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 tasksyou 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 Bachelors 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.