Registered Nurse RN Resource Team Critical Care

Banner Health•Queen Creek, AZ

About The Position

The Registered Nurse on Banner Health’s Resource Team provides patient care across multiple areas at Banner Ironwood Medical Center and Banner Goldfield Medical Center, floating between departments based on patient and business needs. The role requires specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills to assess patients and plan, provide, and evaluate care appropriate to their physical and developmental ages. The nurse is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by themselves and others under their direction. The RN assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents nursing care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. Care includes coordinating with patients, families, physicians, and multidisciplinary teams; supporting discharge planning and patient education; supervising and delegating care as appropriate; and contributing to quality improvement, shared leadership, and the development of colleagues. This is a full-time night-shift role scheduled for three 12-hour shifts, 7:00 PM–7:30 AM, with weekend and holiday rotation. Self-scheduling is available for shift and weekend coverage. Resource Team nurses receive an additional $3 per hour in float pay, and weekend shifts receive a flat $3 per hour differential.

Requirements

At least one year of PCU, ICU, or ED experience.
Graduation from an accredited nursing program with an Associate's, Bachelor's, or Master's degree in Nursing, or completion of a specialized nursing diploma program that includes at least two years of specialized training and/or experience.
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.
Maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the practice area through annual validations.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree.
Professional certification.
Additional related education and/or experience.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs; review patient histories and diagnostic and laboratory data, report abnormal findings, and complete assessments and reassessments.
Formulate and revise patient-specific plans of care and discharge plans in collaboration with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary team.
Implement care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision of health care team activities, following physician orders, policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
Promote continuity of care by communicating patient status accurately and completely to other caregivers.
Evaluate patient and family responses to care and teaching, patient progress toward goals, and the effectiveness of interventions; revise plans as needed.
Document assessments, plans, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders accurately and in a timely manner.
Provide evidence-based care and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
Participate in unit or facility shared leadership and contribute to nursing quality indicators and outcomes.
Support education, role development, and orientation of personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors; precept and mentor others when appropriate.
Interact with staff, physicians, patients, families, external contacts, and other health care providers to coordinate and clarify patient care; work with clergy to support patients’ spiritual needs.
In some roles, supervise department staff and workflow.