Registered Nurse (RN) - ER

Tenet Healthcare Corporation • Peoria, AZ

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About The Position

Provides professional nursing care within an assigned unit and coordinates care planning with other disciplines. Delivers individualized, age-specific direct bedside nursing care based on the nursing process and patient needs. Acts as a supervisor by assessing, planning, delegating, and using independent judgment to direct other healthcare employees in providing patient care. Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice to identify patient goals, participates in hourly rounding, and observes safety guidelines and safe work practices. May be asked to be in charge for a shift.

The role involves assessing patient needs, developing nursing diagnoses and outcome goals, individualizing and implementing plans of care, and ensuring nursing and medical orders are appropriate to the patient’s current status. Other tasks may be assigned at the hospital. The position is with Abrazo Arrowhead Campus, a 217-bed hospital serving the Glendale community and providing cardiovascular, orthopedic, obstetrics, and emergency care.

Requirements

• Nursing degree from an accredited nursing school.
• License to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Arizona.
• CPR certification.
• ACLS as applicable by facility or department; for ER, ACLS is required upon completion of orientation.
• For ER, PALS or ENPC is required or must be obtained within ninety days.
• Effective interpersonal skills and ability to work with team members.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with occasional periods of above-average pressure.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Basic computer skills.

Nice To Haves

• BSN.
• One year of acute care experience; new graduates will also be considered.
• Certification in the specialty area of practice.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, cultural, safety/risk, and discharge-planning needs on admission and on an ongoing basis.
• Determine nursing diagnoses based on patient assessment and data analysis.
• Set practical, realistic, and appropriate patient-population-specific outcome goals; use patient and family input when appropriate and guide patients in achieving goals.
• Individualize each patient’s plan of care based on patient needs and circumstantial or procedural complexities.
• Implement nursing and medical orders and ensure they are appropriate to the patient’s current status.
• Coordinate care planning with other disciplines and provide individualized, age-specific bedside nursing care.
• Assess, plan, delegate, and use independent judgment to direct other healthcare employees in providing patient care.
• Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, participate in hourly rounding, and observe safety guidelines and safe work practices.
• Perform other tasks assigned at the hospital.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match.
• Generous paid time off.
• Career development and continuing education opportunities.
• Health savings accounts and healthcare and dependent flexible spending accounts.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee discount program.
• Voluntary benefits including pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long-term care, elder and childcare, and auto and home insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree