Registered Nurse RN GI Ortho Acute Care Unit

Banner Health • Sun City, AZ

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in Banner Boswell Medical Center’s Ortho GI Acute Care Unit, a combined acute-care specialty unit serving Medical-Surgical and Progressive Care patients. The unit includes orthopedic postoperative care, including pre- and post-operative care for cases such as joint replacements and fractures, as well as postoperative gastrointestinal surgery, gastrointestinal disorders, and general medical-surgical overflow. Through the Progress-In-Place initiative, patients remain on the unit as their acuity changes.

The RN assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents nursing care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. The role involves working with a collaborative care team focused on patient outcomes and a healthy work environment. The position is full-time, night shift, with three 12-hour shifts per week from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. A self-scheduling tool is available for shift and weekend coverage, and the schedule includes rotating weekends and holidays. The posting offers a $20,000 sign-on bonus for the full-time night-shift position, an 18% night-shift differential, and a flat $3-per-hour weekend differential when applicable.

Requirements

• Current, valid RN license in the state of practice, a temporary/interim RN license in the state of practice, or compact RN licensure for the current state of practice.
• BLS certification.
• Maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the work area through annual validations.
• Relate the experience, training, and education needed to perform the job during the interview process.
• Additional certification or continuing education may be required depending on the area of practice.

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 histories, diagnostics, and laboratory results, report abnormal findings, and complete assessments and reassessments.
• Develop and revise patient-specific plans of care, including discharge plans, with input from patients, families, and the multidisciplinary health team.
• Provide and coordinate direct patient care; delegate and supervise care activities appropriately and promote continuity through accurate communication with other caregivers.
• Evaluate patient and family responses to care and teaching, patient progress toward goals, and the effectiveness of interventions; revise plans as needed.
• Document assessments, plans, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders accurately, legibly, and promptly in the patient record.
• Provide evidence-based care and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
• Participate in unit or facility shared leadership and support education, role development, and orientation of personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors; precept and mentor when appropriate.
• 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, and clergy regarding patient care and support needs.
• In some roles, supervise department staff and workflow.

Benefits

• $20,000 sign-on bonus for the full-time night-shift position; recruiter will provide further details.
• 18% night-shift differential.
• Flat $3-per-hour weekend shift differential when applicable.
• Option to participate in a variety of health, financial, and security benefits.
• Self-scheduling tool for shift and weekend coverage.

What This Job Offers

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