Registered Nurse RN Emergency Department

Banner Health•Mesa, AZ

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in the Emergency Department at Banner Desert Medical Center and Banner Children’s Hospital at Desert in Mesa, Arizona, caring for adult and pediatric patients across a wide range of acuity levels. The emergency departments provide care to more than 150,000 patients annually and offer programs including a Certified Primary Stroke Center, Acute Chest Pain accreditation, and trauma services. The role provides an opportunity to use a self-scheduling tool for shift and weekend coverage. The RN assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents patient care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. The position is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by the RN and by others under the RN’s direction. It requires specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills to assess patients and plan, provide, and evaluate care appropriate to their physical and developmental age.

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.
Experience, training, and education needed to perform the job, as related during the interview process.
Maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the practice area, demonstrated 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.
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 history, diagnostics, and laboratory data, report abnormal results, and complete assessments and reassessments according to patient need and policy.
Formulate and initiate patient-specific plans of care, including discharge plans, with input from patients, families, and the health care team; establish realistic, measurable goals and revise plans as patient needs change.
Provide and coordinate direct patient care in accordance with physician orders, nursing plans, policies, standards of care, and regulatory requirements; delegate appropriately, supervise care provided by others, and communicate patient status to caregivers.
Evaluate patients’ and families’ responses to care and teaching, patient progress toward expected outcomes, and the effectiveness of teaching; revise plans of care as needed.
Document assessments, plans, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders legibly, accurately, and in a timely manner in the patient record.
Use the best available evidence in providing care and, as appropriate, 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, and clergy; synthesize and prioritize information from multiple sources to support patients and families as health status changes.
In some roles, supervise department staff and workflow.