Registered Nurse (RN) - PCU - Progressive Care Unit Med Surg - $32-53 per hour

Banner Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) PCU - Progressive Care Unit Med Surg for a nursing job in El Mirage, Arizona.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty : PCU - Progressive Care Unit
• Discipline : RN
• Duration : Ongoing
• Employment Type : Staff

Primary City / State :

Sun City West, Arizona

Department Name :

Med-Surg-3W / 3B-Hosp

Work Shift : Night

Night

Job Category : Nursing

Nursing

$20,000 Sign-On Bonus!

Nurses play a critical role in patient care. They’re the smiling faces patients see when they’re sick; they’re advocates for the patients and their families.

Truly, they are the heartbeat of a hospital. Now more than ever nursing care delivery is the key factor in helping our patients reach their goal of returning home to their loved ones as quickly as possible.

Banner Del Webb Medical Center has been named to the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals list by IBM Watson Health. Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center is dedicated to a high-tech, high-touch philosophy of care that has kept us a top healthcare choice in the Northwest Valley for more than 20 years.

We are deeply committed to providing the highest quality of clinical care along with an excellent patient care experience.

Watch this short video to learn what it is like working as a nurse at Banner Del E Webb Medical Center. Become a part of the team that is making a difference in people’s lives!

We would like you to bring your RN experience to our team and we will help you grow in your career with Banner! We are looking for RN’s who exhibits Banner Health’s Core Values of putting our patients first with the aim of making Healthcare easier so that life can be better!

At Banner Del Webb, our 3W / 3B General Medical / Surgical PCU Unit is seeking a full-time Registered Nurse. You will work on our combined unit including both a 15-bed private room unit as well as our 29-bed semi-private room unit utilizing your knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills to assess data, plan and provide high quality, safe and efficient care for our patients.

This unit participates in our Progress In Place initiative, meaning the patients cared for on our units have a variety of medical conditions and we serve both Medical Surgical and Progressive Care acuity patients, allowing our nurses the opportunity to continually grow in their abilities and develop strong RN skills.

Whether a patient is post-surgical or one who is battling a COPD exacerbation, pneumonia, pancreatitis, renal failure or hypoxia;

you will have the opportunity to drive their plan of care and maximize your nursing practice. Our RN’s utilize critical thinking to drive patient care and outcomes.

Opportunities to advance the profession, the unit and your knowledge base are available and highly encouraged!

The leadership style on our unit is a staff centric model that emphasizes a partnership aimed at helping staff grow and reach their peak level of success.

The intrinsic values of hard work, enthusiasm, integrity and collaboration are only a few of the many key components that we value in the journey to reach that success level which translates into the highest quality care that our patients expect and deserve.

We are currently hiring for a full time night shift working three 12-hour shifts per week from 7pm - 7 : 30am. This position offers a weekend differential of a flat rate $3 / hour as well as 18% night differential when applicable.

Your pay and benefits are important components of your Journey at Banner Health. Banner Health offers a variety of benefit plans to help you and your family.

We provide health and financial security options so you can focus on being the best at what you do and enjoying your life.

Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center excels in providing extraordinary health care to residents of the northwest Valley of metro Phoenix and is recognized by U.

S. News and World Report as one of Phoenix's Best Hospitals. With 391 licensed beds, the hospital provides a wide range of services, including acute medical and surgical services as well as intensive care, emergency and urgent care, inpatient / outpatient surgery, cardiac catheterization, neurology, orthopedics, oncology, urology, pulmonary, obstetrics and gynecology, outpatient diagnostic services, and adult behavioral services.

POSITION SUMMARY

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.

This position utilizes specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills necessary to assess data and plan, provide and evaluate care appropriate to the physical and developmental age of assigned patients.

CORE FUNCTIONS

1. Assesses 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.

2. 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. Goals for patient are realistic, measurable and developed in conjunction with the patient / family.

Considers the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age specific and educational needs of the patient in the plan of are.

Plans care in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team. Reviews and revises the plan of care to reflect changing patient needs based on evaluation of the patient’s status.

3. Implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation and supervision of the activities of the health care team.

Provides care based on physician orders and the nursing plan of care, in compliance with policies and procedures, standards of care, and regulatory agency requirements.

Delegates appropriately, and provides nursing supervision in the provision of care to patients by other licensed nurses and other personnel.

Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for whom care is provided.

4. 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.

5. Documents assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in the patient record. Documentation is legible, timely and in accordance with policy.

Documentation reflects objective / subjective data, nursing interventions and patient's response to treatment. Notes physician orders accurately and in a timely manner.

6. Provides care based on