Clinical Nurse Specialist - Nursing Education -Full Time - Days

Henry Ford Health • West Bloomfield, MI

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About The Position

Under the general supervision of Nursing Administrators/Leadership, the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) provides leadership and clinical expertise within the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) spheres of impact. The CNS is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with master’s- or doctorate-level education who provides expert comprehensive nursing care directly to patients, supports and develops registered nurses at the point of care, and leads systems redesign to improve access, quality, and safety in a cost-effective manner.

The CNS improves patient care by applying the best evidence and innovations in practice. As a leadership team member and partner to the Nurse Manager/Director, the CNS helps ensure competence, practice standards, orientation, and education. In a specific practice area or for a patient population, the CNS serves as a clinical expert through teaching, mentoring, consulting, research, management, and systems improvement. The role’s listed responsibilities focus on the patient direct-care sphere.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Nursing.
• Three to five years of progressively more responsible experience as a registered nurse in a clinical setting, with expertise substantiated through education, experience, and credentials.
• Evidence of clinical knowledge, skill, and judgment directly linked to the specialty area of expertise.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective interpersonal and interdepartmental relationships.
• Ability to apply learning theory concepts when planning and implementing educational activities.
• Excellent leadership and teaching abilities.
• Current Michigan Registered Nurse license and Michigan Clinical Nurse Specialist license.
• Advanced Practice CNS certification from ANCC or AACN in the respective specialty population (Adult-Gerontology, Adult, Neonatal, or Pediatric), or certification by portfolio per the State of Michigan.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and/or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS/NRP), as required for the specific position.

Responsibilities

• Perform evidence-based assessment and treatment of illness, including symptoms, functional problems, and risk behaviors.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments, differential diagnoses, and interventions to prevent or treat illness.
• Identify and prescribe pharmacologic agents, non-pharmacologic therapies, diagnostic studies, equipment, and appropriate consultations within the CNS’s scope of practice and consistent with skills, training, competency, professional judgment, and Henry Ford Health policy.
• Use advanced communication skills in complex and potentially unpredictable situations while caring for patients throughout the health continuum.
• Educate, guide, and coach patients in modifying risk behaviors and adopting health-promoting lifestyles.
• Lead discovery of patient-care innovations using nursing science, theory, and knowledge generated by nursing and related disciplines.
• Partner with the Nurse Manager/Director to support competence, practice standards, orientation, and education.
• Provide teaching, mentoring, consultation, research, management, and systems improvement in a specific practice area or for a patient population.

What This Job Offers

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