Emergency Department Nurse Practice Specialist / RN

Emory Healthcare • Decatur, GA

87d

About The Position

At Emory Healthcare, we fuel your professional journey with better benefits, valuable resources, ongoing mentorship and leadership programs for all types of jobs, and a supportive environment that enables you to reach new heights in your career and be what you want to be. We provide comprehensive health benefits that start day 1, student loan repayment assistance & reimbursement programs, family-focused benefits, wellness incentives, ongoing mentorship, development, and leadership programs, and more. The Nurse Practice Specialist is the clinical and education lead for a program or an area of defined nursing practice. This role provides leadership to integrate new knowledge and innovation within a specialty area and appreciates system levels to help close the gap ensuring healthcare delivery is safe, timely, effective, evidence-based, equitable, efficient, and patient/family focused.

Requirements

• Professional Nursing Certification required (CCRN, CEN, OCN, etc.)
• Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and three years of clinical nursing experience as a Registered Nurse.
• At least two years of recent experience in the area of concentration.
• BLS and ACLS certifications required.

Responsibilities

• Inter professionally collaborates with and provides expert consultation to administrative leaders, educators, nurses, and physicians to lead clinical practice.
• Promote and maintain quality improvement to improve patient and population health outcomes on the unit, within the service line, and across the organization.
• Contribute to the advancement of nursing practice at the unit/system, local, state, national, and/or international level.
• Participate in and lead organizational and hospital-based professional activities to maintain and/or contribute knowledge of current trends, practices, and developments.
• Direct and manage process improvement projects and initiatives that are congruent with EHC and nursing's strategic plan for innovation in healthcare.
• Influence and guide direct care for complex patients with multi-system issues.
• Evaluate all processes to determine effective implementation and outcomes needed to meet patient goals.
• Provide guidance in improving the health of individuals, families, and communities.
• Mentor and coach professional development, including collaboration with resident nurses on their evidence-based projects.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits that start day 1
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Reimbursement Programs
• Family-focused benefits
• Wellness incentives
• Ongoing mentorship, development, and leadership programs

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees