Registered Nurse - Surgical Trauma

Advanced Clinical Nurse

Are you a clinically strong, patient-centered nurse who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced healthcare environment? As an Advanced Clinical Nurse, you'll play a key leadership role in delivering high-quality, age-specific care while partnering closely with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to drive exceptional patient outcomes.
What You'll Do

As a trusted clinical expert, you will:

• Deliver comprehensive, age-appropriate nursing care across the continuum
• Conduct thorough patient assessments and develop individualized plans of care
• Administer medications and treatments safely and effectively
• Identify nursing diagnoses and proactively address patient needs
• Delegate care appropriately in alignment with Valleywise Health policies
• Serve as a patient advocate and educator, empowering individuals and families
• Ensure accurate, timely documentation and compliance standards
• Provide guidance and indirect supervision to ancillary staff
• Participate in team-building initiatives and quality improvement efforts

How You'll Make an Impact

• Promote cost-effective, evidence-based, and meaningful care in a diverse healthcare environment
• Lead by example through professional excellence and clinical expertise
• Contribute to quality improvement, innovation, and nursing best practices
• Support a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning

What Sets You Apart

• Advanced clinical judgment and strong critical thinking skills
• Commitment to professional growth and nursing leadership
• Passion for delivering compassionate, patient-centered care

This role may require standby or on-call availability, offering the opportunity to make a difference whenever patients need it most.

Hourly Pay Rate: $35.52 - $52.39

The night shift pay differential will be paid at 18% of the employee's base rate of pay. The weekend shift pay differential will be paid at 8% of the employee's base rate of pay.

Qualifications

Education:

• Requires a Bachelor's Degree or higher in Nursing.

Experience:

• Must have at least one (1) year of recent acute care hospital RN experience that demonstrates an understanding of the required knowledge, skills and abilities; or if completed the New Grad RN program at Valleywise Health then must have at least one (1) year of Valleywise Health experience as a RN and be in good standing.

Certification/Licensure:

• Must possess a current, valid AZ RN license, temporary AZ RN license, or valid compact RN licensure for current state of practice.
• Must be in good standing with the issuing Board of Nursing.
• Requires a BLS card obtained through an American Heart Association (AHA) training center upon hire.
• In addition, certification or continuing education may be required based on area of practice:
  • Surgical Trauma: Must have ACLS upon hire or transfer.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to work with culturally diverse people is a must.
• Bilingual is preferred.
• Must have excellent communication, time management and customer service skills.
• Requires basic computer word processing skills (e.g. formatting, editing, printing, composing email, internet searches, etc.) to be able to successfully navigate through an electronic medical record using a computer.
• Requires the ability to read, write and speak effectively in English.