RN Emergency Department Days

About the role

Location: Deer Valley - 19829 N 27th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85027

Category: Skilled Nursing

Shift: Day

Department: Emergency Department

HonorHealth is a nonprofit healthcare system founded in 1927, known for its culture of warmth, neighborly kindness, and dedication to patient and community well‑being.

Preferred: Prior ER RN experience.

Responsibilities

• Records patients' medical history and symptoms; helps perform diagnostic tests and analyze results; operates medical equipment; administers treatment and medications; assists with patient follow‑up and rehabilitation.
• Establishes or contributes to a care plan, which may include administering medication (checking dosages, avoiding interactions); starting, maintaining, and discontinuing intravenous (IV) lines; administering therapies and treatments; observing and recording patient observations; consulting with physicians and other healthcare clinicians.
• Teaches patients and families how to manage illnesses or injuries; explains post‑treatment and home‑care needs; provides guidance on diet, nutrition, exercise, and self‑administration of medication and therapy.
• Provides direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides regarding patient care; delegates tasks when appropriate.
• Supports efforts to advance clinical knowledge and skills; precepts new hire staff and students; assists staff and students in completing competency‑skill tasks.
• Continues to enhance knowledge in nursing management and care of patient problems and conditions as required.
• Collects health data systematically and continuously, prioritizing based on patient condition or needs and involving family.
• Analyzes assessment data to determine diagnoses and uses nursing diagnoses to develop, implement, evaluate, and revise individualized, family‑centered, developmentally and age‑appropriate, culturally relevant plans of care.
• Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient’s specific health problems.
• Develops plans of care that reflect current evidence‑based nursing practice, ensure continuity of care, and are family centered.
• Implements interventions from the plan of care, including initiating treatments, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on standing orders, policies, and procedures.
• Provides nursing care addressing physical, emotional, spiritual, and social‑cultural needs of patient and family using a family‑centered approach.
• Evaluates patient progress toward attainment of outcomes; documents observations, interventions, therapeutic measures, multi‑systems monitoring data, and other relevant data in a retrievable form.
• Ongoingly evaluates the quality and effectiveness of the care plan to maintain and enhance patient outcomes that promote cost‑effective, high‑quality healthcare.
• Evaluates own nursing practice against professional standards, statutes, regulations, and department policies; maintains current knowledge in nursing practice.
• Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
• Integrates ethical principles into all aspects of practice.
• Enhances knowledge of cultural and diversity needs for specific populations.
• Collaborates with others in nursing professional development at institutional, local, regional, and state levels; acts as a colleague.
• Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and other healthcare providers through role‑modeling, fostering peer relationships, and participating in preceptor/mentor programs.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care delivery.
• Collaborates with patients, families, and other healthcare providers in providing patient care.
• Develops and evaluates evidence‑based standards of care for patients; identifies needed changes in nursing practice using an evidence‑based approach and facilitates initiation, adoption, and adaptation to change.
• Participates in and uses evidence‑based research to identify strategies for improving nursing practice and patient outcomes.
• Designs, creates, and applies research by supporting integration of research into practice, fostering use of systematic evaluative research regarding clinical, educational, and managerial data.
• Considers safety, effectiveness, and cost when planning and delivering patient care by utilizing resources effectively and efficiently.

Qualifications

• Education:
  • Required: Associate’s degree or diploma in nursing.
  • All diploma and ADN hires must complete a BSN within 60 months of hire OR have 5+ years of RN experience (direct patient care or indirect RN roles) at time of hire.
  • Preferred: Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN).
  • Preferred experience: >10 months med‑surg or acute specialty setting.
  • Required: 1 year RN experience for all float positions.
• License and Certifications:
  • Required: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
  • Required: Registered Nurse (RN) license – State and/or Compact State licensure in Arizona (upon hire).
  • Required: National certification for unit‑specific patient population.
  • Preferred: Unit‑specific certification as required by specialty area.

Benefits

• Sign‑on bonus: $15,000 (available).

Schedule

• Full‑Time Days: 0700 – 1930.