved).

Rapides Regional Medical Center is a 350+ bed hospital and ER in Alexandria, Louisiana. We offer services ranging from Cancer Care to Wound Care. Our medical staff includes doctors in more than 30 medical specialties. At Rapides Regional we believe that well-defined values are the key to nurturing staff and patient satisfaction. By joining our team you contribute to the positive culture of the hospital. This culture impacts the well-being of patients and their families. It also impacts your colleagues, and your own personal job satisfaction. Learn what our commitment to patient satisfaction, service excellence and professional expertise can do for your career.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our LPN Cardiac Telemetry Nights opening.Apply today and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.