Registered Nurse RN New Graduate Cardiac PCU

About the Role

The Registered Nurse RN New Graduate Cardiac PCU position is a full-time, benefitted, and paid role within Banner Health's New Nurse Experience (NNE) program. This program provides a collaborative learning environment to refine nursing skills, enhance knowledge, and transition from a new graduate to a fully competent, professional nurse. Successful candidates will be placed in specific units, clinically mentored by unit staff and educators, and are expected to remain on their assigned unit for at least 12 months for a comprehensive training experience. New graduates will also need to live within a reasonable commute distance of their assigned facility.

Unit Overview

The Cardiac Progressive Care Unit is a 60-bed acute cardiac unit focused on providing excellent care to a variety of cardiovascular patients. This unit has a strong emphasis on maintaining a safe environment and specializes in conditions such as NSTEMI/STEMI, heart failure, arrhythmias, stents, pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, Watchman, MitraClips, and vasoactive drips.

Key Responsibilities

• Assesses patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, and discharge planning needs.
• Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion within the 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 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.
• Develops realistic, measurable goals for patients in conjunction with the patient/family.
• Considers the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age-specific, and educational needs of the patient in the plan of care.
• 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.
• Implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision of the health care team.
• Provides care based on physician orders and the nursing plan of care, in compliance with policies, 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 personnel.
• Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating patient status to other caregivers.
• 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. 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.
• 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.
• Promotes/supports the growth of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.
• Contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
• Actively participates in the improvement of national nursing quality indicators and outcomes.
• Interacts with all levels of staff in a variety of departments, physicians, patients, families, and external contacts.
• Synthesizes and prioritizes data from multiple sources to provide support for the human response of the patient and family to changes in health status.
• Participates in training in the state-of-the-art Banner Simulation Center.
• Undergoes competency and skills assessment and verification.
• Receives orientation to the Cerner electronic medical health record system.
• Participates in patient care skills labs providing hands-on experience with equipment.
• Completes e-Learning modules.
• Utilizes resources for professional and personal development.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Current BLS card (through either American Heart Association, Red Cross, or ASHI) or ability to obtain certification before a start date.
• Cerner (orientation provided)
• RN license (current, valid, temporary/interim, or compact for current state of practice)

Qualifications

• Recent or upcoming graduation from an accredited nursing program.
• No more than 12 months of RN experience.
• Must maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area of work.
• Must live within a reasonable commute distance of the facility.
• Most new nurses will work three 12-hour shifts, including weekend and holiday rotations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active RN license.
• Previous clinical healthcare experience.
• BSN (open to ADN at select locations).
• Professional certification.
• Additional related education and/or experience.

Compensation & Benefits

• Full-time, benefitted, and paid position.
• Flat rate $3/hour weekend shift differential, when applicable.
• 18% night shift differential, when applicable.
• Eligible for Banner Health’s “Total Rewards Compensation Package”.
• Includes Health/Dental/Vision insurance (if employee desires).
• PTO/Sick time accrual.
• 401K matching.
• Benefits begin the 1st of the month following your start date.