Registered Nurse - PreOp PACU
Title: Advanced Clinical Nurse
Your Role:
As an Advanced Clinical Nurse at Valleywise Health, you are more than a healthcare provider—you’re a patient champion and a clinical leader. Working alongside a collaborative team of physicians and specialists, you’ll deliver high-quality, age-specific care that truly makes a difference. You won’t just follow a plan; you’ll help build it, using your expertise to assess needs, advocate for your patients, and mentor ancillary staff.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead with Care: Own the patient journey, from initial assessment and medication management to creating personalized care plans.
- Advocate & Educate: Act as the primary voice for your patients, ensuring they (and their families) are informed and empowered.
- Innovate & Grow: Beyond daily care, you’ll spearhead quality improvement initiatives and step into leadership roles that push our practice forward.
- Collaborate: Foster a team-first environment through documentation, delegation, and proactive problem-solving.
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.

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