Clinical Nurse Specialist - Emergency Department

The University of Kansas Hospital • Kansas City, KS

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About The Position

The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) has a unique APRN role to integrate care across the continuum and through three spheres of influence: patient, nurse, system. The three spheres are overlapping and interrelated but each sphere possesses a distinctive focus. In each of the spheres of influence, the primary goal of the CNS is continuous improvement of patient outcomes and nursing care. Key elements of CNS practice are to create environments through mentoring and system changes that empower nurses to develop caring, evidence-based practices to alleviate patient distress, facilitate ethical decision-making, and respond to diversity. The CNS is responsible and accountable for diagnosis and treatment of health/illness states, disease management, health promotion, and prevention of illness and risk behaviors among individuals, families, groups and communities.

Requirements

• High School Graduate
• Bachelor Degree Nursing
• Master Degree Nursing OR Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP)
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification (ACNS-BC) - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Multi-State - State Board of Nursing Registered Nurse in State of Kansas
• Secure a Nurse Compact License (NCL) within 60 days of your date of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide skillful guidance and teaching to advance the care of patients, families, groups of patients, and the profession of nursing.
• Demonstrate patient, staff, or system focused interaction between professionals in which the consultant is recognized as having specialized expertise and assists consultee with problem solving.
• Work jointly with others to optimize clinical outcomes.
• Identify, articulate, and take action on ethical concerns at the patient, family, health care provider, system, community, and public policy levels.
• Provide direct interaction with patients, families, and groups of patients to promote health or well-being and improve quality of life.
• Actively engage in thorough and systematic inquiry, including the search for, interpretation, and use of evidence in clinical practice and quality improvement.
• Demonstrate ability to manage change and empower others to influence clinical practice and political processes both within and across systems.
• Perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees