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Clinical Nurse jobs in Arizona are in strong demand, with active hiring across hospital systems, outpatient clinics, behavioral health facilities, and long-term care, at every level from new graduate to senior clinical nurse. Phoenix, Tucson, and Scottsdale lead the market, where major employers such as Banner Health, Dignity Health, and Valleywise Health consistently recruit. The most sought-after specialties are critical care, medical-surgical, and behavioral health nursing. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Kingman Healthcare Incorporated (KHI)
Staff Position Description
Position Title: Clinical Nurse Educator Position Code: Educator-________
Department: Education Safety Sensitive: Yes No
Reports to: Education Department Director Exempt Status: Yes No
Position Purpose:
All KHI employees are expected to perform their respective tasks and duties in such a way that supports KHI’s vision to be among the kindest, highest quality health systems in the country.
Serves as an educational and informational resource for all staff while proactively involved with continuous process improvement and supporting a positive, respectful, and professional working environment for all.
Adheres to all areas of the KHI Behavioral Expectations Agreement and Social Media Guidelines; Supports/embraces KHI’s Mission, Vision, and values, as well as promote a positive image of KHI; Acts as a role model to staff; Maintains patient and staff confidentiality; Maintains a professional appearance and manner at all times; Supports a healthy work environment through skilled communication, true collaboration, effective decision making, appropriate staffing and meaningful recognition.
All care is provided with kindness and compassion.
Key Responsibilities
Works under the direction of the Director of Education and the Chief Nursing Officer to provide continuing clinical education to staff. Strives to provide excellent service with compassion, tact, cheerfulness, accuracy, patience, flexibility in scheduling, calmness in emergency, and ability to work well with all team members. Receives and applies feedback from peers and superiors. Assists with orientation and training of staff as requested. Must be able to perform, and educate to, all the key responsibilities listed in the Registered Nurse position description, for the areas assigned.
Standard 1.
BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS:
- Adheres to all areas of KHI Behavioral Expectations Agreement to include principles of courtesy, respect/privacy, communication, responsiveness, and teamwork.
- Embraces KHI Missions, Vision and Values.
Standard 2.
SAFE PRACTICE AND ENVIRONMENT:
- Facilitates staff in-patient education endeavors.
- Integrates and reinforces key aspects of patient safety into orientation programs, education programs, and work environment.
- Facilitates and promotes culturally sensitive patient education information.
- Assists in coordinating the annual KHI Safety Fair.
- Maintains clinical competence in area of specialty.
- Participates in the development and implementation of education information and materials for discharge planning and for teaching healthcare consumers.
Standard 3.
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT:
- Demonstrates active participation in the professional development of nursing staff through competency management.
- Assesses educational needs and facilitates educational sessions/programs for nursing staff related to:
- Clinical practice
- New products/equipment
- National patient safety goals/core measures.
- Assists in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of new strategies to improve the delivery of nursing care.
- Participates in quality improvement activities specific to assigned clinical areas as requested.
Standard 4.
HUMANRESOURCES MANAGEMENT:
- Implements and facilitates clinical based orientation for new nursing staff for assigned areas.
- Collaborates in the ongoing evaluation of nursing orientation curriculum and content.
- Assists in identifying educational needs of all nursing staff in assigned areas.
- Initiates and coordinates clinically based hospital education specific to assigned areas.
Standard 5.
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT:
- Exercises confidentiality documentation regarding patients, staff, and personnel.
- Provides on-going education of clinical documentation processes.
- Utilizes current, appropriate technology as a tool to support staff education.
Standard 6.
PROVISION OF CARE– CLINICAL PRACTICE
- Ensures educational activities are congruent with KHI’s mission, vision, values, strategic goals, and priorities.
- Facilitates the adult learning process by developing, planning, and presenting educational activities that directly or indirectly foster the development of staff competence.
- Utilizes an evidence-based approach when changes in nursing practice are required and facilitates the initiation and adaptation to required changes.
- Provides ongoing evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of educational activities to ensure he enhancement of staff development and promotion of cost-effective, high-quality healthcare.
- Serves as a resource to nursing staff, nursing students and other healthcare personnel in the acquisition of knowledge and skillsrelated to nursing care.
