Registered Nurse RN Cardiovascular ICU

About the role

Banner Heart Hospital is a leading cardiovascular care facility in Arizona, known for its advanced technology and comprehensive services. The Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) is a 28-bed unit that provides critical care to cardiac and vascular patients, including those requiring implantable devices like Impella, IABP, SLED, CCRT, and EKOS catheters. The unit is part of a larger healthcare system that includes multiple facilities offering a wide range of cardiovascular services.

Responsibilities

• Affirms patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge planning needs.
• Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and ensures completion within appropriate timeframe.
• Reviews available information from other health care team members.
• Reviews diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers.
• Formulates a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family, and health team input.
• Initiates a plan of care based on patient-specific needs, assessment data, and the medical plan of care.
• Plans care in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Delegates appropriately and provides nursing supervision in the provision of care to patients by other licensed nurses and other personnel.
• Evaluates the patient's and family's response to care and teaching, and revises the plan of care as needed.
• Evaluates patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health care team members.
• Evaluates patient's response and the effectiveness of patient teaching.
• Documents assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation in the patient record.
• Interacts and participates in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors.
• Synthesizes and prioritizes data from multiple sources to provide support for the human response of the patient and family to changes in health status.

Requirements

• Current, valid RN license in state of practice, temporary/interim RN license in state of practice, or compact RN licensure for current state of practice.
• BLS certification is required.
• Additional certifications or continuing education may be required based on area of practice.
• One year experience in an acute care hospital setting preferred.
• Experience in the clinical area for which he or she is applying is desired.
• Maintains clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area in which they work as demonstrated through annual validations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Professional certification preferred.

Skills

• Knowledge of cardiovascular and critical care nursing practices.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in using electronic health records (EHR).

Benefits

• 18% night shift differential.
• $3/hour weekend shift differential.

Pay

• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

• Varied schedule, typically three 12-hour night shifts from 7:00 PM - 7:30 AM.
• Opportunity to utilize self-scheduling tool for shift and weekend coverage.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance options.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Employee assistance program.
• Flexible spending account.