Registered Nurse (RN) – Medical-Surgical (MS3)

Job Title: Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse
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 Medical-Surgical Registered Nurses. The RN will provide direct care on a 10-bed Medical-Surgical unit with telemetry capability in every room. This position requires strong acute-care Med-Surg experience, sound clinical judgment, and the flexibility to support other Medical-Surgical areas based on hospital needs.

The unit offers a 36-hour weekly schedule with no routine cancellations.

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 changes in clinical condition and initiate appropriate interventions
• Administer medications, IV therapies, and treatments according to physician orders
• Monitor telemetry and collaborate with monitor technicians regarding rhythm changes
• Educate patients and families regarding diagnoses, medications, treatment plans, and discharge instructions
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation
• Collaborate with physicians, Charge Nurses, PCTs, HUCs, telemetry technicians, and other members of the interdisciplinary team
• Follow infection-control, patient-safety, and nursing practice standards
• Adapt care based on patient acuity and changing department needs
• Float to other Medical-Surgical units as needed
• May float to ICU to care for appropriate Medical-Surgical overflow patients
• Provide pediatric care when appropriately trained and qualified
• Perform other nursing responsibilities 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
• Current Basic Life Support certification
• Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification
• Strong patient assessment and clinical decision-making skills
• Experience caring for acute Medical-Surgical patients
• Ability to manage telemetry patients
• Strong communication, organization, and prioritization skills
• Willingness to float to other Medical-Surgical units and provide appropriate Med-Surg overflow coverage in ICU

Preferred

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification
• Telemetry experience
• Experience caring for pediatric patients
• Previous experience in a hospital-based Medical-Surgical unit
• More than two years of acute-care nursing experience

Department Information

• 10 Medical-Surgical beds
• Telemetry capability in every room
• Typical day-shift RN ratio of approximately 1:5, adjusted based on patient acuity
• Typical night-shift ratio of approximately 1:6
• Pediatric assignments may be approximately 1:4
• Telemetry technician support
• Charge Nurse support
• Patient Care Technicians and Health Unit Coordinators
• Nurse Managers provide oversight and rounding but do not routinely carry patient assignments

Schedule

• Three 12-hour shifts per week
• Approximately 36 hours per week
• 36-hour schedule with no routine cancellations
• Floating may occur to other Medical-Surgical units
• ICU floating is limited to appropriate Medical-Surgical overflow patients

Dress Code

• Any scrub color permitted
• Scrubs are not provided

Benefits

• Competitive compensation based on experience and qualifications
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
• Retirement savings programs
• Paid time off
• Continuing-education and professional-development opportunities
• Nursing career advancement opportunities
• Employee wellness and assistance programs

If you are an experienced Medical-Surgical RN we would love to hear from you.