Job Details: RN - ADULT CARDIOTHORACIC ICU (DAYS & NIGHTS)

Company: St. Joseph´s Hospital & Medical Center – St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has been a symbol of quality healthcare in the Valley of the Sun for more than 110 years. We are extremely proud to announce that we are the only Arizona hospital to be voted a "Best Place to Work in the Valley" five years in a row.

Description: St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has been a symbol of quality healthcare in the Valley of the Sun for more than 110 years. We are Arizona's ONLY hospital to be voted a Best Place to Work in the Valley for FIVE years in a row.
TITLE (REQ ID): RN - ADULT CARDIOTHORACIC ICU (DAYS & NIGHTS) (28356)
DEPARTMENT: ADULT CARDIOTHORACIC ICU / CICU
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: FULL TIME
SHIFT:
HOURS PER PAY PERIOD: 72
SHIFT HOURS: 12HOUR
FACILITY: ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL & MED CTR
LOCATION: PHOENIX, AZ

FACILITY INFORMATION
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has been a symbol of quality healthcare in the Valley of the Sun for more than 110 years. We are extremely proud to announce that we are the only Arizona hospital to be voted a 'Best Place to Work in the Valley' five years in a row. We are also proud to be named a top hospital by Ranking Arizona Magazine and to be routinely recognized as one of the country's best neuroscience centers by U.S. News & World Report.

St. Joseph's is home to:
- The internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute

- St. Joseph's Children's Health Center, which is the second largest provider of comprehensive pediatric services in the state

- The Heart & Lung Institute at St. Joseph's

- St. Joseph's Trauma Center, which is the only Level 1 trauma center in Arizona that's verified by the American College of Surgeons

St. Joseph's continues to expand and enhance its services to meet the growing needs of the community by providing comprehensive neurological, neurosurgical, pediatric, perinatal, cardiac, thoracic, and cancer care. The hospital's nine critical care units serve more than 60,000 patients each year. In 2006, St. Joseph's opened a 144-bed tower, making it the largest hospital in Arizona with 690 beds.

Founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph's continues to help the underserved through clinics, community grants and outreach programs. The hospital is part of Catholic Healthcare West, which has more than 40 hospitals in Arizona, California and Nevada.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS
The Adult Cardiothoracic ICU Unit at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center plays a critical role within the Cardiac and Thoracic Service Line of Excellence supporting it's Heart & Lung Institute, the only stand-alone lung transplant center in the Nation. Committed to the highest level of patient satisfaction, our CICU unit is a dedicated 16-bed unit that supports St. Joseph's adult cardiac, vascular and thoracic post surgical patients and has a nurse to patient ratio of 1:2 or 1:1.

Join us now as we are seeking Registered Nurses (RN) to coordinate, supervise and implement patient care based on competence, professional expertise, knowledge and evidence-based practice. The Registered Nurse is expected to practice autonomously, consistent with professional standards, Nurse Practice Act and hospital job description.

REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum Requirements:
- AZ RN license or RN License from a Compact
State. Please refer to www.ncsbn.org for
complete listing of Compact States.

- BCLS certification and resuscitation level
certificate as appropriate to assigned
department.

PREFERRED:
RN 2+ yrs Experience

KEYWORDS:
rn, Registered Nurse, Staff Nurse, CICU, Cardiac ICU, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Phoenix, Phx, Arizona, Az
Please reply online. We look forward to hearing from you.

Posting Date: Aug 22 08