Registered Nurse RN New Grad ICU

About the Role

The New Graduate RN Residency Program at Banner Health offers a full-time Registered Nurse position designed to transition new graduates into competent, professional nurses. The program provides a collaborative learning environment to refine nursing skills and enhance knowledge. Successful candidates will be placed in specific units with clinical mentorship. The program offers multiple career pathways and development opportunities.

Program Activities Include

• Clinical experiences with a preceptor
• Training in the Banner Simulation Center
• Competency and skills assessment and verification
• Orientation to the Cerner electronic medical health record system
• Patient care skills lab with hands-on equipment experience
• e-Learning modules
• Resources for professional and personal development

Key Responsibilities

• Assesses patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge planning needs.
• Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion.
• Reviews available information from other health care team members.
• Reviews diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results.
• 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 health care team activities.
• 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 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 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.
• May supervise staff and work flow of the department (in some roles).
• Interacts with all levels of staff in a variety of departments, physicians, patients, families, and external contacts concerning patient healthcare.
• Interacts with other health care providers to report, ask for, or clarify information.
• Works with clergy to provide spiritual support.
• Synthesizes and prioritizes data from multiple sources to provide support for the human response of the patient and family to changes in health status.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Recent or upcoming graduation from an accredited nursing program.
• BSN is preferred; open to ADN at select locations.
• Current BLS card (through American Heart Association, Red Cross, or ASHI) or ability to obtain certification before a start date.
• No more than 12 months of RN experience.
• Previous healthcare experience is preferred.
• It is recommended to apply no earlier than 60 days prior to your graduation date.
• New Grads will need to live within a reasonable commute distance of the facility.
• The expectation is to stay on your NNE unit for at least 12 months.

Qualifications

• Must possess a current, valid RN license in the state of practice, temporary/interim RN license, or compact RN licensure.
• 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 of work as demonstrated through annual validations.

Unit Description: ICU/CCU-Hosp (2 South)

• A 13-bed ICU unit offering care to critically ill patients.
• Patient population includes individuals with respiratory failure, aspiration pneumonia, PE, strokes, and cardiac concerns.
• Opportunity to learn specialized treatments/devices such as CRRT, Intra-aortic balloon pump, and Impellas.
• Work alongside experienced staff and build strong interdisciplinary relationships.
• Banner - University Medical Center South is a comprehensive academic medical center.
• Working towards Magnet, Level 3 Trauma, and Primary Stroke designation.
• Accredited Cardiac Receiving Center and a senior-friendly hospital.