Completion of Valleywise Health New Graduate RN training or prior acute nursing experience.
Acute care hospital experience preferred for the application area.
Current AZ RN license or valid compact RN licensure required.
BLS certification from AHA required; additional certifications may apply based on specialty.
Responsibilities
Conduct thorough patient assessments and administer medications.
Collaborate with physicians to create comprehensive care plans.
Act as an advocate for patients and provide healthcare education.
Indirectly supervise and delegate tasks to ancillary personnel.
Engage in team-building activities and support quality improvement efforts.
Benefits
Work in a culturally diverse environment.
Opportunity for professional development through certifications.
Participate in quality improvement initiatives.
Supportive team atmosphere with focus on multi-disciplinary collaboration.
Full Job Description
Clinical Care & Assessment
The Role Requires: Patient assessment, medication administration, and identifying nursing problems.
Practice Question: Can you walk me through a time when your initial assessment of a patient helped you catch a critical nursing problem before it escalated?
Practice Question: Describe your process for ensuring 100% accuracy during high-volume medication administration.
Collaboration & Care Planning
The Role Requires: Collaboration with physicians, creating plans of care, and multi-disciplinary teamwork.
Practice Question: Tell me about a time you had to collaborate with a difficult physician or specialist to execute a patient's plan of care. What was the outcome?
Practice Question: How do you approach care planning for age-specific patient populations (e.g., pediatric vs. geriatric)?
Advocacy & Education
The Role Requires: Functioning as a client advocate and healthcare educator in a diverse environment.
Practice Question: Give me an example of a time you had to act as a strong advocate for a patient who was unable to speak up for themselves.
Practice Question: How do you tailor your patient education when facing language, cultural, or literacy barriers?
Supervision & Team Improvement
The Role Requires: Indirectly supervising ancillary personnel, team building, and quality improvement (QI) activities.
Practice Question: Describe a scenario where you had to delegate tasks to or supervise ancillary staff (like CNAs or MAs). How did you ensure the care met hospital policies?
Practice Question: Have you ever participated in a quality improvement project or noticed a workflow inefficiency that you helped your team fix?
Hourly Pay Rate: $49.00
Qualifications
Education:
Prefer a bachelor's degree or higher in Nursing.
Experience:
Must complete the Valleywise Health New Graduate RN training program or have prior acute nursing experience demonstrating an understanding of the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Previous acute care hospital experience in the area for which he or she is applying for is preferred.
Certification/Licensure:
Must possess a current, valid AZ RN license, a temporary AZ RN license, or a valid compact RN licensure for the 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 the area of practice:
Burn Med Surg Peds: Must have ACLS upon hire or transfer. Must obtain PALS within six (6) months. Must obtain ABLS within one (1) year.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
The 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 navigate through an electronic medical record using a computer successfully.
Requires the ability to read, write, and speak effectively in English.
