Lehigh Valley Health Network

Inpatient Telehealth RN


PayCompetitive
LocationAllentown/Pennsylvania
Employment typePart-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: 48816

      The position requires clinical and virtual shifts.

      Job Summary:
      The AICU Telehealth Nurse provides professional nursing care via remote monitoring modalities at a remote monitoring location, with the goal of early detection of warning signs of clinical deterioration. Supports clinical staff through the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of critical care patients. Is a member of a collaborative team that provides telemedicine for a variety of clinical conditions of critically ill adults within multiple ICUs in the Lehigh Valley Health Network. Demonstrates effective communication skills that support a team approach for tele-ICU and ICU clinicians to provide optimal patient care.

      Education - Required:

      • Graduate of accredited Nursing program.


      Education - Preferred:
      • Bachelor's Degree Nursing and
      • Completion of a critical care course


      Experience - Required:
      • 5 years minimum, critical care experience and
      • Currently, clinically active in one of the LVHN critical care areas


      Experience - Preferred:
      • Preceptor experience of nursing students, graduate nurses and newly hired nurses and
      • Charge nurse experience


      Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - Required:
      • Knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice.
      • Ability to organize and prioritize assignments in the delivery of patient care.
      • Successful completion of additional orientation programs related to specialty.
      • Attainment and maintenance of unit-specific competencies.
      • Basic computer skills.


      Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - Preferred:
      • Completion of a critical care course or test score of >/=80% on a critical care specialty assessment


      Licensure - Required:
      • Registered Nurse State of Pennsylvania Upon Hire or


      Certifications - Required:
      • BLS - Basic Life Support At time of hire Upon Hire and
      • ACLS - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support At time of hire Upon Hire


      Licensure - Preferred:
      • CCCRN - Certified Critical Care RN As per Clinical specialty within 2 years or
      • Clinical Area of Specialty Certification Relevant to Critical Care specialty area within 2 years


      Additional Qualifications:
      • Successful completion of Registered Nurse orientation.
  • About the company

      Lehigh Valley Health Network is a healthcare network based in the Allentown, Pennsylvania.