Clinical Nurse Specialist - Emergency Department

Advocate Health • Charlotte, NC

3d • $51 - $77

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse Specialist supports the Emergency Department by providing advanced clinical expertise, consultation, education, and leadership to improve patient, staff, and system outcomes. The role conducts comprehensive assessments, uses advanced knowledge and clinical judgment to formulate differential diagnoses for problems amenable to CNS intervention, and designs evidence-based clinical interventions and systems that address complex patient needs and promote health equity.

The CNS collaborates with nurses, medical staff, interdisciplinary colleagues, and executive leaders to improve care, patient safety, and quality. The role contributes to education and mentoring, research and clinical inquiry, system-level strategies, and dissemination of CNS work through presentations or publications. Emergency Department experience is preferred. The position is full time, with a Monday-through-Friday schedule of 40 hours per week.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Nursing in the CNS track.
• Current license to practice as a registered nurse in the applicable state.
• CNS certification from a national credentialing body approved by the applicable state Board of Nursing (NCBON); if certification is unavailable in the specialty, meet the NCBON requirements for recognition as a CNS and maintain that recognition.
• Able to lift and support up to 35 pounds when handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies.
• Fluent English speaking and comprehension, intact sight, hearing, smell, and finger dexterity, critical thinking, ability to concentrate, and ability to respond quickly to changes in patient or program conditions.

Nice To Haves

• Emergency Department experience.
• Appropriate practice-area certification, strongly recommended within one year of eligibility for the certification exam.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive, holistic wellness-to-illness assessments using evidence-based techniques and tools.
• Synthesize assessment data, advanced knowledge, and experience to formulate differential diagnoses for clinical problems amenable to CNS intervention.
• Design initiatives that address complex patient needs and integrate health equity strategies to eliminate disparities.
• Develop evidence-based clinical interventions and systems to achieve defined patient and system outcomes.
• Provide CNS consultation to staff nurses, medical staff, and interdisciplinary colleagues.
• Lead collaborative, evidence-based revision of diagnoses and plans of care to improve patient outcomes.
• Direct or provide care to select patients based on need and the CNS's expertise.
• Lead and participate in activities such as interprofessional rounds.
• Identify potential risks to patient safety, autonomy, and quality of care, and intervene to prevent or minimize iatrogenesis and ensure safety.
• Develop interventions that promote patient, family, and community safety.
• Identify gaps in translating evidence into practice by participating in CCAs and RCAs.
• Support development of innovative, cost-effective programs and protocols.
• Facilitate clinically competent care through education, role modeling, teambuilding, and quality monitoring.
• Communicate effectively with nursing staff to best meet patients' needs.
• Participate in pre-professional, graduate, and continuing education of nurses, including conducting needs assessments, implementing staff development and continuing education, and mentoring nurses in translating research into practice.
• Facilitate development of critical thinking in health care team members.
• Lead and participate in interprofessional teams examining data and trends to identify system opportunities and gaps or barriers.
• Conduct cost/benefit and cost-avoidance analyses of programs, processes, and technologies.
• Participate with interprofessional teams in conducting and implementing research or clinical inquiry.
• Analyze research findings and other evidence for application to clinical practice.
• Collaborate with executive leaders on development, implementation, and monitoring of system-level strategies and objectives.
• Demonstrate expertise by disseminating CNS work through presentations or publications.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Competitive compensation, potential premium pay, incentive pay for select positions, and opportunity for annual performance-based increases.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior