About the position
As part of the critical care nursing team, your primary focus will be to provide care for medical, surgical, and cardiovascular ICU patients. Patient care may include respiratory, renal, stroke, cardiac, multi-system failure, surgical patients, CABG, AVR, MVR, TAVR, Mitraclip, Hypothermia, Esophogectomy, CEA, thoracic surgery and AAA. You will be a part of the Boswell team noted for stroke care. You will gain specialized knowledge through detailed training to care for this specialty within critical care. The Registered Nurses work three 12 hour shifts 7:00pm - 7:30am. You will also have the opportunity to utilize our self-scheduling tool for shift and weekend coverage. Enjoy an 18%-night shift differential and a flat rate $3/hour weekend shift differential. The culture of our unit is phenomenal support and teamwork. Your pay and benefits are important components of your journey at Banner Health. Banner Health offers a variety of benefits to help you and your family. We provide health and financial security options so you can focus on being the best at what you do and enjoying your life.
Responsibilities
- Assesses patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural and discharge planning needs.
- Formulates a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family and health team input.
- Implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation and supervision of the activities of the health care team.
- Evaluates the patient's and family's response to care and teaching, and revises the plan of care as needed.
- Documents assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in the patient record.
- Provides care based on the best evidence available and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
- Contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
- In some roles, this position may supervise staff and work flow of the department.
- Interacts with all levels of staff in a variety of departments, physicians, patients, families and external contacts.
Requirements
- Must possess a current, valid RN license in state of practice, temporary/interim RN license in state of practice, or compact RN licensure for current state of practice.
- BLS certification is required.
- Experience in the clinical area for which he or she is applying is desired.
- Must maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area in which they work as demonstrated through annual validations.
- Banner Registry and Travel acute care positions require a minimum of one year experience in an acute care hospital setting.
- Experience must include working in an acute care setting within the past 12 months as a Registered Nurse in the specialty area.
Nice-to-haves
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Professional certification preferred.
- Additional related education and/or experience preferred.
Benefits
- $15,000.00 Sign-on Incentive for RNs with a minimum of 12 months ICU Experience; requires 2-year commitment.
- $10,000.00 Sign-on Incentive for RNs with a minimum of 12 months RN Experience; requires a 1-year commitment.
- Health and financial security options.
