Nurse Medical Surgical
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides compassionate, high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to support patients’ health outcomes, recovery, and comfort. The role involves assessing patients, performing skilled procedures, implementing individualized care plans, and coordinating care with an interdisciplinary team in a fast-paced acute-care environment. The RN advocates for patients, organizes and prioritizes care, communicates clinical findings to physicians and other providers using SBAR, and gives bedside nurse-to-nurse reports. The nurse recognizes the limits of their scope of practice, seeks collaboration and appropriate resources, follows the chain of command, and delegates tasks according to patient needs, stability, task complexity, and their own scope of practice. The RN is accountable for their decisions and ethical conduct, contributes to effective teamwork and positive change, provides culturally sensitive care, mentors and precepts others, and represents the organization positively. The position is at Saint Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, a 571-bed nonprofit hospital with specialized care services including Barrow Neurological Institute, Norton Thoracic Institute, and a Level I Trauma Center.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Registered Nurse (RN) designation.
- Arizona Registered Nurse license.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (CPR).
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
- One year of recent acute care experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive, safe, effective, and evidence-based nursing care to achieve desired patient health outcomes.
- Organize and prioritize patient care activities while considering patient needs and comfort.
- Demonstrate accountability for ethical behavior and address or escalate ethical practice concerns.
- Advocate for patients through holistic care practices.
- Use SBAR to communicate clinical findings to physicians and other providers, and perform bedside nurse-to-nurse reports.
- Recognize the limits of the scope of practice, seek multidisciplinary collaboration and appropriate resources, and follow the chain of command.
- Partner with others to achieve change and outcomes using knowledge of the patient or situation.
- Delegate tasks based on patient needs, potential for harm, patient stability, task complexity, outcome predictability, and scope of practice.
- Take accountability for decisions.
- Participate as a team member and use effective teamwork and communication skills.
- Use knowledge of cultural differences to provide care consistent with patients’ cultural values, beliefs, and customs.
- Participate in developing others through mentoring and precepting.
- Engage and motivate others around the delivery of care.
- Represent the organization positively.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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