Registered Nurse RN Critical Care Resource Team

Banner Health•Mesa, AZ

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides patient care throughout the facility, including Medical/Surgical, PCU, Critical Care, ED, and ICU. The role assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents nursing care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing practice standards. The nurse is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by self and by personnel under their direction, and applies specialized knowledge and judgment to provide care appropriate to patients’ physical and developmental needs. The position is based at Banner Baywood Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona, within Clinical Care Operations. The schedule is full-time, with day and night shifts, three 12-hour shifts per week from 7:00 to 7:30. Weekend and holiday rotation is required. Self-scheduling is available for shift and weekend coverage.

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.
Ability to demonstrate through the interview process the experience, training, and education needed to perform the job.
Maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the work area through annual validations.
Experience in the clinical area for which the applicant is applying is desired.
For Banner Registry and Travel acute care positions: at least one year of experience in an acute care hospital setting, including work in an acute care setting within the past 12 months as an RN in the specialty area.
For Banner Registry and Travel physician practice positions: at least one year of experience as an RN in a physician practice or an acute care setting.
Additional certification or continuing education may be required based on the area of practice.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs; review patient histories and available clinical information; review diagnostic and laboratory results and report abnormalities; complete assessments and reassessments.
Develop and revise patient-specific plans of care, including discharge plans, in collaboration with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary health care team.
Provide direct patient care and coordinate, delegate, and supervise care by the health care team in accordance with orders, care plans, policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
Communicate patient status accurately and completely to other caregivers to promote continuity of care.
Evaluate patient and family responses to care and teaching, assess progress toward goals and expected outcomes, and revise the plan of care as needed.
Document assessment, planning, interventions, evaluation, patient responses, and physician orders accurately and in a timely manner.
Use available evidence in providing care and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
Participate in shared leadership and contribute to personnel, patient, student, family, and visitor education, role development, and orientation; precept and mentor others when appropriate.
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 contacts, other health care providers, and clergy concerning patient care and support.
In some roles, supervise department staff and workflow.