Registered Nurse RN Neuro Trauma Progressive Care

Banner Health•Phoenix, AZ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Are you a passionate RN ready to do the most meaningful work of your career? At Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix (BUMCP), you won't just have a job — you'll have a calling, a community, and a career built for growth. Join our PCU Neuro Trauma team and step into one of the most advanced neuroscience environments in the country, where clinical excellence and compassionate care go hand in hand. Banner Health holds the Great Place To Work® Certification™ — earned through the real voices of our team members. Our PCU Neuro Trauma leadership is known for transparency, high effectiveness, and keeping staff at the heart of every decision. "We focus our culture and goals around the team and are transparent in our decisions." Our 48-bed unit — including 8 Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) beds — is home to some of the most exciting work in neuroscience nursing, including awake craniotomies, laser thermal ablation, and endoscopic microsurgery. As Arizona's first Comprehensive Stroke Center, BUMCP proudly holds: 🏆 Magnet Accredited Academic Medical Center & Level 1 Trauma Center 🏆 Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification 🏆 AHA/ASA Stroke Gold Plus — Honor Roll Elite Plus & Advanced Therapy 🏆 Level 4 National Association of Epilepsy Centers University Medical Center Phoenix is a nationally recognized academic medical center. The world-class hospital is focused on coordinated clinical care, expanded research activities and nurturing future generations of highly trained medical professionals. Our commitment to nursing excellence has enabled us to achieve Magnet™ recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The Phoenix campus, long known for excellent patient care, has over 730 licensed beds, several unique specialty units and is the new home for medical discoveries, thanks to our collaboration with the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix. Additionally, the campus responsibilities include fully integrated multi-specialty and sub-specialty clinics. POSITION SUMMARY This position assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and documents nursing care of patients in accordance with organizational policies and in accordance with standards of professional nursing practice utilizing the framework for professional nursing practice and development. This position is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by self or others who are under their direction. This position utilizes specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills necessary to assess data and plan, provide and evaluate care appropriate to the physical and developmental age of assigned patients.

Requirements

Valid RN license in state of practice (compact/interim accepted)
Active BLS Certification
Recent acute care experience strongly desired
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.
Banner Registry and Travel physician practice positions require a minimum of one year experience as a Registered Nurse in a physician practice or an acute care setting.

Nice To Haves

BSN & professional nursing certification
A passion for mentoring and a commitment to excellence
Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Professional certification preferred.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Delivers evidence-based, individualized care.
Collaborates with a multidisciplinary team.
Mentors the next generation of nurses.
Helps shape the future of nursing through shared leadership and quality improvement.
Assesses patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, and discharge planning needs.
Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion within appropriate timeframe.
Reviews available information obtained by other health care team members.
Reviews diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers.
Completes assessment and reassessments according to patient need and as outlined in policy.
Formulates a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family and health team input.
Initiates a plan of care based on patient-specific needs, assessment data and the medical plan of care.
Ensures goals for patient are realistic, measurable and developed in conjunction with the patient/family.
Considers the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age-specific and educational needs of the patient in the plan of care.
Plans care in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team.
Reviews and revises the plan of care to reflect changing patient needs based on evaluation of the patient’s status.
Implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation and supervision of the activities of the health care team.
Provides care based on physician orders and the nursing plan of care, in compliance with policies and procedures, standards of care, and regulatory agency requirements.
Delegates appropriately, and provides nursing supervision in the provision of care to patients by other licensed nurses and other personnel.
Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for whom care is provided.
Evaluates the patient's and family's response to care and teaching, and revises the plan of care as needed.
Evaluates patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health care team members.
Evaluates patient's response and the effectiveness of patient teaching.
Documents assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in the patient record.
Ensures documentation is legible, timely and in accordance with policy.
Ensures documentation reflects objective/subjective data, nursing interventions and patient’s response to treatment.
Notes physician orders accurately and in a timely manner.
Provides care based on the best evidence available and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
Participates in unit or facility shared leadership.
Interacts and participates in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families and visitors.
Promotes/supports growth of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.
Contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
Actively participates in the improvement of national nursing quality indicators and outcomes.
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, such as employees of other health care institutions, community providers and agencies, concerning the health care of the patient.
Interacts with other health care providers in numerous settings in order to report and ask for or clarify information.
Works with clergy to provide spiritual support.
Synthesizes and prioritizes data from multiple sources to provide support for the human response of the patient and family to changes in health status.