Advanced Clinical Nurse

About the Role

As an Advanced Clinical Nurse, you are a champion of practice excellence and patient advocacy. Reporting to the Nurse Manager (or Executive DON, Ambulatory), you will deliver expert, age-specific nursing care across a diverse healthcare landscape. You will do more than manage clinical tasks - you will partner closely with physicians and multi-disciplinary teams to promote comprehensive, cost-effective, and meaningful healthcare outcomes. In this advanced role, your leadership and clinical insights will directly shape quality improvement initiatives and elevate the standard of care for our consumers.

Your Impact

• Expert Clinical Care: Execute all facets of comprehensive patient care, from executing sophisticated assessments and managing medication administration to identifying critical nursing challenges.
• Strategic Planning & Delegation: Develop tailored patient care plans, ensuring care is seamlessly delivered or delegated in strict alignment with Valleywise Health policies.
• Advocacy & Education: Serve as a dedicated client advocate and educator, empowering patients and families with clear, meaningful health guidance.
• Practice Leadership & Mentorship: Drive professional practice forward by indirectly supervising ancillary personnel and actively steering team-building initiatives.
• Quality & Continuous Improvement: Spearhead quality improvement initiatives and champion workflows that promote high-standard, efficient clinical environments.
• Flawless Documentation: Maintain absolute precision by completing and processing all required medical and regulatory documentation.

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:
• Burn Center ICU: Must have ACLS upon hire or transfer. You must obtain PALS within six (6) months. Must obtain ABLS within one (1) year.

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.