Clinical Nurse - Surgery - Arrowhead Campus

Phoenix Children's; Glendale (AZ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Part time

Job summary

Phoenix Children's in Glendale is seeking a Nursing professional for a PRN role in Surgery. The position collaborates with the healthcare team to provide professional nursing care aligned with patient age and condition, following evidence-based standards.

The role emphasizes assessment, care planning, family communication, and mentorship to students and new staff, supporting the hospital's mission and values.

Qualifications

• Collaborative nursing with healthcare team and families.
• Deliver evidence-based nursing care per plans of care.
• Adhere to hospital standards, policies and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Completes nursing assessment of patient conditions by age and health status to determine initial level of care.
• Continuously evaluates patient responses to care and documents progress in charts.
• Ensures compliance with medication, storage and documentation standards.
• Provides unit and hospital orientation to patients and families.
• Supervises care activities and provides feedback to maintain patient safety and infection control.
• Collaborates with care team and families to implement and communicate the plan of care.
• Mentors students and new employees through clinical instruction.

Job description

Position Details
Department: PCH-NW | Surgery
MainLocation: Glendale
Shift: Mon-Fri, Days, 6:30am-3pm
Category: Nursing
Posting #: 1058050
Employee Type: PRN

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

• 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