Registered Nurse RN Resource Team

Banner Health•Mesa, AZ

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Medical/Surgical Float Registered Nurse provides patient care throughout Banner Baywood Medical Center and Banner Heart Hospital, including Medical Surgical, PCU, and Observation. The RN assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents nursing care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing practice standards. The role is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by the nurse and by those working under the nurse’s direction, and applies specialized knowledge and judgment to provide care appropriate to patients’ physical and developmental ages. The position is based at Banner Baywood Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona. The hospital serves East Valley communities and provides acute and outpatient services. The schedule is full-time nights, three 12-hour shifts per week, 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with weekend and holiday rotation required. Self-scheduling is available. The posting notes an 18% night-shift differential and a flat-rate $3/hour weekend-shift differential. The role includes the option to participate in a variety of health, financial, and security benefits.

Requirements

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.
Experience in the clinical area for which the applicant is applying is desired.
New graduates with less than 12 months of experience are directed to search for RN New Grad openings.

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 history, diagnostic and laboratory data, and report abnormal findings to appropriate caregivers.
Develop and revise individualized plans of care and discharge plans using assessment findings and input from patients, families, and the multidisciplinary health care team.
Provide and coordinate direct patient care according to physician orders, the nursing plan of care, policies, standards, and regulatory requirements; delegate and supervise care activities appropriately.
Promote continuity of care by accurately communicating patient status to other caregivers.
Evaluate patient and family responses to care and teaching, track progress toward expected outcomes, and revise care plans as needed.
Document assessments, plans, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders accurately and within required timeframes.
Provide evidence-based care and may participate in clinical research, shared leadership, quality improvement, and professional activities.
Support education, role development, and orientation of personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors; precept and mentor when appropriate.
Interact with staff, physicians, patients, families, external contacts, and other health care providers to communicate and clarify patient-care information; work with clergy when spiritual support is needed.
In some roles, supervise department staff and workflow.