Cardiac Thoracic ICU Nurse
About the Role
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that impacts our patients' well-being and recovery. You will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate within an interdisciplinary team in a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.
To succeed, you will need keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will support patient recovery and fuel your career advancement.
Responsibilities
- Provides comprehensive, safe, and effective, evidence-based nursing care to achieve desired health outcomes for the patient.
- Represents the organization in a positive manner and applies negotiation and conflict management strategies.
- Organizes and prioritizes patient care activities balanced with the needs and comfort of the patient.
- Documents the nursing care plan and incorporates the nursing process following the standard of care for the patient care area.
- Documents changes in patient condition and response to interventions within established timeframes.
- Demonstrates accountability for own ethical behavior and supports ethical practice by addressing and/or escalating issues.
- Recognizes limits of scope of practice, seeks multidisciplinary collaboration, utilizes appropriate resources, and follows chain of command.
- Assumes accountability for decisions made.
- Serves as an advocate for patients' needs by demonstrating holistic care practices.
- Uses knowledge of cultural differences to provide patient care that is sensitive to and consistent with cultural values, beliefs, and customs.
- Demonstrates the ability to recognize and adapt to changes in patients' condition (e.g., lab results, vitals, signs, and test values) in a timely and clinically appropriate manner.
- Utilizes SBAR format tool to notify physicians and other providers of clinical findings; performs nurse-to-nurse report at the bedside.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing (required upon hire).
- Registered Nurse license in Arizona (required upon hire).
- Basic Life Support - CPR certification (required upon hire).
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification (required within 6 months).
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (preferred).
- One year of recent acute care experience (preferred upon hire).
About the Workplace
Located in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is a 571-bed, not-for-profit hospital providing a wide range of health, social, and support services. Founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Mercy, it was the first hospital in the Phoenix area and remains dedicated to its mission of caring for the poor and underserved.
St. Joseph's is a nationally recognized center for quality quaternary care, medical education, and research. It includes the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute, Norton Thoracic Institute, Cancer Center at St. Joseph's, Ivy Brain Tumor Center, and St. Joseph's Level I Trauma Center (verified by the American College of Surgeons). The hospital is also a respected center for high-risk obstetrics, neuro-rehabilitation, orthopedics, and other medical services.
St. Joseph's is a sought-after destination hospital for treating complex cases from throughout the world. Approximately 20% of its patients travel from outside Arizona and the United States for treatment. U.S. News & World Report routinely ranks St. Joseph's among the top hospitals in the United States for neurology and neurosurgery.
The hospital hosts the Creighton University School of Medicine at St. Joseph's and maintains a strategic alliance with Phoenix Children's Hospital. It is consistently named an outstanding place to work and one of Arizona's healthiest employers.
Pay
$35.00 - $58.63 per hour.