Registered Nurse II Cardiac Arrhythmia

Location Hours: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cardiac Arrhythmia Clinic: 3225 N. Civic Center Plaza, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

Primary City/State: Deer Valley - MOB - 19636 N 27th Ave

Category: Skilled Nursing

Shift: Day

Department: Heart Care-Cardiac Arrhythmia

Sign-on Bonus: $10,000

Responsibilities

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 helps with patient follow‑up and rehabilitation. The RN establishes a care plan or contributes to an existing plan. The plan may include activities such as administering medication, careful checking of dosages and avoiding interactions; starting, maintaining, and discontinuing intravenous (IV) lines for fluid, medication, blood, and blood products; administering therapies and treatments; observing the patient and recording observations; and consulting with physicians and other healthcare clinicians. The RN teaches patients and their families how to manage their illnesses or injuries, explains post‑treatment and home care needs, diet, nutrition, exercise programs, and self‑administration of medication and therapy. The RN provides direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides regarding patient care and delegates when appropriate. The RN supports efforts to advance clinical knowledge and skills, precepts new‑hire staff and students, and assists the staff and students to seek and complete the tasks required to complete their competency skills. The RN continues to enhance their knowledge in nursing management and care of patient problems and conditions as required.

Essential Functions

• Possess knowledge of how to collect health data systematically and continuously, prioritizing data collection as determined by the patient’s immediate condition or needs and involving the family; analyze assessment data to determine diagnoses and use the nursing diagnosis to 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 plans of care that are individualized to the patient’s condition or needs, reflecting current nursing practice that is evidence‑based, providing continuity of care, and are family‑centered.
• Implement interventions in the plan of care; initiate treatments, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of standing orders, policies and procedures; provide nursing care to meet the 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; document observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, mult-system monitoring data, and other data relevant to the patient’s care in a retrievable form; provide ongoing evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of the care plan to ensure they maintain and enhance patient outcomes that promote cost‑effective high‑quality healthcare.
• Evaluate one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and relevant statutes and regulations of the system and department policies and maintain current knowledge in nursing practice; systematically evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
• Integrate ethical principles in all aspects of practice; enhance knowledge of culture and diversity needs for specific populations.
• Collaborate with others in the practice of nursing professional development at the institutional, local, regional and state levels; interact with and contribute to the professional development of peers and other health‑care providers through positive role‑modeling, fostering peer relationships, and participating in preceptor and/or mentor programs.
• Collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary team in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care delivery; collaborate with the patient, family and other health‑care providers in providing patient care.
• Develop and evaluate standards of care for patients that are evidence‑based; identify changes that should be made in nursing practice using an evidence‑based approach and facilitating the initiation of, adoption of, and adaptation to change; participate in and use evidence‑based research to identify strategies for improving nursing practice and patient outcomes; design, create, and apply research by supporting the integration of research into practice fostering the use of systematic evaluative research with regard to clinical, educational, and managerial data.
• Consider factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care by utilizing all resources effectively and efficiently.

Education

Other / Certificate: All Diploma and ADN hires must complete a BSN within 60 months of hire OR have 5 or more years of RN experience at the time of hire. Associate or Diploma in Nursing. All staff who have direct responsibility for the care of stroke patients must refer to the addendum for stroke‑specific education requirements prior to start. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Preferred.

Experience

Other: >10 months med‑surg or acute specialty setting required. 1 year RN experience for all float positions required.

License and Certifications

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required. Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of Arizona required upon hire. National certification for unit specific patient population preferred.