RN ED Cottonwood, AZ - Sign-on up to $10k & Relocation

RN - Emergency Department

Registered Nurse in a Level 4 Trauma Center

Sign on/Relocation opportunities!

Join our amazing nursing team at our Verde Valley Medical Center/Sedona Medical Center locations!

You'll love the Southwest. Why not love your career, too!

Want to join an exceptional organization? If you value quality, go above and beyond in making patients a priority and want to help cultivate a positive, healthy, work environment, we want to talk to you.

Here's why:

• Patient-centered, team-based and collaborative work environment.
• Shared leadership that respects the input from front line nurses.
• Work-life balance is a priority with generous PTO.
• Financial support for specialty certifications
• Opportunity to grow your skills in triage, pediatrics, and trauma.
• Highly competitive compensation and benefits
• Financially stable, growing organization.

Live the Good Life:

In our Northern Arizona communities, you'll discover abundant opportunities to enjoy a lifestyle that's comparable to few other places. It is all here, four beautiful seasons, clean air, great neighborhoods and no traffic jams. No matter what you do for fun, recreational opportunities are everywhere.

Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Assesses the needs and conditions of assigned patients by gathering relevant patient health information.
• Identifies outcomes, develops a plan of care individualized to the patient and/or situation, and implements the identified plan appropriate for the attainment of the expected outcomes.
• Assesses patient's progress toward the attainment of outcomes and effectively revises/updates diagnoses, outcomes and plans of care as appropriate.
• Contributes to patient experience by providing safe, high quality & patient centered care and by respecting patients privacy, and treating all patients, family members and guests, as well as other associates, with dignity, respect, and compassion.
• Evaluates patient conditions frequently and adapts plan of care appropriately.
• Performs aseptic techniques by maintaining a sterile field while using principles of disinfection, sterilization, and infection control.
• Maintains infection prevention standards.
• Collaborates with physicians and other health care professionals.
• Assists as necessary with procedures and transportation throughout the hospital per hospital and departmental policies and procedures.

Education

• Participates in creating and sustaining a learning environment supported by evidenced based practice and research.
• Focuses on personal development areas, engaging in professional/collegial interactions with peers and students.
• Work collaboratively with peers and other health care providers and participating in ongoing in-service and educational seminars.
• Participates in the mentoring and education of colleagues and students.

Compliance/Safety

• Adheres to regulatory and organizational standards affecting patient care and safety as well as all hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Practices in a safe, high quality and cost-effective manner.
• Stays current and complies with state and federal regulations/statutes and company policies that impact the employee's area of responsibility.
• If required for position, ensures all certifications and/or licenses are up-to-date and valid prior to expiration dates.
• Completes all company mandatory modules and required job specific training in the specified time frame.
• Maintains timely and accurate documentation of assessments, interventions, EMR entries, and patient responses.
• Responsible for reporting any safety related incident in a timely fashion through the Midas/RDE tool; attends all safety related training programs; performs work in a safe manner; monitors work environment for possible safety issues and ensures others are also performing work in a safe manner.

Qualifications

Education:

• Associates degree or diploma in nursing (BSN preferred).
• All associate degree nurses must graduate from a BSN program within 6 years of hire into an RN position.

Certification & Licensures:

• Active, unrestricted, Arizona RN License or valid, participating compact license- Required
• BLS - Required
• ACLS – Required
• PALS or ENPC – Required within 90 days of hire
• NIHSS- Required within 30 days of hire
• ATCN or TNCC- Required within 18 months of hire
• NRP – Preferred
• STABLE - Preferred

Additional Experience:

• Familiar with electronic medical record system.
• Basic computer software programs (Windows).