Clinical Nurse - Pre-Op / PACU / Radiology - East Valley

Position Summary

Posting Note: As we continue preparations for opening the new East Valley Hospital, we are excited to announce opportunities within our Perioperative Services team.
Please note: These positions are best suited for team members who thrive in a highly collaborative environment, maintain a positive and adaptable attitude, enjoy learning new skills, and are willing to cross-train across multiple clinical areas. The success of our new hospital will depend on flexibility, teamwork, and a shared commitment to supporting one another and our patients.

Pre-Op / PACU / Radiology RN
This unique role will provide care across multiple procedural areas and requires a high degree of flexibility and cross-training.
Requirements:
Pre-operative and PACU care for surgical patients
Pre-operative and PACU care for Radiology patients
Support of Interoperative Radiology procedures
Cross-coverage between perioperative and radiology services
Requirements:
Participation in call rotation
Weekend coverage requirements
Willingness to cross-train and work across multiple patient care settings
Strong teamwork, communication, and adaptability skills

Ideal Candidates
Successful candidates will:
Embrace change and new opportunities
Demonstrate a positive, solution-focused attitude
Be flexible and willing to support multiple areas as patient volumes and operational needs evolve
Value teamwork and collaboration
Enjoy learning and expanding their clinical expertise through cross-training
These positions offer a unique opportunity to help build the culture, workflows, and patient experience at East Valley Hospital from the ground up. We are looking for team members who are excited to be part of something new and who are committed to supporting one another as we grow together.

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 units 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