Clinical Nurse

Phoenix Children's; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Phoenix Children's is seeking a Clinical Nurse to deliver professional nursing care in collaboration with the healthcare team, patients and families, following evidence-based standards and hospital goals.

The role includes comprehensive nursing assessments, care planning, patient education, coordinating care across teams, supervising staff, and contributing to rounds and teaching moments for students and new staff.

Responsibilities

• Completes nursing assessments of patient conditions across age and development, to determine initial status and plan of care.
• Continuously evaluates patient responses to care, documents progress, and communicates findings to the healthcare team and families.
• Prescribes or administers medications and ensures storage and documentation compliance per standards and policies.
• Provides unit orientation and trains patients, families and new staff on processes and systems.
• Supervises care delivery by the care team, provides feedback, and maintains patient safety and infection control.
• Collaborates with the care team and families to implement care plans and participate in rounds and conferences.
• Mentors students and new employees to promote learning and best practices.

Job description

Clinical Nurse

Department: PCH-MAIN | Staffing Resource CC

Location: Phoenix

Shift: Mon-Fri, Sat, Sun, (Days Vary), Nights, 7pm-8:30am

Category: Nursing

Posting #: 1059831

Employee Type: Full-Time

Position Summary

This position works in collaboration with the healthcare team, patient and family to promote patient health through delivery of professional nursing care appropriate to patients age and condition as documented in the nursing and medical plans of care in accordance with evidence-based nursing and patient care practice standards and hospital goals, values and regulatory standards.

Position Duties

• Completes nursing assessment of patient conditions consistent with age and condition, including physical, psychological, social, developmental, and educational factors, to determine initial level of compliance with treatment plan per policy and unit guidelines. Performs ongoing patient and family assessments and identifies variations from diagnoses.
• Continually evaluates patient responses to care, teaching, and discharge plans. Documents patient progress in appropriate charts and shares observations and assessment outcomes with healthcare team and families to ensure timely communication and understanding of patient health status, progress, and ongoing needs.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing required activities within established parameters to ensure compliance with all applicable medication, storage and documentation standards, regulations, and requirements.
• Provides orientation to the unit, hospital systems, and processes to patients and family members to ensure familiarity with unit’s policies and requirements.
• Supervises patient care activities of assigned team members and delegates activities appropriate to knowledge, skill, and competency. Provides timely feedback and review of care delivery to ensure maintenance of patient safety, infection control procedures, therapeutic environment, and team members’ performance level, maintaining confidentiality as appropriate.
• Works collaboratively with patient care team and family members to establish and implement plan of care to ensure coordination of activities and ongoing communication of patient health status. Participates in patient care rounds and patient care conferences as appropriate.
• Fosters a positive learning environment by modeling best practices and patient-centered care while providing guidance, training, and support to students and new employees through mentorship, clinical instruction, and knowledge sharing
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.

Phoenix Children's Mission, Vision, & Values

Mission

To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families

Vision

Phoenix Children's will be the leading pediatric health system in the Southwest, nationally recognized for exceptional care, innovative research and advanced medical education.

We realize this vision by:

• Offering the most comprehensive care across ages, communities and specialties
• Investing in innovative research, including emerging treatments, tools and technologies
• Advancing education and training to shape the next generation of clinical leaders
• Advocating for the health and well-being of children and families

Values

• We place children and families at the center of all we do
• We deliver exceptional care, every day and in every way
• We collaborate with colleagues, partners and communities to amplify our impact
• We set the standards of pediatric healthcare today, and innovate for the future
• We are accountable for making the highest quality care accessible and affordable