Registered Nurse RN New Grad Medical PCU

Banner Health • Glendale, AZ

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Banner Health New Nurse Experience is a full-time Registered Nurse position designed to help recent graduates transition into professional nursing practice. The program offers a collaborative learning environment, clinical mentoring by unit staff and educators, professional development opportunities, and an expectation that participants remain on their assigned unit for at least 12 months. Nurses must live within a reasonable commuting distance of their facility. Most new nurses work three 12-hour shifts, including weekend and holiday rotations. The program includes precepted clinical experiences, training at the Banner Simulation Center, competency and skills assessments, orientation to the Cerner electronic medical record, hands-on skills lab experience, e-learning, and personal and professional development resources.

This role is based on a 40-bed general Medical Progressive Care Unit (PCU) that cares for complex, multisystem patients, including vascular, cardiothoracic surgical, heart failure, neurological, and respiratory patients. Patients may be admitted from the ICU, the emergency department, or other floors when their acuity changes. The position assesses, plans, provides, evaluates, and documents nursing care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. It uses specialized nursing knowledge and judgment to provide care appropriate to patients’ physical and developmental needs, and is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by the nurse or those under their direction.

The position is full-time, paid, and benefits-eligible. Weekend shifts receive a flat $3-per-hour differential; an 18% night-shift differential applies when applicable. Benefits begin on the first day of the month following the start date.

Requirements

• Recent or upcoming graduation from an accredited nursing program.
• No more than 12 months of RN experience for the New Nurse Experience program.
• 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.
• Current BLS certification; applicants to the program may obtain certification before their start date.
• Must demonstrate through the interview process the experience, training, and education needed to perform the job.
• Must maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the practice area, as demonstrated through annual validations.
• Must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the facility hired into.

Nice To Haves

• BSN preferred; ADN applicants accepted at select locations.
• Previous healthcare experience preferred.
• Experience in the clinical area of application desired.
• 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, diagnostic and laboratory data, and report abnormal results to appropriate caregivers.
• Develop and revise patient-specific plans of care, including discharge planning, in collaboration with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary care team.
• Implement plans of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision, following physician orders, policies, standards of care, and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate patient and family responses to care and education, assess progress toward goals, and revise care plans as needed.
• Document assessments, planning, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders accurately and in a timely manner.
• Provide evidence-based care and may participate in clinical research, shared leadership, quality improvement, professional organizations, and the education or orientation of personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors.
• Promote safe, effective, equitable, and timely patient outcomes and support the development of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.
• Communicate and collaborate with staff, physicians, patients, families, external care providers, agencies, and clergy regarding patient care and support needs.
• Maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the practice area through annual validations.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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