Clinical Nurse Specialist - Emergency Department

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation • Charlotte, NC

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About The Position

The Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Emergency Department conducts comprehensive wellness-to-illness assessments and applies advanced knowledge, experience, critical thinking, and clinical judgment to formulate differential diagnoses for problems amenable to CNS intervention. The role designs evidence-based initiatives and interventions to address complex patient needs, advance health equity, improve patient and system outcomes, and support safe, effective care.

The CNS provides consultation and leadership to nursing staff, medical staff, and interdisciplinary colleagues; directs or provides care to selected patients; leads interprofessional activities; and supports evidence-based care planning, education, research, quality improvement, and system-level strategies. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, in a fast-paced clinical setting. Emergency Department experience is preferred.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Nursing in the Clinical Nurse Specialist (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; if no CNS certification is available in the specialty, meet the requirements established by the NCBON for recognition as a CNS.
• Maintain CNS recognition in accordance with NCBON requirements.
• Ability to speak and understand English fluently.
• Ability to lift and support 35 pounds when handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies.
• Ability to respond quickly to changes in patient or program conditions.
• Critical thinking and ability to concentrate.

Nice To Haves

• Emergency Department experience is preferred.
• Appropriate practice-area certification is 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 meet 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 revisions of diagnoses and plans of care to improve patient outcomes.
• Direct or provide care to selected patients based on need and CNS expertise.
• Lead and participate in activities such as interprofessional rounds.
• Identify risks to patient safety, autonomy, and quality of care; 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, team building, and quality monitoring.
• Communicate effectively with nursing staff to meet patients’ needs.
• Participate in pre-professional, graduate, and continuing nursing education, including needs assessments, staff development, continuing education, and mentoring nurses in translating research into practice.
• Facilitate development of critical thinking in healthcare 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.
• Disseminate 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 healthcare 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, with potential premium pay, incentive pay for select positions, and annual increases based on performance.

What This Job Offers

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