Registered Nurse RN Oncology Acute Care Unit

Banner Health•Sun City, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Banner Health is hiring a Registered Nurse for the Oncology Acute Care Unit at Banner Boswell Medical Center in Sun City, Arizona. The 22-private-room unit provides care for patients with complex needs across progressive care, oncology, urology, and inpatient hospice. It supports advanced monitoring, post-procedural care, cancer treatment, and comfort-focused end-of-life care. The unit participates in the Progress In Place initiative, caring for both Medical Surgical and Progressive Care acuity patients. Nurses work in a collaborative team culture focused on patient safety, dignity, holistic healing, positive outcomes, and a healthy work environment. This is a full-time night position, scheduled 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. The role offers self-scheduling for shift and weekend coverage, an 18% night shift differential, a flat $3 per hour weekend shift differential when applicable, and a $20,000 sign-on bonus for full-time nights. The RN assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents patient care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. The nurse is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by self or others under their direction and uses specialized nursing knowledge and judgment to provide care suited to patients’ physical and developmental ages and needs. Banner Boswell Medical Center is a 410-bed acute-care hospital serving communities in northwest metro Phoenix. It offers a broad range of acute care services and has received national recognition and quality certifications.

Requirements

Current, valid RN license in the state of practice, temporary/interim RN license in the state of practice, or compact RN licensure for the current state of practice.
BLS certification.
Must relate during the interview process the experience, training, and education needed to perform the job.
Must maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the work area through annual validations.
Additional certification or continuing education may be required depending on the area of practice.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the clinical area for which the applicant is applying is desired.
Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Professional certification preferred.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs; review histories, physicals, diagnostics, and laboratory data; report abnormal results; and complete assessments and reassessments according to patient needs and policy.
Formulate and initiate individualized plans of care, including discharge plans, using assessment data and input from patients, families, and the health care team; set realistic, measurable goals and revise plans as patient needs change.
Implement plans of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision of health care team activities, following physician orders, nursing plans, policies, standards of care, and regulatory requirements.
Promote continuity of care by accurately communicating patient status to other caregivers and appropriately delegating and supervising care provided by other licensed nurses and personnel.
Evaluate patient and family responses to care and teaching, assess progress toward goals and expected outcomes with the care team, and revise the plan of care as needed.
Document assessments, planning, implementation, evaluation, nursing interventions, patient responses, and physician orders legibly and in a timely manner in accordance with policy.
Provide evidence-based care and may participate in research activities, shared leadership, staff and patient education, orientation, precepting, and mentoring.
Contribute to excellent patient outcomes and improvements in nursing quality indicators through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care; participation in professional organizations may be included.
Communicate and collaborate with staff across departments, physicians, patients, families, external health care contacts, and clergy; synthesize and prioritize information to support patients and families through changes in health status.
In some roles, supervise department staff and workflow.