Registered Nurse RN New Graduate Cardiac PCU

Banner Health • Phoenix, AZ

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Banner Health’s New Nurse Experience is a full-time Registered Nurse residency position designed to help recent nursing graduates transition into competent professional nurses. The program offers a collaborative learning environment, clinical mentoring by unit staff and educators, career pathways, and professional development. New graduates are expected to remain on their assigned unit for at least 12 months and live within a reasonable commuting distance of the facility. Most new nurses work three 12-hour shifts, including rotating weekends and holidays.

The position is on a 24-bed Progressive Care Unit serving patients with medically complex needs, including cardiac, pulmonary, renal, post-surgical, and post-procedure patients. Most patients require continuous cardiac monitoring. Staffing ratios flex between 1:4 and 1:5, with ratios most often at 1:5.

The Registered Nurse assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents patient care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. The role is accountable for the quality of nursing services provided by the nurse and those under their direction, and uses specialized nursing knowledge and judgment to provide age-appropriate care.

The residency includes clinical experiences with a preceptor, training in the Banner Simulation Center, competency and skills assessments, orientation to the Cerner electronic health record, a hands-on patient care skills lab, e-learning modules, and professional and personal development resources.

Requirements

• Recent or upcoming graduation from an accredited nursing program.
• Current, valid RN license in the state of practice, temporary/interim RN license in the state of practice, or compact RN licensure applicable to the state of practice.
• Current BLS certification; the residency application requirements allow candidates to obtain certification before their start date.
• No more than 12 months of RN experience for the New Nurse Experience program.
• Ability to maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the practice area, as demonstrated through annual validations.
• Ability to work the unit’s schedule, which generally consists of three 12-hour shifts and includes weekend and holiday rotations.
• Ability to live within a reasonable commuting distance of the facility.

Nice To Haves

• BSN; ADN applicants are accepted at select locations.
• Previous health care experience.
• Clinical experience in the area of application.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Professional certification.
• Additional related education and/or experience.
• Completion of a Banner Health student preceptorship or current Nurse Extern experience is noted as a preferred consideration for licensed new graduates, subject to preceptorship availability.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs; review patient history and available clinical information, assess diagnostic and laboratory data, report abnormal results, and complete assessments and reassessments.
• Formulate and initiate individualized plans of care, including discharge planning, with input from patients, families, and the multidisciplinary team; review and revise plans as patient needs change.
• Implement care through direct patient care and coordination, delegation, and supervision of health care team activities, following physician orders, nursing plans, policies, professional standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Communicate patients’ status accurately and completely to other caregivers to promote continuity of care.
• Evaluate patients’ and families’ responses to care and teaching, monitor progress toward goals, and revise the plan of care as needed in collaboration with the care team.
• Document assessments, plans, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders accurately and in a timely manner.
• Provide evidence-based care and may participate in research, shared leadership, education, orientation, precepting, and mentoring activities.
• Contribute to excellent patient outcomes and improvement of nursing quality indicators through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
• Communicate and collaborate with staff, physicians, patients, families, external health care contacts, community providers, agencies, and clergy regarding patient care.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance, if elected by the employee.
• PTO and sick time accrual.
• 401(k).
• Flat-rate $3/hour weekend shift differential.
• 18% night shift differential when applicable.
• Total Rewards Compensation Package and other benefits; benefits begin on the first day of the month following the start date.

What This Job Offers

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