On-Call Urgent Care RN-II - Stapley - Evernorth Care Group

The UC RN is an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team who functions in an autonomous manner utilizing the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the care of patients.

The UC RN II must apply current nursing knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills to provide for the well-being of the individual and the family.

The nurse provides care through assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and documentation of nursing care of actual or potential health needs, in accordance with organizational policies and the standards of professional nursing practice while assisting the provider with the treatment and examination of the patient.

The RN serves as a resource for internal and external customers by utilizing a number of resources such as established Evernorth Care Group policies; protocols and guidelines to ensure delivery of high quality care within the guidelines of Evernorth Care Group Healthcare of Arizona Nursing Policies and Procedures.

The UC RN II utilizes knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills needed to assess, provide and evaluate care appropriate to the physical and developmental age patients.

Work hours: Non-standard work week as we are open 365 days a year.

10-hour shifts to include Holiday's and Weekends.

(Weekends strongly preferred) 4 shifts per month at a minimum.

Core Responsibilities/Essential Functions


* Provides up-to-date health care advice/education regarding health promotion, illness prevention, and management of disease utilizing nursing assessment data, patient, and family and health team input.

Considers the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age-specific and educational needs of the patient.


* Systematically assesses patients' actual or potential health care needs, prioritizes their urgency and uses creative and effective problem solving/decision making while recommending an appropriate disposition.

The UC RN II recommends an appropriate disposition giving consideration to the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age-specific and educational needs of the patient balanced with quality self-care options, health care delivery options, and cost effectiveness.


* Documents nursing assessment, planning, implementation in the patient record.

Documentation is timely, legible and in accordance with policy.

Evaluates the patients' and family's response to teaching.

Documentation includes presenting problem, nursing assessment interventions, education and patients' response to interventions/treatments and education.


* Makes follow-up telephone calls to patients and makes timely referrals to case/care management as identified within the QI plan and as is necessary and appropriate.


* Utilizes resources appropriately to provide for the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age-specific and educational needs of the patient.


* Knowledgeable about health plan education programs, clinical guidelines, facility hours, services and locations, and contractua...