RN Clinical Nurse Practice Specialist - OBV/MOU & Resource Teams

Endeavor Health•Arlington Heights, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN Clinical Nurse Practice Specialist (CNPS) is an expert clinician with advanced education and training who supports the OBV/MOU and Resource Teams. The role applies advanced assessment skills, clinical expertise, and evidence-based knowledge to a specific patient population across the system. The CNPS serves as an educator, consultant, and clinical expert, helping achieve high-quality, cost-effective, patient-focused outcomes across patient care, nursing practice, and organizational systems. The specialist fosters a culture of inquiry and mentors nurses in adopting current evidence-based practices. The CNPS provides clinical expertise, assesses staff development needs, supports nursing care planning, identifies practice issues and trends, leads quality improvement, evaluates evidence and practice outcomes, and helps integrate clinical technologies. The position also develops and delivers education, competencies, learning programs, and transition-to-practice initiatives; collaborates with academic partners; and provides leadership, mentorship, and coaching to nurses and educators. The role participates in professional organizations and research, and advocates for nurses to practice to the full extent of their roles. This is a full-time, Monday–Friday day position, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m., based at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Periodic travel to other Endeavor Health hospitals for meetings is required.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Nursing required.
At least 5 years of clinical experience in a medical center, hospital environment, or academic setting required.
Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in Illinois required.
American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
Current nursing specialty certification required; if not already certified, certification must be obtained within one year of assuming the role.
Knowledge and expertise in adult learning.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Flexibility in work schedule.
Ability to interact effectively with colleagues and all members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to engage in dialogue with diverse healthcare audiences.
Commitment to teamwork and ability to collaborate and coordinate with others to set and accomplish goals.
Presentation skills needed to provide education to audiences throughout the organization.
Commitment to continued professional development, such as attending seminars and conferences and maintaining specialty certification.

Nice To Haves

Doctorate in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide advanced clinical nursing expertise in the specialty area.
Assess education and role-development needs by observing care and gathering feedback from staff, preceptors, and leadership.
Support staff in developing or modifying patients’ nursing care plans.
Collect and analyze data to identify unit staff practice needs, issues, trends, and outcomes.
Identify improvement opportunities, lead quality initiatives, and implement practice changes.
Provide information on current evidence-based, cost-effective, safe nursing practices and regulatory standards.
Evaluate evidence and research for potential application to clinical practice.
Identify evidence-based standards of practice to improve nurse-sensitive indicator outcomes.
Evaluate the outcomes of nursing practice changes.
Lead integration, management, and evaluation of technologies and products to support safety, quality, efficiency, and health outcomes.
Partner in developing evidence-based policies, procedures, and protocols and plans for sustainable unit-level change.
Participate in Shared Decision-Making Councils.
Consult with nursing leadership, educators, and system teams to establish annual competencies, skills days, and other educational needs.
Partner with colleagues to create and deliver education, presentations, just-in-time learning, and practical skills training using evidence-based practice and adult learning theory.
Develop and deliver nursing education through a variety of venues and methods.
Address community learning needs through education that promotes and improves health and helps prevent illness and injury.
Share responsibility for developing, implementing, and evaluating learning and development programs and teaching methodologies.
Participate in the development, design, implementation, and evaluation of Transition to Practice programs for nurses at all levels.
Collaborate with academic nursing partners to support nursing students’ integration into the practice environment.
Lead interprofessional learning, professional growth, and practice change across the organization.
Use strategies to encourage clinicians to adopt evidence-based practices and care-delivery innovations.
Apply critical thinking and emotional intelligence in decision-making and support a culture of innovation and clinical excellence.
Mentor and coach clinical nurse and staff nurse educators in advancing their nursing education practice.
Foster a healthy work environment and build effective teams through coaching and advanced communication.
Identify and participate in evidence-based practice and nursing research projects, and mentor others in these projects.
Participate in a professional nursing organization and contribute to nursing knowledge and advocacy.
Advance nursing practice through professional organizations, publications, and dissemination of best practices.
Promote accountability, continuous learning, reflective practice, and ownership in nursing care.
Advocate for nurses to practice to the full extent of their roles.