Medical Surgical Nurse

Job Summary And Responsibilities

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well‑being and recovery. Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You will collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To be successful, you must possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient‑first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast‑paced environment will support patient recovery and fuel your own career advancement.

• Provides comprehensive, safe, and effective, evidence-based nursing care to achieve desired health outcomes for the patient. Documents the nursing care plan and incorporates the nursing process following the standard of care for patient care area.
• Organizes and prioritizes patient care activities balanced with the needs and comfort of the patient. Involves the patient and family/caregiver in desired outcomes in formulating the plan of care and in appropriate educational activities in preparation for return to home situation.
• Demonstrates accountability for own ethical behavior, and supports ethical practice by addressing and/or escalating issues.
• Serves as an advocate for patients' needs by demonstrating holistic care practices. Uses knowledge of cultural differences to provide patient care that is sensitive to and consistent with cultural values, beliefs, and customs.
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize and adapt to changes in patient's condition (i.e. lab, vitals, signs and test values) in a timely and clinically appropriate manner. Documents changes in patient condition and response to interventions within established time frames.
• Utilizes SBAR format tool to notify physicians and other providers of clinical findings; performs nurse-to-nurse report at the bedside. Recognizes limits of scope of practice, seeks multidisciplinary collaboration, utilizes appropriate resources, and follows chain of command.

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• One (1) year recent acute care RN experience
• RN License with the state of Arizona
• American Heart Association BLS
• American Heart Association ACLS, obtained within 6 months of hire

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing

AZ General Hospital Laveen, a 16‑bed non‑profit hospital located in Laveen, Arizona.

$35.00 - $58.63 /hour