Clinical Nurse Specialist - Infusion CNS

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About Duke University Hospital

 

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, which is consistently ranked among the best in the United States and is the number one hospital in North Carolina, according to U.S. News and World Report for 2023-2024. Duke University Hospital is the largest of Duke Health's three hospitals and features 1048 patient beds, 65 operating rooms, as well as comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center, an endo-surgery center, and more.

 

 

 

Job Location

Infusion Centers across Duke University Health System

 

Job Summary

The Duke Health Infusion Clinical Nurse Specialist (Infusion CNS) collaborates with members of the healthcare team to enhance patient care in the non-oncology ambulatory infusion setting by serving as an expert resource and consultant to nursing staff and providing evidence-based clinical expertise to patients.  They are a clinician, educator, investigator, consultant, role model and leader. They make clinical judgments based upon a synthesis of current research, concepts, principles, theories, and outcomes to solve complex problems. The Infusion CNS is a dynamic and positive role model for nursing staff.  They function as an integral part of a larger interdisciplinary team contributing to excellence in patient care, research, teaching, and in providing leadership to the nursing staff and to the organization.

 

Job Duties and Responsibilities

1. Direct Care

• Conducts complete and accurate patient assessment
• Synthesizes assessment data, advanced knowledge, and experience, using critical thinking and clinical judgment for clinical problems amenable to CNS intervention.
• Employs evidence-based clinical practice guidelines tailored to the individual
• Supports the development, implementation and evaluation of standards of practice, guidelines, policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Selects, develops and/or implements evidence-based clinical interventions and systems to achieve defined patient and system outcomes. 
• Prescribes nursing therapeutics, interventions, diagnostic measures, equipment, procedures, and treatments to meet the needs of patients, families and groups, in accordance with professional preparation, institutional policy, state and federal laws and practice acts.
• Evaluates outcomes of nursing practice for safety, timeliness, effectiveness, efficiency, efficacy and patient-centered care.
• Differentiates between outcomes that require care process modification at the individual patient level and those that require modification at the system level.
• Coordinates the care of patients with use of system and community resources to assure successful health/illness/wellness transitions, enhance delivery of care, and achieve optimal patient outcomes.

1. Coaching

• Assesses learning needs of nursing staff; plans and implements appropriate educational forums and opportunities to address critical learning needs and skills.
• Participates in education of nurses and othe