Clinical Nurse - Neurosurgery Clinic

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

Job summary

Phoenix Children's Hospital in Phoenix, AZ is seeking an experienced Clinical Nurse to support our neurosurgery team in the outpatient clinic. You will coordinate patient care, provide phone triage, and lead comprehensive education for families undergoing pediatric brain and spine surgeries.

This role collaborates with neurosurgeons to prepare for procedures, explain risks and recovery, and guide families through follow‑up care.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience.
• Experience in neurosurgery, trauma, inpatient nursing, NICU, or PICU preferred.
• Strong communication, patient education, and critical-thinking skills.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and passionate about educating patients and families.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes multiple platforms to complete a nursing assessment of patients and their families consistent with age and condition.
• Implements plans of care in accordance with policies and guidelines.
• Provides health education related to health promotion and the management of acute and chronic conditions.
• Coordinates care and manages care transitions within the organization and the community.
• Advocates for patients and families and guides navigation of ambulatory services.
• Continually evaluates patient understanding and response to the plan of care; documents in the medical record.
• Facilitates safe patient care, monitors quality and regulatory indicators, and supports process improvement.
• Supervises care activities and provides feedback to ensure patient safety and confidentiality.
• Contributes to team efforts to ensure compliance with medication, storage, and documentation standards.
• Fosters a learning environment through mentorship, training, and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Nursing experience

Neurosurgery care

Patient education

Communication

Phone triage

Job description

Position Summary

Posting Note: Clinical Nurse - Neurosurgery Clinic | Phoenix Children’s

Phoenix Children’s is seeking an experienced Clinical Nurse to support our neurosurgeons in the outpatient clinic. This role focuses on patient care coordination, phone triage, and extensive patient and family education related to pediatric brain and spine surgeries.

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with neurosurgeons and participate in patient consultations, up to six per day.
• Meet with patients and families before and after surgery to discuss procedures, risks, recovery, and follow-up care.
• Provide phone triage, answer clinical questions, and address patient and family concerns.
• Develop educational resources to help families understand neurosurgical procedures and what to expect throughout their care journey.
• Take initiative in patient education and collaborate with surgeons to support excellent patient outcomes.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience.
• Experience in neurosurgery, trauma, inpatient nursing, NICU, or PICU preferred.
• Strong communication, patient education, and critical-thinking skills.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and passionate about educating patients and families.

Schedule: Monday-Friday, on-site; no remote work. Potential for a four-day, 10-hour schedule after six months, based on performance and operational needs.

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