Nurse Specialist

MultiCare Health System•Tacoma, WA

8d•$145,808 - $205,546

About The Position

The Nurse Specialist (NS) leads the advancement of nursing practice at the micro and macro levels. Clinical judgment and collaboration enhance nursing care and its impact on each patient’s unique characteristics to devise an advocacy-focused plan of care. The NS translates evidence into practice to achieve safe, quality, and cost-effective outcomes and leads organizational and system changes using systems thinking to optimize resources and improve outcomes. The role also analyzes and evaluates data to ensure practice is patient-centered, safe, timely, effective, and efficient, and designs strategies and interventions to promote optimization across three spheres of impact: patient, nurse, and systems. The NS functions as an expert clinician and patient advocate.

Requirements

Master’s degree required.
Current Registered Nurse license in Washington State or a Multistate License endorsement (MLS).
Nursing certification or related professional certification; if not held at hire, it must be acquired within one year of hire.
Five years of experience with the assigned patient population.

Nice To Haves

DNP or PhD preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the advancement of nursing practice at the micro and macro levels.
Use clinical judgment and collaboration to enhance nursing care and develop patient-centered plans of care that ensure advocacy.
Translate evidence into practice to achieve safe, quality, and cost-effective outcomes.
Lead organizational and system changes using systems thinking to optimize resources and improve outcomes.
Analyze and evaluate data to ensure practice is patient-centered, safe, timely, effective, and efficient.
Design strategies and interventions to promote optimization across patient, nurse, and systems spheres of impact.
Function as an expert clinician and patient advocate.