Registered Nurse; RN - DOU - Direct Observation Unit

Tenet-AZ Region is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Direct Observation Unit (DOU) for a nursing position in Goodyear, Arizona.

Specialty: DOU - Direct Observation Unit

Discipline: RN

Duration: Ongoing

Hours: 36 hours per week, 12-hour shifts

Employment Type: Staff

• Provides professional nursing care within an assigned unit.
• Coordinates care planning with other disciplines.
• Renders individualized, age‑specific, direct bedside nursing care based on the nursing process and patient needs.
• Acts as a supervisor by assessing, planning, delegating, and utilizing independent judgement in directing other healthcare employees for patient care.
• Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice to identify patient goals.
• Participates in hourly rounding.
• Observes safety guidelines and safe work practices.
• May be asked to be in charge of a shift(s).
• Assesses patients’ physical, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, cultural, safety/risk, and discharge planning needs on admission and ongoing basis.
• Determines nursing diagnosis based upon patient assessment and data analysis.
• Sets practical, realistic, and appropriate patient population specific outcome goals.
• Utilizes patient and family input as appropriate and guides patient in achieving goals.
• Individualizes the patient’s plan of care based on needs and procedural complexities.
• Implements nursing and medical orders and ensures they are appropriate to the patient’s current status.
• Completes other tasks assigned at the hospital.

• Effective interpersonal skills and ability to work with team members.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment with occasional periods of above‑average pressure.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Basic computer skills.

• Education: Nursing degree from an accredited nursing school.
• L&D only: Advanced Fetal Monitoring or must obtain within six months of hire (updated 12/09/09).
• Level II EQ Only: Minimum of two years of current Level III NICU experience including neonatal ventilator.
• License/
  
  Certifications:
  
  

• License to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Arizona.
• CPR.
• ACLS as applicable by Facility/Department.
• ER, ICU, Endoscopy, Tele, Cardiac Cath Lab, L&D: ACLS required upon orientation completion.
• ER: PALS or ENPC required or must obtain within ninety days.
• Post‑partum, Nursery, L&D: NRP required upon orientation completion.
• Bariatrics:
  Certification or specialized training in bariatrics specialty area of practice.
• Wound Care:
  Wound‑Ostomy Certification or Training in Wound Care and/or Ostomy Care.

• BSN.
• 1 year of acute care experience; new graduates considered.
• Certification in specialty area of practice preferred.
• PACU: ACLS required or must obtain within six months of hire; PALS preferred.
• ACLS.