Registered Nurse - Med/Surg Solid Organ Transplant, Nights - RN

Mayo Career Site UK; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Mayo Clinic Arizona invites applications for a registered nurse (RN) role within 5 East, a 36-bed unit specializing in solid organ transplant care. The RN coordinates the full spectrum of nursing care, including direct patient care, education for patients and families, and care transitions across the continuum.

The role emphasizes leadership, mentoring, and quality improvement, with opportunities for committee participation and professional development.

Qualifications

• RN accountable for coordination of nursing care.
• Excellent communication and mentoring abilities.
• Ability to educate patients and families.
• Ability to delegate patient care based on acuity and resources.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate nursing care and direct patient care for assigned patients.
• Provide patient/family education and manage transitions of care.
• Participate in precepting, leadership activities and quality improvement.
• May drive personal vehicle as part of role.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Communication skills

Mentoring and teaching

Patient education

Clinical delegation

Job description

The registered nurse (RN) is accountable for the coordination of nursing care, including direct patient care, patient/family education and transitions of care. The RN supports professional nursing practice across practice settings and across the continuum of care to meet the needs of the patient and family. The RN will function within the Mayo Clinic Nursing Professional Practice Model, which includes accountability for planning, implementing, evaluating and communicating all phases of nursing care for assigned patients. The ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice provide a basis for the practice of the RN. The RN provides leadership through activities such as preceptor role, informal and formal leadership roles, and quality improvement efforts. The RN delegates patient care according to skill level, experience, patient acuity, fiscal accountability and availability of resources. The RN possesses excellent communication skills; is skillful in mentoring and teaching; and may participate on committees or projects. A subset of employees may be required to drive their personal vehicle as part of the responsibility of their role. This role is eligible for TN sponsorship.

Mayo Clinic in Arizona is home to the nation’s leading solid organ transplant program. 5 East is a 36-bed medical-surgical unit with state-of-the-art technologies that specializes in solid organ transplant and cares for patient’s pre-transplant, post-transplant, and beyond. An interactive interdisciplinary approach ensures that our patients receive the best possible care from admission to discharge. Our nursing team is respected and supported and has provider presence on-site 24 hours a day.

Why choose 5 East?

5 East boasts highly skilled nurses who experience a diverse patient population with varying acuities. Each shift presents our staff with an opportunity to utilize skills and gain experience unlike those in any other unit of the hospital. 5 East takes pride in caring for kidney transplant recipients directly from the PACU and liver transplant patients after a short stay in our Intensive Care Unit. Transplant care is an extremely rewarding specialty, and we invite you to