RN OR, FT - Network Float Pool

Various locations – Phoenix, AZ. Full-time, 80 hours per pay period, Monday-Friday, 8-10 hour day and mid shifts. New hire sign-on bonus available. Minimum 2 years' experience as an RN in an OR setting required.

About the role

At HonorHealth, you’ll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to caring for the health and well-being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

The RN's practice is guided by the ANA Standard for Professional Nurse and Code of Ethics. The RN has knowledge of professional nursing principles, practices, concepts, and procedures as applied to the care of the patient population served. The RN records patients' medical history and symptoms, helps perform diagnostic tests and analyze results, operates medical equipment, administers treatment and medications, and assists with patient follow-up and rehabilitation.

Responsibilities

• Establish or contribute to a care plan, including administering medication, managing IV lines, administering therapies and treatments, observing and recording patient observations, and consulting with physicians and other healthcare clinicians.
• Teach patients and families how to manage illnesses or injuries, explain post-treatment and home care needs, including diet, nutrition, exercise programs, and self-administration of medication and therapy.
• Provide direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides regarding patient care and delegate when appropriate.
• Support efforts to advance clinical knowledge and skills, precept new hire staff and students, and assist them in completing competency skills.
• Collect health data systematically, prioritize data collection based on the patient’s immediate condition, and involve the family in the process.
• Analyze assessment data to determine diagnoses and develop, implement, evaluate, and revise an appropriate patient plan of care that is family-centered, developmentally and age-appropriate, and culturally relevant.
• Identify expected outcomes individualized to the patient and their specific health problems.
• Develop and implement plans of care that are evidence-based, provide continuity of care, and are family-centered.
• Initiate treatments, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on standing orders, policies, and procedures.
• Provide nursing care to meet physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs of the patient and family using a family-centered approach.
• Evaluate the patient’s progress toward attainment of outcomes and document observations, interventions, and monitoring data.
• Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of the care plan to ensure cost-effective, high-quality healthcare delivery.
• Evaluate one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional standards, statutes, and regulations, and maintain current knowledge in nursing practice.
• Integrate ethical principles in all aspects of practice and enhance knowledge of cultural and diversity needs for specific populations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care delivery.
• Collaborate with patients, families, and other healthcare providers in providing patient care.
• Develop and evaluate evidence-based standards of care for patients and identify changes in nursing practice using an evidence-based approach.
• Participate in and use evidence-based research to improve nursing practice and patient outcomes.
• Design, create, and apply research to support the integration of research into practice.
• Consider factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care, utilizing all resources effectively and efficiently.

Requirements

• All Diploma and ADN hires must complete a BSN within 60 months of hire OR have 5 or more years of Registered Nurse experience (including direct patient care or indirect RN roles) at the time of hire.
• Associates or Diploma in Nursing (required).
• Bachelors in Nursing (BSN) (preferred).
• More than 10 months of med-surg or acute specialty setting experience (required).
• 1 year of RN experience for all Float Positions (required).
• Certification in BLS training course C, and unit-specific certification as required by specialty area (required).
• State and/or Compact State Licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Arizona (required upon hire).
• National certification for unit-specific patient population (preferred).

Benefits

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