Registered Nurse - PreOp PACU

Job description

Advanced Clinical Nurse
Ready to Elevate Your Nursing Career?
At Valleywise Health, we believe nursing is more than a checklist—it is an art, a science, and a leadership journey.
Under the direction of the Nurse Manager (or Executive DON, Ambulatory), our Advanced Clinical Nurse is a vital clinical leader. In this role, you will deliver expert, age-specific professional nursing care in a highly collaborative, diverse, and fast-paced environment. Working side-by-side with physicians and multidisciplinary teams, you will champion patient advocacy, elevate clinical standards, and drive meaningful healthcare outcomes.
What You Will Do (Key Responsibilities)
You will touch every aspect of the patient journey, blending hands-on exceptional care with clinical leadership:
• Direct Patient Care: Perform comprehensive patient assessments and safe medication administration.
• Care Planning: Proactively identify nursing problems and design tailored plans of care.
• Advocacy and Education: Act as a fierce client advocate and an empowering health educator for our patients.
• Clinical Execution: Provide or delegate high-quality care strictly aligned with Valleywise Health policies.
• Operational Excellence: Complete and process all required documentation with accuracy and precision.
• Team Leadership: Indirectly supervise ancillary personnel as directed and actively participate in team-building activities.
• Continuous Improvement: Spearhead quality improvement initiatives to push our care standards forward.

Who You Are
• A Cultural Champion: You possess the professional skills and inclusive behaviors needed to promote comprehensive, cost-effective, and meaningful healthcare in a deeply diverse community.
• A Future Leader: You do not just follow protocols—you look for ways to advance professional nursing practice through leadership and quality improvement.
• Adaptable and Committed: You understand the dynamic nature of healthcare and are ready to support the team during standby or on-call time when required.

Hourly Pay Rate: $35.52 - $52.39
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:
• PreOp/PACU (Other than Peoria): Must obtain ACLS and PALS within ninety (90) days of hire or transfer. Must obtain TCAR and PCAR within ninety (90) days of 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.