- Nurse Planner Designations (if appointed by management)
- Primary Nurse Planner
- The Primary Nurse Planner must be a registered nurse with at least a master’s degree in nursing (MSN).
- The Primary Nurse Planner must have education or experience in the field of education or adult learning.
- The responsibilities of the Primary Nurse Planner are important to the development of continuing education units. The nurse planner ensures that all clinical objectives are being fulfilled.
- The Primary Nurse Planner will work closely with each individual hospital unit to ensure that all educational needs are being identified and met through various education programs. This position will be responsible for all education programs that have CEU, hours by tracking the completion of these activities including evaluations.
- The Primary Nurse Planner has an obligation to adhere to American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) Accreditation Standards and Guidelines.
- The Primary Nurse Planner will be a member of the planning committee. He/she will communicate feedback and recommendations regarding each program throughout the planning process.
- The Primary Nurse Planner will be responsible for planning, implementing, recording, evaluating, and storing all documents related to educational activities.
- Nurse Planner
- The Nurse Planner will be a registered nurse with at least a bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN).
- The Nurse Planner will work closely with the Primary Nurse Planner to plan, implement and evaluate education programs.
- The Nurse Planner will assist the Primary Nurse Planner to identify educational needs within the hospital.
- The Nurse Planner will assist in the process of tracking and evaluating all continuing education (CEU) courses provided.
- The Nurse Planner position will request feedback from hospital professionals regarding needed education programs.
Qualifications
Education: Associates degree in Nursing; Master’s degree in Nursing required for those with possible Primary Nurse Planner designation.
Experience: A minimum of 3 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
Licensure: Current RN license in the state of Arizona or compact state license.
Certification:
- Current BLS certification through American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
- BLS Instructor certification through American Heart Association or American Red Cross within 6 months of position hire date.
- Current ACLS certification through American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
- ACLS Instructor certification through American Heart Association or American Red Cross within 6 months of position hire date.
- Current PALS certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
- PALS Instructor certification through American Heart Association or American Red Cross within 6 months of position hire date.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: N/A
Preferences
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Nursing.
Certification: Current certification in area of specialization.
Experience: One-year teaching experience.
Special Position Requirements
Exposure Categories: Category I: Expected duties have routine potential for exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues.
- Other potential Hazard(s): Volatile/violent patients or family members
Work Requirements
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Computer literate.
- Occasional prolonged standing, walking, and sitting.
- Able to handle multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Able to assist with the movement of an adult patient weighing up to 300 lbs.
- Able to care for patients with infectious diseases.
- Able to sit for 3-5 hours per day; Able to stand for 3-5 hours per day; Able to walk for 3-5 hours day.
- Incumbent must be able to: distinguish appropriate colors. Capable of consistently reaching and/or working above and below shoulder level.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
This job description applies to all KHI facilities and is representative of the essential job duties this position will perform. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Print Employee Name Employee Signature Date
Date Staff Position Description Created / Revised: 05/31/2018; 09/11/2020; 9/27/2023; 1/03/2024; 6/11/2024
Kingman Healthcare Incorporated (KHI)
Staff Position Description
Position Title: Clinical Nurse Educator Position Code: Educator-________
Department: Education Safety Sensitive: Yes No
Reports to: Education Department Director Exempt Status: Yes No
Position Purpose:
All KHI employees are expected to perform their respective tasks and duties in such a way that supports KHI’s vision to be among the kindest, highest quality health systems in the country.
Serves as an educational and informational resource for all staff while proactively involved with continuous process improvement and supporting a positive, respectful, and professional working environment for all.
Adheres to all areas of the KHI Behavioral Expectations Agreement and Social Media Guidelines; Supports/embraces KHI’s Mission, Vision, and values, as well as promote a positive image of KHI; Acts as a role model to staff; Maintains patient and staff confidentiality; Maintains a professional appearance and manner at all times; Supports a healthy work environment through skilled communication, true collaboration, effective decision making, appropriate staffing and meaningful recognition.
All care is provided with kindness and compassion.
Key Responsibilities
Works under the direction of the Director of Education and the Chief Nursing Officer to provide continuing clinical education to staff. Strives to provide excellent service with compassion, tact, cheerfulness, accuracy, patience, flexibility in scheduling, calmness in emergency, and ability to work well with all team members. Receives and applies feedback from peers and superiors. Assists with orientation and training of staff as requested. Must be able to perform, and educate to, all the key responsibilities listed in the Registered Nurse position description, for the areas assigned.
