Clinical Resource Nurse

Clinical Resource Nurse (CRN)

The Clinical Resource Nurse (CRN) is a registered nurse who is responsible for providing clinical expertise, guidance, and support for nurses. This position develops, facilitates, and evaluates unit orientation and staff development programs in collaboration with the Director and based on regulations and standards. The CRN may also provide hands-on care for some patients in special circumstances in order to provide additional support to the care team.

Franciscan Health is a leading healthcare organization dedicated to providing exceptional patient care and promoting health and wellness in our community. Our mission is to ensure that every patient receives the highest quality of care through innovation, compassion, and excellence. With 11 ministries and access points across Indiana, Franciscan Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest. Franciscan Health takes pride in hiring coworkers who provide compassionate, comprehensive care for our patients and the communities we serve.

What You Can Expect

• Education Goal Development: Develops unit education goals based on a comprehensive needs assessment. Coordinates, develops, and facilitates unit specific staff development, using principles of adult education. Coordinates education and other validations of competency for unit personnel.
• Leadership & Collegiality: Serves as a leader to promote the professional growth of peers. Facilitates interdepartmental collaboration to achieve project and organizational goals. Serves as a resource for and contributes to the professional development of interdisciplinary team members.
• Orientation: Develops, coordinates, maintains, evaluates and improves components of the orientation process using evidenced-based practice. Monitors and documents the orientation process.
• Patient, Family, Staff and Student Education: Identifies present and anticipates future learning needs. Provides counseling and support. Provides information on disease process, illness prevention, and medications. Validates learner comprehension.
• Utilizes Nursing Process: Obtains accurate nursing history. Assesses, documents, and reports physiological and behavioral changes of the patient. Formulates an effective, individualized care plan and evaluates/ revises as needed. Implements hospital and nursing guidelines and procedures in clinical practice.
• Nursing Guidelines Implementation: Implements hospital and nursing guidelines and procedures in clinical practice.

Qualifications

• Required: 2-3 years current Med/Surg clinical experience
• Required: Registered Nurse (RN) License
• Required: 2 years Nursing/Patient Care Experience
• Required: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing/Patient Care
• Required within 90 days: Basic Life Support Program (BLS) - American Heart Association
• Preferred: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association
• Preferred: Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
• Preferred: Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

Travel is required: Never or Rarely

Equal Opportunity Employer: It is the policy of Franciscan Alliance to provide equal employment to its employees and qualified applicants for employment as otherwise required by an applicable local, state or Federal law. Franciscan Alliance reserves a Right of Conscience objection in the event local, state or Federal ordinances that violate its values and the free exercise of its religious rights. Franciscan Alliance is committed to equal employment opportunity.