Clinical Nurse Specialist - CVICU
Clinical Nurse Specialist - CVICU
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Job Description
Provides indepth clinical expertise in a defined area of nursing practice (eg. pediatrics oncology adult medicine). Develops and ensures quality standards for nursing practice for a specific patient population. Provides advanced clinical practice education consultation research and administration.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Establishes and monitors care standards and makes recommendations for changes in area of clinical practice. Collaborates with nursing staff in assessing patient family agespecific nursing needs and develops plan of care for complex highrisk patients.
- Evaluates the effectiveness of the care provided.
- Designs teaching programs for patients/families and provides assistance to nursing staff in program implementation. Develops interdisciplinary plans of care for complex and high risk patients. In conjunction with members of the health care team assesses staff knowledge and identifies competencybased education needs of staff and members.
- Designs and implements education programs to ensure the quality of staff knowledge and skills. Introduces new techniques/innovation based on advanced practice trends. May serve as a preceptor to graduate healthcare students.
- Provides consultation to physicians nurses and other health care providers in meeting care needs of individual or groups of patients in both outpatient and inpatient settings.
- Makes recommendations to change standards of care or standards of practice based on own research or the research of others.
- Defines and implements best nursing practices. Assists in interviewing staff and provides input into evaluations regarding clinical competence and provides coaching and counseling.
- Participates and consults in setting the direction for QA&I monitoring establishing standards and evaluating outcomes. Collects and analyzes data regarding patient care outcomes trends morbidity and mortality.
- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided. Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations. Monitors quality appropriateness and accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation. Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.
- Responsible for ensuring the implementation of a coordinated and effective discharge planning program.
- Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- Minimum three (3) years of experience in area of clinical specialty required.
Education
- Bachelors degree
- Masters degree in a clinical field of nursing or a clinical field related to nursing including but not limited to psychology public health social work education health sciences behavioral sciences nutrition and bioethics from a nationally accredited masters/post masters nursing academic program.
License Certification Registration
- Clinical Nurse Specialist Certificate (California) required at hire
- Registered Nurse License (California) required at hire
- Basic Life Support
Additional Requirements:
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Clinical Nurse Specialist experience preferred.
- ACLS or PALS Certification preferred.
Employment Type
Remote
Company Industry
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- ICU Experience
- Dermal Fillers
- Experience Administering Injections
- Home Care
- Nursing
- Botox Experience
- Critical Care Experience
- Medication Administration
- Tube Feeding