Standard 1.
BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS:
- Adheres to all areas of KHI Behavioral Expectations Agreement to include principles of courtesy, respect/privacy, communication, responsiveness, and teamwork.
- Embraces KHI Missions, Vision and Values.
Standard 2.
SAFE PRACTICE AND ENVIRONMENT:
- Facilitates staff in-patient education endeavors.
- Integrates and reinforces key aspects of patient safety into orientation programs, education programs, and work environment.
- Facilitates and promotes culturally sensitive patient education information.
- Assists in coordinating the annual KHI Safety Fair.
- Maintains clinical competence in area of specialty.
- Participates in the development and implementation of education information and materials for discharge planning and for teaching healthcare consumers.
Standard 3.
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT:
- Demonstrates active participation in the professional development of nursing staff through competency management.
- Assesses educational needs and facilitates educational sessions/programs for nursing staff related to:
- Clinical practice
- New products/equipment
- National patient safety goals/core measures.
- Assists in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of new strategies to improve the delivery of nursing care.
- Participates in quality improvement activities specific to assigned clinical areas as requested.
Standard 4.
HUMANRESOURCES MANAGEMENT:
- Implements and facilitates clinical based orientation for new nursing staff for assigned areas.
- Collaborates in the ongoing evaluation of nursing orientation curriculum and content.
- Assists in identifying educational needs of all nursing staff in assigned areas.
- Initiates and coordinates clinically based hospital education specific to assigned areas.
Standard 5.
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT:
- Exercises confidentiality documentation regarding patients, staff, and personnel.
- Provides on-going education of clinical documentation processes.
- Utilizes current, appropriate technology as a tool to support staff education.
Standard 6.
PROVISION OF CARE– CLINICAL PRACTICE
- Ensures educational activities are congruent with KHI’s mission, vision, values, strategic goals, and priorities.
- Facilitates the adult learning process by developing, planning, and presenting educational activities that directly or indirectly foster the development of staff competence.
- Utilizes an evidence-based approach when changes in nursing practice are required and facilitates the initiation and adaptation to required changes.
- Provides ongoing evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of educational activities to ensure he enhancement of staff development and promotion of cost-effective, high-quality healthcare.
- Serves as a resource to nursing staff, nursing students and other healthcare personnel in the acquisition of knowledge and skillsrelated to nursing care.
- Nurse Planner Designations (if appointed by management)
- Primary Nurse Planner
- The Primary Nurse Planner must be a registered nurse with at least a master’s degree in nursing (MSN).
- The Primary Nurse Planner must have education or experience in the field of education or adult learning.
- The responsibilities of the Primary Nurse Planner are important to the development of continuing education units. The nurse planner ensures that all clinical objectives are being fulfilled.
- The Primary Nurse Planner will work closely with each individual hospital unit to ensure that all educational needs are being identified and met through various education programs. This position will be responsible for all education programs that have CEU, hours by tracking the completion of these activities including evaluations.
- The Primary Nurse Planner has an obligation to adhere to American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) Accreditation Standards and Guidelines.
- The Primary Nurse Planner will be a member of the planning committee. He/she will communicate feedback and recommendations regarding each program throughout the planning process.
- The Primary Nurse Planner will be responsible for planning, implementing, recording, evaluating, and storing all documents related to educational activities.
- Nurse Planner
- The Nurse Planner will be a registered nurse with at least a bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN).
- The Nurse Planner will work closely with the Primary Nurse Planner to plan, implement and evaluate education programs.
- The Nurse Planner will assist the Primary Nurse Planner to identify educational needs within the hospital.
- The Nurse Planner will assist in the process of tracking and evaluating all continuing education (CEU) courses provided.
- The Nurse Planner position will request feedback from hospital professionals regarding needed education programs.
Qualifications
Education: Associates degree in Nursing; Master’s degree in Nursing required for those with possible Primary Nurse Planner designation.
Experience: A minimum of 3 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
Licensure: Current RN license in the state of Arizona or compact state license.
Certification:
- Current BLS certification through American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
- BLS Instructor certification through American Heart Association or American Red Cross within 6 months of position hire date.
