Registered Nurse RN Emergency Department

Banner Health•Chandler, AZ

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents patient care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. The RN is accountable for the quality of nursing services provided by themselves and by others under their direction, and uses specialized nursing knowledge and judgment to provide care suited to each patient’s physical and developmental age. Banner Ocotillo Medical Center’s Emergency Department has 12 beds and two major-medical/trauma rooms, with room to expand. The center uses bedside technology and other innovations to support patient safety, care quality, and staff workflow. This is a part-time position requiring two 12-hour shifts per week, with varied shift times and rotating weekends. Staff may use a self-scheduling tool for shifts and weekend coverage. The position offers an 18% night-shift differential and a flat $3-per-hour weekend-shift differential.

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 relate relevant experience, training, and education 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 practice area.

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, diagnostic and laboratory information, and report abnormal results to appropriate caregivers.
Develop and revise individualized 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 health care team activities in accordance with physician orders, the nursing plan of care, 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 revise care plans as needed.
Document assessment, planning, interventions, evaluation, patient responses, and physician orders legibly and in a timely manner.
Provide evidence-based care and may participate in clinical research, shared leadership, education, orientation, precepting, and mentoring activities.
Contribute to excellent patient outcomes and improvements in nursing quality indicators through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
Interact with staff, physicians, patients, families, external contacts, and other care providers; synthesize and prioritize information to support patients and families as health status changes.
In some roles, supervise department staff and workflow.