Registered Nurse; RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit

Registered Nurse (RN) – PCU – Progressive Care Unit – Phoenix, Arizona

Tenet‑AZ Region is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for a Progressive Care Unit (PCU) position in Phoenix, Arizona.

Specialty: PCU – Progressive Care Unit
Discipline: RN
Duration:
Ongoing
Hours per week: 36

Shift: 12 hours

Employment Type:

Staff

• Provide professional nursing care within an assigned unit.
• Coordinate care planning with other disciplines.
• Deliver individualized, age‑specific bedside nursing care based on the nursing process and patient needs.
• Supervise and direct other healthcare employees, assessing, planning, delegating, and utilizing independent judgment.
• Systematically evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice to identify patient goals.
• Participate in hourly rounding.
• Observe safety guidelines and safe work practices.
• May be asked to be in charge for a shift(s).
• Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, cultural, safety/risk and discharge planning needs on admission and on an ongoing basis.
• Determine nursing diagnosis based upon patient assessment and data analysis.
• Set practical, realistic and appropriate patient population specific outcome goals.
• Utilize patient and family input when appropriate and guide patient in achieving goals.
• Individualize the patient’s plan of care based on patient needs and circumstantial/procedural complexities.
• Implement nursing and medical orders and ensure they are appropriate to the patient’s current status.
• 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.
• License to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Arizona.
• CPR certification.
• ACLS as applicable by Facility/Department.

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