- Current ACLS certification through American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
- ACLS Instructor certification through American Heart Association or American Red Cross within 6 months of position hire date.
- Current PALS certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
- PALS Instructor certification through American Heart Association or American Red Cross within 6 months of position hire date.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: N/A
Preferences
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Nursing.
Certification: Current certification in area of specialization.
Experience: One-year teaching experience.
Special Position Requirements
Exposure Categories: Category I: Expected duties have routine potential for exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues.
- Other potential Hazard(s): Volatile/violent patients or family members
Work Requirements
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Computer literate.
- Occasional prolonged standing, walking, and sitting.
- Able to handle multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Able to assist with the movement of an adult patient weighing up to 300 lbs.
- Able to care for patients with infectious diseases.
- Able to sit for 3-5 hours per day; Able to stand for 3-5 hours per day; Able to walk for 3-5 hours day.
- Incumbent must be able to: distinguish appropriate colors. Capable of consistently reaching and/or working above and below shoulder level.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
This job description applies to all KHI facilities and is representative of the essential job duties this position will perform. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Print Employee Name Employee Signature Date
Date Staff Position Description Created / Revised: 05/31/2018; 09/11/2020; 9/27/2023; 1/03/2024; 6/11/2024
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Clinical Nurse Job Market in Arizona
A snapshot from current Arizona openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Phoenix Children's24
- Tucson Medical Center15
- HealthTrust Workforce Solutions6
- Northwest Medical Center5
- Banner Health4
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services
- Insurance
What Arizona Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in clinical nurse jobs across Arizona.
- Active Arizona Registered Nurse license issued by the Arizona State Board of Nursing
- Current BLS certification and ACLS certification for acute care or critical care settings
- Associate or bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited program
- Minimum one to two years of clinical experience in a hospital or outpatient setting
- Proficiency with electronic health record systems such as Epic or Cerner
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate within interdisciplinary care teams
Clinical Nurse Jobs in Arizona: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a clinical nurse in Arizona?
To become a clinical nurse in Arizona, you must earn an Associate Degree in Nursing or a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited program, pass the NCLEX-RN exam, and apply for licensure through the Arizona State Board of Nursing. Arizona participates in the Nurse Licensure Compact, so nurses licensed in other compact states may practice in Arizona without obtaining a separate state license, provided they meet compact requirements.
How much do clinical nurses make in Arizona?
Clinical nurses in Arizona earn a median of about $99,500 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $70,540 for the lowest 10% to over $130,930 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire clinical nurses in Arizona?
Employers hiring clinical nurses in Arizona right now include Phoenix Children's, Tucson Medical Center, and HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. Arizona's large integrated health systems and behavioral health networks tend to post the most consistent volume of clinical nurse openings statewide.
Which Arizona cities have the most clinical nurse jobs?
Phoenix, Tucson, and Gilbert have the most clinical nurse openings in Arizona. Phoenix drives the bulk of demand as the state's largest metropolitan area, home to major health systems with multiple campuses, while Tucson's university medical center and regional hospitals anchor hiring in southern Arizona and Scottsdale's concentration of specialty and outpatient facilities adds consistent openings in the East Valley.
Are there remote clinical nurse jobs in Arizona?
Yes, but they're rare. Clinical nursing is fundamentally a hands-on, patient-facing role, so the majority of positions require on-site presence. About 11% of clinical nurse openings tied to Arizona are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, and those positions tend to be concentrated in telehealth triage, utilization review, and case management functions rather than direct bedside care.
How can I get hired as a clinical nurse in Arizona with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is applying to a new graduate nurse residency program, which Arizona employers such as Banner Health and Valleywise Health run specifically for nurses without prior clinical experience. These structured residencies place new RNs in med-surg or general acute care units and provide supervised clinical hours. Lateral moves from roles such as certified nursing assistant or patient care technician also build the bedside experience that hiring managers look for, and holding an active Arizona nursing license from the start signals readiness.
Where can I find and apply to clinical nurse jobs in Arizona?
You can find and apply to clinical nurse jobs in Arizona on Migrate Mate, which lists current Arizona openings from employers across the state. Search the listings to find roles that match your specialty, experience level, and preferred location, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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