Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) — Registered Nurse (RN) — Stepdown/Critical Care Units — Memorial Regional Medical Center

Bon Secours Health System • Mechanicsville, VA

20h • Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is a registered nurse with clinical expertise within a selected area of nursing. The CNS functions as an educator, clinical expert, consultant, and researcher for the nursing staff. This role collaborates with nursing leaders and other interdisciplinary staff to achieve patient outcomes. The CNS leads, facilitates, and manages day-to-day clinical improvement activities related to nursing practice and process, with a focus on achieving quality, cost-effective evidenced-based outcomes. Goals for targeted populations are attained through the synthesis of comparative clinical and aggregate data, development and application of standard indicators, and design and development of innovative programs.

Requirements

• Must be currently licensed as an Advanced Practice Nurse/Clinical Nurse Specialist in the state of practice or is eligible to initiate the application process
• Must maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) – American Heart Association
• Master’s prepared Registered Nurse from an accredited school of nursing
• Continuing Education (CE), Continuing Education Units (CEU), Credit Hours (CH)
• Minimum of 5 years clinical experience
• Oral/written skills and previous work experience communicating complex theoretical and technical concepts to healthcare members, developing, and presenting formal educational programs, and effective collaboration with other healthcare members
• Demonstrated group facilitation, problem solving, and analytical skills

Nice To Haves

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) – American Heart Association
• Clinical experience in health care research, data acquisition and statistical analysis
• 3-5 years of experience in application of performance improvement methods
• Training in LEAN/Six Sigma process
• Word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation program abilities
• EPIC Electronic Health Record

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates advanced, specialized knowledge of nursing practice issues related to clinical specialty
• Leverages data to identify trends; shares measures of success and areas of opportunity with the interprofessional team
• Collaborate with the interprofessional team and clinical unit leadership to identify areas of opportunity and construct improvement plans
• Facilitates change and collaborates with the healthcare team to identify gaps, barriers, and practice improvement
• Support orientation, competency, and continuing education of staff in the clinical environment
• Acts as a patient safety advocate by participating in ongoing quality improvement in the hospital
• Incorporates the professional practice model into care delivery
• Analyzes the practice setting in a continuous improvement framework
• Establishes and maintains standards of practice at the client, unit, hospital, corporate, community and national levels
• Provides innovative and collaborative leadership in professional and clinical practice by role modeling, mentoring, and serving as a clinical consultant
• Initiates and participates in strategic planning at all levels of the health care system
• Facilitates and interprets research, incorporating appropriate findings into practice
• Coordinates, facilitates, provides and evaluates patient, staff and community education programs
• Integrates ethical/legal concepts into the practice of self and others
• Participate in BLS and/or ACLS events occurring within the acute care setting
• Monitor patient conditions during treatment and document
• Administer medications if needed and document
• Inform medical professionals regarding patient conditions and care
• Record patient medical histories
• Evaluate employee performance during evaluation of competencies
• Analyzing data or information
• Prepare and deliver presentations for executive level/mid-level leaders/frontline associate audiences
• Attention to detail
• Acceptance of authority
• Critical thinking
• Communication with family members
• Communication with patients
• Teamwork
• Conflict resolution
• Active listening
• Relationship building
• Self-motivated to function autonomously in work

Benefits

• Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses and 403(b) with employer contributions (when eligible)
• Medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, HSA/FSA options, life insurances, mental health resources and discounts
• Paid time off, parental and FMLA leave, short- and long-term disability, backup care for children and elders
• Tuition assistance, professional development and continuing education support

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees