Clinical Nurse - Hand Surgery

Phoenix Children's Hospital; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Phoenix Children's Hospital is seeking a Clinical Nurse for its Plastic/Hand Surgery clinic. The role will primarily be at the Thomas campus with travel to East Valley and Scottsdale locations.

Ideal candidates have 2–3 years of surgical nursing experience and can develop detailed surgical care plans, meet with patients to discuss plans, and provide comprehensive follow-up and education. The position is Monday–Friday, 8 AM–4 PM, with no holidays, weekends, or on-call requirements.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2–3 years of clinical nursing experience with surgeons.
• Ability to develop and create detailed surgical care plans.
• Experience in clinic settings with patient education and follow-up planning.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive nursing assessments across age and condition, synthesizing data to inform diagnoses and care plans.
• Implement and coordinate care plans per policies and guidelines; provide health education on wellness and disease management.
• Coordinate care transitions with the healthcare team, patients, and families to ensure positive outcomes and prevent complications.
• Advocate for patients and families, assisting with navigation of ambulatory services and community resources; set realistic goals with patients and families.
• Evaluate patient response to care plans, document outcomes, and adjust plans as needed; maintain clear medical records.
• Support safe patient care delivery, monitor quality indicators, and participate in process improvement with leadership.
• Mentor students and new staff, model best practices, and promote a patient-centered care environment.

Job description

Position Summary

Posting Note: Phoenix Children's is hiring a clinical nurse for the Plastic/Hand Surgery clinic. This role will be mainly at our Thomas campus, but will involve travel to our East Valley and Scottsdale locations. The ideal nurse will have a minimum of 2 - 3 years' clinical experience working with surgeons, have outstanding multitasking abilities, and must be able to develop/create detailed surgical care plans. Incumbent will be meeting with patients to discuss surgery plans, creating orders, and detailed follow up and care plans for patients. This role is very fast paced in meeting with the patients in clinic with the surgeon, and triaging calls from patients/families to discuss surgery, patient education on the procedure and follow up calls after surgery. This position is M - F, 8 AM - 4 PM, NO holidays, NO weekends and NO call!!!!

This position, in collaboration with the healthcare team, patient, and family, coordinates and promotes patient health utilizing evidence-based practice in the delivery of professional nursing care across the care continuum. This position advocates for the patient and family adhering to nursing and medical plans of care, regulatory standards, and organizational values.

Position Duties

• Utilizes multiple platforms to complete a nursing assessment of patients and their families consistent with age and condition, including physical, psychological, social, developmental, and educational factors. Synthesizes and analyzes data to determine nursing diagnoses, prioritize needs, and develop a nursing plan of care.

• Implements plans of care in accordance with regulatory and organizational policies, procedures, and guidelines.

  Provides health education related to health promotion and the management of acute and chronic health conditions including skills required to maintain and restore health.

  Coordinates care and manages care transitions within the organization and the community, working collaboratively with the healthcare team, patient, and family to promote positive outcomes and prevent complications.

  Advocates for patients and families, offering support and guidance related to navigating ambulatory services and processes, resource management, and community-based services. Partners with patients and families to establish realistic goals and expectations.

• Continually evaluates patient understanding and response to the plan of care. Shares observations and assessment outcomes with healthcare team, patient, and family to ensure timely communication and understanding of health status, progress, and ongoing needs. Modifies nursing diagnoses and plan of care based on re-evaluation. Documents in the medical record.

• Facilitates the delivery of safe patient care, monitoring quality and regulatory indicators, and working with leaders to identify process improvement opportunities.

  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.

• Contributes to the team effort by accomplishing required activities within establish parameters to ensure compliance with all applicable medication, storage, and documentation standards, regulations, and requirement.

• 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