Registered Nurse RN Resource Team

Banner Health•Gilbert, AZ

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse Resource Team position provides nursing care throughout the facility, including Med/Surg, PCU, Critical Care, ED, and ICU. The nurse may also provide support as a sitter/companion or Health Unit Coordinator (HUC). The role assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents patient care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. It is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by the nurse or others under the nurse’s direction, using specialized knowledge and judgment to provide care appropriate to patients’ physical and developmental needs. The position is part of Clinical Care Operations, which supports patient management across the campus through bed assignment, staffing, house supervision, emergency preparedness, patient transports, dispatch, and data analysis. The schedule is full-time, with day and night shifts available and 3/12-hour shifts. Weekend and holiday rotation is required, and a self-scheduling tool is available for shift and weekend coverage. Compensation includes a $3-per-hour float incentive, an 18% night-shift differential, and a flat $3-per-hour weekend differential when applicable. The role collaborates with patients, families, physicians, multidisciplinary care teams, and other internal and external contacts. It may include supervision of staff and departmental workflow in some roles. Nurses contribute to evidence-based care, shared leadership, personnel and patient education, quality improvement, and professional development through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.

Requirements

Current, valid RN license in the state of practice, a 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 area of practice, demonstrated through annual validations.
Relate experience, training, and education needed to perform the job throughout the interview process.
Experience in the clinical area for which the applicant is applying is desired.
Banner Registry and Travel acute care positions require at least one year of experience in an acute care hospital setting, including work as a Registered Nurse in the specialty area within the past 12 months.
Banner Registry and Travel physician practice positions require at least one year of experience as a Registered Nurse in a physician practice or acute care setting.
In Home Health settings, ability to operate a personal vehicle, a valid driver’s license, and active auto insurance coverage are required.
Specific Behavioral Health and Home Care roles require an applicable state fingerprint clearance card and, for specified Arizona roles, an Arizona Criminal History Affidavit.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs; review histories, 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, in collaboration with patients, families, and the health care team; review and revise plans as patient needs change.
Implement plans of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision, following physician orders, policies, standards of care, 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 teaching; revise plans as needed.
Document assessments, plans, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders accurately, legibly, and in a timely manner.
Provide evidence-based care and may participate in research, shared leadership, education, orientation, precepting, and mentoring.
Contribute to excellent patient outcomes and improvement of nursing quality indicators through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
Interact with staff, physicians, patients, families, external health care contacts, community providers, agencies, and clergy to coordinate care and support patients and families.
Provide float coverage throughout the facility in areas such as Med/Surg, PCU, Critical Care, ED, and ICU, and provide sitter/companion or HUC support as needed.
In some roles, supervise staff and departmental workflow.