Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job Description

Description

Summary:

A Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) functions as part of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to provide high-quality cost-effective care to patients within the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse scope. The role reflects the mission, vision and values of the organization and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and other regulatory and accreditation standards. The CNS integrates evidenced-based care across UNC Health through three spheres of impact: Clinical Practice with patients, Nursing/Nursing Practice, and Organization/Systems to produce sustainably improved patient outcomes.

Responsibilities:

1. Provide expert clinical care to complex patients within specialty population, advocating for a patients unique preference

2. Intervene to educate, guide and coach the patient and/or caregivers to establish a patient centered plan of care and navigate complex healthcare systems

3. Collaborate with interdisciplinary members of the healthcare team to ensure comprehensive, coordinated care delivery to improve and promote health care outcomes.

4. Identifies opportunities to improve patient care. Determines appropriate outcomes for patient population and guides interventions to accomplish them.

5. Conducts clinical consultation, including coaching with bedside nurses, regarding performance of complex patient care interventions.

6. Identify workflow barriers and recommend efficient improvements

7. Promote nursing involvement in shared governance, professional growth and development, and pursuit of clinical inquiry

8. Collects and analyzes patient data to document the impact of nursing practice on outcomes, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.

9. Promotes a healthy work environment through expert communication, facilitation skills and conveying mutual trust and respect to others on the healthcare team.

10. Provides leadership for interprofessional and nursing teams in identifying, developing, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based practices and research opportunities.

11. Evaluate system strategies and outcomes, identifying gaps in practice.

12. Participates in, supports, and leads quality/performance improvement initiatives to advance patient care delivery and improve outcomes through best practice implementation.

13. Evaluates the implications of access, quality, safety, and cost on the delivery of healthcare.

14. Actively pursues professional growth and development within local, regional, or national levels.

Other information:

Education Requirements:

Completion of an accredited graduate-level Master of Science in Nursing program

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

Licensed as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the state of North Carolina. Current certification as a Clinical Nurse Specialist from a national credentialing body approved by the NC Board of Nursing.

Professional Experience Requirements:

Minimum of 3 years as a Registered Nurse required

Job Details

Legal Employer: Wayne Health

Entity: Wayne UNC Health Care

Organization Unit: Patient Service Admin.

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: WAYNE MED

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

Our Mission

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Who We Are

UNC Health is a not-for-profit integrated healthcare system owned by the state of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill. With 15 hospitals across the state, UNC Health is committed to empowering health, not just health care. From Magnet recognition to being named Forbes’ top-ranked healthcare system employer for women in the entire Southeast, we're proud to say that our hard work is consistently recognized, awarded, and celebrated.

UNC Health and our 40,000 employees, continue to serve as North Carolina’s Health Care System, caring for patients from all 100 counties and beyond our borders. We continue to leverage the world-class research conducted in the UNC School of Medicine, translating that innovation into life-saving and life-changing therapies, procedures, and techniques for the patients who rely on us.

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