Clinical Nurse - SANE RN

Clinical Nurse - SANE RN Responsibilities Completes nursing assessment of patient conditions consistent with age and condition, including physical, psychological, social, developmental, and educational factors, to determine initial level of compliance with treatment plan per policy and unit guidelines. Performs ongoing patient and family assessments and identifies variations from diagnoses. Continually evaluates patient responses to care, teaching, and discharge plans. Documents patient progress in appropriate charts and shares observations and assessment outcomes with healthcare team and families to ensure timely communication and understanding of patient health status, progress, and ongoing needs. Contributes to team effort by accomplishing required activities within established parameters to ensure compliance with all applicable medication, storage and documentation standards, regulations, and requirements. Provides orientation to the unit, hospital systems, and processes to patients and family members to ensure familiarity with unit’s policies and requirements. 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. Works collaboratively with patient care team and family members to establish and implement plan of care to ensure coordination of activities and ongoing communication of patient health status. Participates in patient care rounds and patient care conferences as appropriate. Attends MDT Case Review meetings. Assists law enforcement agencies with required paperwork related to medical evaluations as appropriate. Assesses barriers that prevent children from accessing medical evaluations and works with partner agencies to address them. Strict adherence and assistance with developing protocol and maintain standards. Works with the multidisciplinary team to ensure that guidelines used to determine which children should be referred for a medical evaluation are up to date and consistent with best practices. Builds and maintains collaborative working relationships with medical partners and local hospitals as appropriate. Works with the MDT Enhancement Program to screen intakes and determine children meet the criteria for a medical evaluation. Contacts appropriate partner agencies to discuss the need for a medical evaluation. Attends and participates in MDT case reviews and in peer review process and presents three of own Forensic Medical Exam cases every year. Participates in quarterly 1:1 Forensic Nurse Examiner “update” meetings with Medical Director. Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested. Qualifications Education Two year (ADN) degree in nursing, a four year degree (BSN) in nursing, or a Diploma Nursing degree (required). Additional Education/Certification Bachelor's degree in Nursing or current enrollment in an RN to BSN program (required). Completion of an accredited SANE RN Peds/Adult training course within 120 days of hire (required). Current State of Arizona RN license or a compact state license with multistate privileges or the ability to establish licensure according to Arizona law prior to start date (required). Current BLS certification for Healthcare Providers (required). Certification for SANE RN within one year of hire or transfer into the position (preferred). Experience 3+ years of nursing experience with children in an acute pediatric setting (or equivalent experience) (required). Other Flexibility to travel to satellite locations as needed (main campus, Glendale, Avondale, Gilbert, Mesa, Goodyear). Note: This role operates under the supervision of the Medical Director to conduct medical forensic exams, obtain medical histories, document accounts of assault or abuse, and perform forensic evidence collection with a focus on empathetic, patient-centered care. Location: Phoenix • Shift: Mon-Fri, Sat, Sun, 9am-9pm (shifts vary); on-call weekends 8am-10pm; 3/12-hour shifts; on-call compensation details apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr Phoenix Children's