Registered Nurse RN Services Navigator CVOR

Banner Health; Mesa (AZ); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Banner Health in Mesa, Arizona, seeks an experienced Registered Nurse for the Open Heart Surgery unit. This full-time day shift role requires providing direct patient care, coordinating the care team's activities, and maintaining clinical competencies in a high-volume CVOR setting.

The position emphasizes collaboration with physicians and staff, adherence to policies, and ongoing professional growth, with on-call coverage during weekends and a $3/hour weekend differential.

Qualifications

• Must possess a current, valid RN license in state of practice.
• BLS certification is required.
• Minimum of three years of related clinical experience.
• Must maintain clinical performance competencies with annual validations.
• Demonstrates commitment to professional improvement and practices to support the budgetary plan.
• Demonstrates critical thinking and leadership abilities.
• Requires strong oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Serves as liaison with physicians, allied health personnel, and vendors to identify equipment needs and ensure availability for procedures.
• Oversees quality, risk management, safety, and nursing standards; models clinical excellence.
• Delivers direct patient care and coordinates/ supervises activities of the health care team.
• Ensures efficient use of department resources and participates in quality improvement.
• Collaborates with leadership to identify operational and capital inventory needs and budgeting requirements.
• Precepts, mentors, and orients staff to promote staff development.
• Communicates with scheduling to clarify procedures and inventory descriptions.
• Interacts with staff across departments and external contacts to coordinate care and information flow.
• May collaborate on determining par levels for automatic reordering.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

Location & Employer

Primary City/State: Mesa, Arizona Department Name: Open Heart Surg-Hosp Work Shift: Day Job Category: Nursing. Nursing careers are better at Banner Health. We are committed to developing the careers of our team members. We care about you, your nursing career today and your future.

Banner Heart Hospital, one of the largest free-standing heart hospitals in the nation. Our commitment to providing superior heart care services in a fully integrated, collaborative environment has earned us distinction as a nationally Accredited Heart Failure Institute by the Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium. Banner Heart hospital CVOR consists of 6 surgical suites including 1 angio and 1 hybrid suite. The highly skilled CVOR staff assist surgeons and anesthesiologists in the care of patients undergoing a variety of Cardiac and Vascular surgeries. The CVOR is required to be available during off hours, holidays, and weekends with on-call coverage. We also work closely with our sister facilities and potentially float staff to assist in their needs.

Shift Details

Employment Type: Full-time. Hours per Week: 40 hours a week. Shift: Days. Schedule: Monday - Friday, 6am start time. On Call: Yes, weekends Admin Call. Enjoy an 18%-night shift differential and a flat rate $3/hour weekend shift differential.

Core Functions

• 1. Serves as a liaison with physicians, allied health personnel, and organizational vendors to identify and prioritize specialty service supply, instrument, and equipment needs for patient procedures. Reviews future schedule to prepare required equipment and resolve supply and equipment conflicts.
• 2. Coordinates oversight of quality, risk management, safety, and nursing standards and is a role model and resource for providing quality patient care and maintaining clinical competency on department.
• 3. Formulates and implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation and supervision of the activities of the health care team. Provides care based on physician orders and the nursing plan of care, in compliance with policies and procedures, standards of care, and regulatory agency requirements. Delegates appropriately, and provides nursing supervision in the provision of care to patients by other licensed nurses and other personnel. Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for whom care is provided.
• 4. Ensures efficient and cost-effective use of department resources by coordinating use of appropriate supplies and equipment for scheduled procedures. Participates in continuous quality improvement of their service to benefit patient and physician needs.
• 5. Collaborates and communicates with leadership and support staff for identification of operational and capital inventory needs. Participates in prioritization of equipment requests for budgeting purposes.
• 6. Promotes/supports growth of others through precepting, mentoring, and orientation when appropriate. Serves as a positive, clinical role model to facilitate staff development.
• 7. Communicates with scheduling for clarification of unique procedures, protocols, and inventory descriptions to facilitate the scheduling process.
• 8. May collaborate with staff in determining par levels for automatic reordering based on scheduled procedures, historical usage, availability, and product acquisition time.
• 9. Interacts with all levels of staff in a variety of departments, physicians, patients, families and external contacts, including vendors and physician offices. Interacts with other health care providers in numerous settings in order to report and ask for or clarify information.

Qualifications

• Must possess a current, valid RN license in state of practice.
• BLS certification is required.
• Must possess experience typically demonstrated through a minimum of three years of related clinical experience.
• Must maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area in which they work as demonstrated through annual validations.
• Must demonstrate commitment to professional improvement and practices to support the budgetary plan.
• Demonstrates critical thinking and leadership abilities.
• Requires strong oral and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Professional certification preferred.
• Certification may be preferred according to work assignment.
• Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Benefits

• We are proud to offer a comprehensive benefit package for all benefit-eligible positions.

EEO Statement

EEO/Disabled/Veterans Our organization supports a drug-free work environment. Banner Health supports a drug-free work environment.

Company Overview

Banner Health is one of the largest, nonprofit health care systems in the country and the leading nonprofit provider of hospital services in all the communities we serve. Throughout our network of hospitals, primary care health centers, research centers, labs, physician practices and more, our skilled and compassionate professionals use the latest technology to make health care easier, so life can be better. The many locations, career opportunities, and benefits offered at Banner Health help to make the Banner Journey unique and fulfilling for every employee.

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