Cardiac Thoracic ICU Nurse

St. Joseph Hospital & Medical Center • Phoenix, AZ

1d • Onsite

About The Position

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, located in Phoenix, Arizona, is a 571-bed, not-for-profit hospital founded in 1895. It is a nationally recognized center for quaternary care, medical education, and research, housing the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute, Norton Thoracic Institute, Cancer Center, Ivy Brain Tumor Center, and a Level I Trauma Center. The hospital also specializes in high-risk obstetrics, neuro-rehabilitation, orthopedics, and other medical services, treating complex cases from around the world. As a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Lung Transplant/Thoracic ICU, you will deliver compassionate, high-quality, individualized, and comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You will collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team in a dynamic, fast-paced environment focused on optimal patient outcomes. The Lung Transplant/Thoracic ICU is a dedicated 24-bed unit supporting adult thoracic post-surgical patients and those with medically managed respiratory disorders, playing a critical role within the Norton Thoracic Institute. The unit prides itself on quality scores and employee satisfaction, offering 12-hour shifts with self-scheduling and a nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:2 or 1:1. This role requires keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, a patient-first mindset, a profound enthusiasm to help others, and dedication to excellence.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, upon hire
• Registered Nurse: AZ, upon hire
• One year recent acute care experience, upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 - months

Nice To Haves

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing
• At least one year of ICU experience

Responsibilities

• Deliver compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.
• Leverage expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care.
• Make critical assessments.
• Perform skilled procedures.
• Meticulously implement patient care plans.
• Collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.
• Provide comprehensive, safe, and effective, evidence-based nursing care to achieve desired health outcomes for the patient.
• Represent the organization in a positive manner.
• Apply negotiation and conflict management strategies.
• Organize and prioritize patient care activities balanced with the needs and comfort of the patient.
• Document the nursing care plan and incorporate the nursing process following the standard of care for patient care area.
• Document changes in patient condition and response to interventions within established timeframes.
• Demonstrate accountability for own ethical behavior, and support ethical practice by addressing and/or escalating issues.
• Recognize limits of scope of practice, seek multidisciplinary collaboration, utilize appropriate resources, and follow chain of command.
• Assume accountability for decisions made.
• Serve as an advocate for patients needs by demonstrating holistic care practices.
• Use knowledge of cultural differences to provide patient care that is sensitive to and consistent with cultural values, beliefs, and customs.
• Demonstrate the ability to recognize and adapt to changes in patients condition (i.e. Lab, vitals, signs and test values) in a timely and clinically appropriate manner.
• Utilize SBAR format tool to notify physicians, and other providers of clinical findings.
• Perform nurse-to-nurse report at the bedside.

Benefits

• $15,000 sign-on bonus for RNs with at least two years of ICU experience.
• $10,000 relocation allowance to new hires that meet the eligibility requirements.
• Education Benefit program for benefit-eligible employees after 180 days.
• Debt relief and student loan assistance to help you achieve your goals.
• Full-time employees can receive up to $18000 over five years (through the Education Benefit program).
• Part-time employees can receive up to $9000 (through the Education Benefit program).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees