Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) – Medical-Surgical (MS2)
Location: Show Low, Arizona
Schedule: Full-Time | Day Shift or Night Shift| Three 12-Hour Shifts per Week
Pay Range: $31.00–$47.00 per hour
Openings: 5
Job Overview
A healthcare organization in Show Low, Arizona, is seeking experienced Registered Nurse (RN) – Medical-Surgical (MS2).
The RN will provide comprehensive care on a 24-bed Medical-Surgical unit with telemetry capability in every room. The unit primarily serves adult patients with a broad range of acute medical conditions and requires nurses with particularly strong neurological and cardiac assessment skills.
This position is ideal for an experienced acute-care RN who is comfortable managing a varied patient population, interpreting telemetry, responding to changing clinical conditions, and collaborating closely with an interdisciplinary care team.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct nursing care to Medical-Surgical and telemetry patients
- Perform comprehensive patient assessments and ongoing reassessments
- Develop, implement, and update individualized nursing plans of care
- Monitor patients for neurological, cardiac, respiratory, and other clinical changes
- Interpret telemetry and collaborate with monitor technicians regarding rhythm changes
- Perform focused neurological assessments and identify signs of acute deterioration
- Provide care to patients with cardiac and neurological conditions
- Administer medications, IV therapies, and treatments according to physician orders
- Start and manage IV access as needed, as there is no dedicated IV team
- Recognize changes in patient condition and initiate appropriate nursing interventions
- Collaborate with hospitalists, Charge Nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacy, PCTs, HUCs, and other interdisciplinary team members
- Educate patients and families regarding diagnoses, medications, treatment plans, and discharge instructions
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation in the electronic medical record
- Follow infection-control, patient-safety, and nursing practice standards
- Provide age-appropriate care based on patient needs and clinical competency
- Float to other Medical-Surgical units as needed
- May float to ICU to care for Medical-Surgical overflow patients
- Perform other nursing duties within scope of practice as assigned
Qualifications
Required
- Current Registered Nurse license or eligibility for Arizona licensure
- Minimum of two years of acute-care Medical-Surgical nursing experience
- Strong neurological assessment skills
- Strong cardiac and telemetry skills
- Current Basic Life Support certification
- Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification
- Current NIH Stroke Scale certification
- Strong clinical assessment, prioritization, and decision-making abilities
- Ability to recognize and respond appropriately to changes in patient condition
- Willingness to float to other Medical-Surgical units and care for Med-Surg overflow patients in ICU when needed
Preferred
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification
- Previous telemetry experience
- Experience caring for neurological or stroke patients
- Experience caring for cardiac patients
- Previous experience with Sunrise Allscripts
- Experience caring for both adult and pediatric populations
Pediatric assignments are based on appropriate training, competency, and certification.
Department Information
- 24 Medical-Surgical beds
- Telemetry capability in all patient rooms
- Adult and pediatric patient population
- Typical RN ratio of approximately 1:5, adjusted based on patient acuity
- Pediatric assignments may be approximately 1:4
- Telemetry technicians available
- Charge Nurse support
- Patient Care Technicians and Health Unit Coordinators
- Hospitalist available in-house 24/7
- Respiratory Therapy available 24/7
- Pharmacy available 24/7
- No dedicated IV team
- Sunrise Allscripts electronic medical record
Schedule
- Three 12-hour shifts per week
- Approximately 36 hours per week
- Floating may occur to other Medical-Surgical units
- ICU floating is limited to caring for appropriate Medical-Surgical overflow patients
Dress Code
- Scrubs may be any color except all black
- Scrubs are not provided
Benefits
Benefits and additional employment incentives will be reviewed during the hiring process and may include health coverage, retirement programs, paid time off, and professional-development opportunities.
If you are an experienced Medical-Surgical RN with strong cardiac and neurological skills we would love to hear from you.