Registered Nurse RN Cardiac Acute Care Unit

Banner Health • Sun City, AZ

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works on a 75-bed unit caring for cardiac and general progressive care patients. The role contributes to patient comfort and the overall plan of care, provides unit support functions, and delivers exceptional patient care. The unit serves both Medical-Surgical and Progressive Care acuity patients with a variety of medical conditions. The position is suited to experienced PCU nurses and also welcomes nurses with telemetry, ICU, home health, skilled nursing, Medical-Surgical, or other acute- or critical-care backgrounds who are motivated to learn and develop.

The nurse 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 nurse or others under their direction and uses specialized nursing knowledge and judgment to provide care suited to patients’ physical and developmental needs. The schedule is three 12-hour shifts per week, with day and night shifts available, rotating weekend and holiday coverage, and access to a self-scheduling tool. Night and applicable weekend differentials are offered. Sign-on bonuses are $15,000 for full-time day shifts with a 12-month commitment and $20,000 for full-time night shifts with a 24-month commitment.

Banner Boswell Medical Center is a 410-bed acute-care hospital serving communities in northwest metro-Phoenix. The organization offers a variety of health, financial, and security benefits. Nurses with less than 12 months of RN work experience are directed to search for RN New Grad openings.

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 sufficient to perform the job, as discussed during the interview process.
• Maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the practice area through annual validations.
• For Banner Registry and Travel acute-care positions, at least one year of acute-care hospital experience, including work as an RN in the specialty area within the past 12 months.
• Additional certification or continuing education may be required depending on the practice area.

Nice To Haves

• Clinical experience in the area for which the candidate is applying.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Professional certification.
• Additional related education and/or experience.
• Experience in PCU, telemetry, ICU, home health, skilled nursing, Medical-Surgical, or another acute- or critical-care setting is relevant to the unit; candidates with these backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs; review patient history, diagnostic and laboratory data, and report abnormal results to appropriate caregivers.
• Develop and revise patient-specific plans of care and discharge plans in collaboration with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary health team.
• Implement care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision, following physician orders, nursing plans, policies, professional 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, track progress toward goals, and revise care plans as needed.
• Document assessments, plans, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders legibly and promptly in the patient record.
• Provide evidence-based care and may participate in clinical research, shared leadership, education, orientation, precepting, and mentoring.
• Contribute to safe, effective, equitable, and timely patient outcomes and participate in improvement of nursing quality indicators.
• Interact with staff, physicians, patients, families, external care providers, agencies, and clergy to coordinate and support patient care.
• In some roles, supervise department staff and workflow.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus of $15,000 for full-time day shifts with a 12-month commitment or $20,000 for full-time night shifts with a 24-month commitment.
• 18% night-shift differential.
• Additional $3 per hour weekend-shift differential when applicable.
• Option to participate in health, financial, and security benefits.
• Self-scheduling tool for shift and weekend coverage.
• On-the-job training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed