Registered Nurse RN Medical Surgical PCU

About the role

This position assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and documents nursing care of patients in accordance with organizational policies and in accordance with standards of professional nursing practice utilizing the framework for professional nursing practice and development. This position is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by self or others who are under their direction.

Responsibilities

• Affirms patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural and discharge planning needs.
• Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion within appropriate timeframe.
• Reviews available information obtained by other health care team members.
• Reviews diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers.
• Completes assessment and reassessments according to patient need and as outlined in policy.
• 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.
• 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.
• Provides care based on the best evidence available and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
• Participates in unit or facility shared leadership.
• Interacts and participates in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families and visitors.
• Contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.

Requirements

• Must possess a 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 certification or continuing education may be required based on area of practice.
• Must maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area in which they work as demonstrated through annual validations.
• One year experience in an acute care hospital setting is desired.
• Experience must include working in an acute care setting within the past 12 months as a Registered Nurse in the specialty area.
• Professional certification preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Relates throughout the interview process the experience, training and education needed to perform the job.

Skills

• Ability to assess patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural and discharge planning needs.
• Ability to review patient history and physical with patient/family and assure completion within appropriate timeframe.
• Ability to review diagnostics and laboratory data and report abnormal results to the physician(s).
• Ability to formulate a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family and health team input.
• Ability to initiate a plan of care based on patient-specific needs, assessment data and the medical plan of care.
• Ability to collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to evaluate the patient's and family's response to care and teaching, and revise the plan of care as needed.
• Ability to evaluate patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health care team members.
• Ability to evaluate patient's response and the effectiveness of patient teaching.
• Ability to document assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in the patient record.
• Ability to provide care based on the best evidence available and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
• Ability to participate in unit or facility shared leadership.
• Ability to interact and participate in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families and visitors.
• Ability to contribute to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.

Benefits

• Virtually tour one of the state-of-the-art units at Banner-University Medical Center Tucson.
• Full-time: 36 hours per week, 3 12-Hour Shifts Day Shift: 7:00 AM - 7:30 PM.

Pay

• Flat rate $3/hour weekend shift differential and an 18%-night shift differential, where applicable.

Schedule

• Day Shift: 7:00 AM - 7:30 PM.