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(Archived) Clinical Nurse Specialist - Lancaster CA
Job Description
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Provide expert, specialty consultation to patients, staff, and physicians.
• Collaborate with nursing and physicians on identifying and prioritizing nursing care needs for complex patients.
• Coordinate care of patients across settings through collaboration with applicable departments.
• Improve quality of nursing care by managing change and empowering others to influence clinical practice and political processes both within and across systems.
• Promote research through utilization of systematic inquiry in the interpretation, translation, and use of evidence to evaluate and improve clinical practice; participates in conduct of research.
• Provide mentoring and guidance to advance patient care and nursing practice.
• Identify, articulate, and take action on ethical concerns at all levels.
POSITION SUMMARY:
• The Clinical Nurse Specialist is an advanced practice nurse with master's or doctoral level preparation and expert knowledge in area of specialty.
• The CNS improves patient care using 3 spheres of influence: patients, nurses and nursing practice, and organizations and systems.
• The CNS is a clinical expert in evidence-based practice within a specialty area.
• The CNS influences outcomes by support of nurses in the delivery of high quality, safe, evidence-based care.
QUALIFICATIONS
- • Master's Degree in Nursing with clinical application of a CNS role component or Master's preparation with a post-master's certificate within 3 years of date of hire
- • Minimum of 3 years continuous, recent clinical experience and clinical knowledge in specialty area
- • 5 years experience in advanced practice nursing leadership, desired
- • CNS Advanced Practice Certification, desired
- • Current California Registered Nursing License
- • Certification in area of specialty
- • BCLS
- • NRP
Urgent, Skilled Nursing Facility
Relocation assistance, Travel Reimbursement, Sign on bonus, Education Reimbursement, Onsite Fitness Center, Professional development opportunities, Full benefits , 401k
Day, 5 days/week, 8 hour shifts
Neonatal, Pediatric