About this role
About the Role The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) provides expert clinical leadership to nursing staff on Medical Sub-Segment units caring for general medical patients, including cardiology, nephrology, endocrinology, pulmonology, general medicine, psychiatry, and critical care. What You'll Do
- Serve as a reliable source of information on the latest evidence supporting cost-effective, safe nursing practices.
- Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team using the nursing process to integrate the nursing perspective into a comprehensive plan of care for the patient/family.
- Identify and prioritize nursing care needs for a select population of patients/families, synthesizing assessment data and applying advanced knowledge to pose problems amenable to advanced interventions.
- Conduct comprehensive, holistic wellness and illness assessments using established or innovative evidence-based techniques, tools, and methods.
- Initiate and plan care conferences or programs for individual patients or populations of patients.
- Call for interdisciplinary care conferences when barriers or LOS protraction are evident. What We're Looking For
- The CNS requires clinical expertise in a focus area, evidence-based practice, collaboration, consultation, education, mentoring, and change leadership; these are essential to advance practice and professional development of nurses.
- Ability to partner with Clinical Nursing Directors and Director of Quality and Safety; coordinate and guide clinical activities/projects; design, implement, and measure safe, cost-effective, evidence-based care strategies.
- Commitment to maintaining current professional knowledge and contributing to the advancement of nursing practice at unit/system, local, state, and/or national/international levels.