Registered Nurse RN New Graduate PCU

Banner Health•Phoenix, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The New Graduate RN Residency Program at Banner Health is an ANCC-accredited Practice Transition Accreditation Program® (PTAP). This full-time Registered Nurse position, known as the Banner Health New Nurse Experience (NNE), is designed to help new graduates transition into fully competent, professional nurses. The program offers a collaborative learning environment to refine nursing skills, enhance knowledge, and build professional relationships. Participants are placed in specific units at Banner Health facilities, receiving clinical mentorship from unit staff and educators. The program emphasizes career pathways and development opportunities, with an expectation for new graduates to remain on their NNE unit for at least 12 months to gain comprehensive training. New Grads are also required to live within a reasonable commute of their assigned facility. The program activities include clinical experiences with a preceptor, training at the state-of-the-art Banner Simulation Center, competency and skills assessment and verification, orientation to the Cerner electronic medical health record system, patient care skills labs for hands-on equipment experience, and e-Learning modules, alongside resources for professional and personal development. This specific role is for a New Graduate RN in the PCU (Progressive Care Unit) at Banner Estrella Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The PCU is a 36-bed unit, serving as a step-down from critical care, and manages a high acuity patient population. It is a general PCU unit capable of caring for various patient populations requiring continuous telemetry monitoring, including diagnoses such as respiratory issues, renal issues, cardiac issues, alcohol/drug withdrawal, and infections. The unit is described as newer, equipped with new technology, and actively building a strong team, maintaining nurse-patient ratios of 1:4, which may flex to 1:5.

Requirements

Recent or Upcoming graduation from an accredited nursing program
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
Current BLS card (through either American Heart Association, Red Cross, or ASHI) or ability to obtain certification before a start date
No More than 12 months of RN experience
Live within a reasonable commute distance of the facility they are hired into
Maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area in which they work as demonstrated through annual validations

Nice To Haves

BSN is preferred
Previous healthcare experience is preferred
Bachelor's degree preferred
Professional certification preferred
Additional related education and/or experience preferred

Responsibilities

Assesses patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural 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.
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.
Documentation is legible, timely and in accordance with policy.
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.