Registered Nurse RN PCU Telemetry

Banner Health • Queen Creek, AZ

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Banner Ironwood Medical Center is seeking a Registered Nurse for its 12-bed Progressive Care Unit (PCU) Telemetry unit in Queen Creek, Arizona. The role provides nursing care to progressive-care and telemetry patients, including patients with respiratory, renal, sepsis, post-surgical, and alcohol-withdrawal needs. The unit emphasizes teamwork, clinical expertise, and a patient-centered culture in a rural community hospital environment.

The Registered Nurse assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents patient care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. The nurse is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered personally or by others under their direction, and uses specialized knowledge and judgment to provide care appropriate to patients’ physical and developmental needs.

The schedule is three 12-hour night shifts, 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with weekend rotations. Scheduling uses a self-scheduling tool, and a $3/hour weekend shift differential applies when eligible. The position offers a $15,000 hire-on bonus to eligible nurses with at least 12 months of RN experience, in exchange for a two-year commitment. The opportunity includes eligibility to participate in a variety of health, financial, and security benefits.

Requirements

• Current, valid RN license in the state of practice, a temporary/interim RN license in the state of practice, or compact RN licensure applicable to the state of practice.
• BLS certification.
• Ability to maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area of practice, demonstrated through annual validations.
• Relevant clinical-area experience is desired.
• Must meet the experience, training, and education needed to perform the job, as discussed during the interview process.

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 history, diagnostics, and laboratory data; report abnormal results; and complete assessments and reassessments according to patient needs and policy.
• Develop and revise patient-specific plans of care, including discharge plans, in collaboration with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary health team.
• Implement care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision of health care team activities, following physician orders, the nursing plan of care, policies, professional standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Promote continuity of care by communicating patient status accurately and completely to other caregivers.
• Evaluate patients’ and families’ responses to care and teaching, assess progress toward goals, and revise the plan of care as needed.
• Document assessments, plans, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders legibly, accurately, and in a timely manner.
• Provide evidence-based care and, when applicable, participate in clinical research, shared leadership, and quality improvement activities.
• Participate in education, role development, and orientation for facility personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors; precept and mentor others when appropriate.
• Interact with staff, physicians, patients, families, external health care contacts, community providers, agencies, and clergy to coordinate patient care and support patient and family needs.
• In some roles, supervise department staff and workflow.

Benefits

• Option to participate in health, financial, and security benefits.
• $15,000 hire-on bonus for eligible candidates with 12 months of RN experience and a two-year commitment.
• $3/hour weekend shift differential when applicable.

What This Job Offers

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