| Location | Phoenix, AZ |
Position Details
Department: PCMG-MAIN | Gastroenterology
Location: Phoenix
Shift: Mon-Fri, Days, 8am-5pm
Category: Nursing
Posting #: 1053687
Employee Type: Full-Time
Position Summary
Posting Note: Clinical Nurse - Gastroenterology Outpatient Clinic
Phoenix Children's | Full-Time | Monday-Friday, with Flexibility for either 4 10-hour shifts or 5, 8-hour shifts!
Phoenix Children's is seeking a dedicated Clinical Nurse to join our Gastroenterology/Hepatology outpatient team! This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced pediatric nurse who enjoys collaborating with providers, educating families, and coordinating care for children with complex gastrointestinal conditions.
In this role, you will partner with four providers to deliver exceptional, family-centered care, helping patients manage their conditions at home and preventing unnecessary emergency room visits and hospitalizations. You'll play a vital role in coordinating care, providing education, and empowering families to confidently manage their child's health.
What You'll Love About This Opportunity:
Work alongside a collaborative, supportive team dedicated to improving the lives of children.
Build meaningful relationships with patients and families through education and care coordination.
Make a difference by helping families manage complex medical conditions outside the hospital.
Enjoy a consistent schedule with a strong emphasis on work-life balance, with flexible scheduling: 4/10''s OR 5/8''s
Receive approximately six weeks paid training to support your transition into the role.
Qualifications:
Key Responsibilities:
New graduates are not eligible for this position.
If you're a pediatric nurse who thrives in a team-oriented environment and wants to make a meaningful impact on children and families, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity at Phoenix Children's!
New graduates are not eligible for this position.
If you're a pediatric nurse who thrives in a team-oriented environment and wants to make a meaningful impact on children and families, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity at Phoenix Children's!
This position, in collaboration with the healthcare team, patient, and family, coordinates and promotes patient health utilizing evidence-based practice in the delivery of professional nursing care across the care continuum. This position advocates for the patient and family adhering to nursing and medical plans of care, regulatory standards, and organizational values.
Position Duties
Utilizes multiple platforms to complete a nursing assessment of patients and their families consistent with age and condition, including physical, psychological, social, developmental, and educational factors. Synthesizes and analyzes data to determine nursing diagnoses, prioritize needs, and develop a nursing plan of care.
Implements plans of care in accordance with regulatory and organizational policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Provides health education related to health promotion and the management of acute and chronic health conditions including skills required to maintain and restore health.
Coordinates care and manages care transitions within the organization and the community, working collaboratively with the healthcare team, patient, and family to promote positive outcomes and prevent complications.
Advocates for patients and families, offering support and guidance related to navigating ambulatory services and processes, resource management, and community-based services. Partners with patients and families to establish realistic goals and expectations.
Continually evaluates patient understanding and response to the plan of care. Shares observations and assessment outcomes with healthcare team, patient, and family to ensure timely communication and understanding of health status, progress, and ongoing needs. Modifies nursing diagnoses and plan of care based on re-evaluation. Documents in the medical record.
Facilitates the delivery of safe patient care, monitoring quality and regulatory indicators, and working with leaders to identify process improvement opportunities.
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.
Contributes to the team effort by accomplishing required activities within establish parameters to ensure compliance with all applicable medication, storage, and documentation standards, regulations, and requirement.
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.