Professional Practice Specialist - Dialysis

The Professional Practice Specialist (PPS) supports both the acute and chronic dialysis programs at Children’s National Hospital. This role serves as a clinical expert, providing leadership in practice development, education, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance. The PPS collaborates with nursing, medical, and administrative teams to ensure safe, evidence-based dialysis care and optimal patient outcomes. Responsibilities include staff education and competency validation, policy development, quality and safety initiatives, and clinical consultation across inpatient and outpatient dialysis services.

Position Summary

All nursing practice is based on the legal scope of practice, national and specialty nursing standards, CNMC Policies and Procedures, and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. The Professional Model of Care requires registered professional nurses to be responsible and accountable for their own practice. CNMC supports the development of RN relationships within the community; specifically those relationships associated with the health and well being of the community at large. In collaboration with the department's Nurse Managers acts in a staff role to support optimal service outcomes by providing for the development of professional staff and other direct care givers in a defined service specialty. As member of the department's leadership team, participates in and is accountable for the continuous assessment of service needs, strategic planning, process design and goal attainment. The PPS also functions on the interdepartmental level and acts on behalf of CNMC as a resource to other health care institutions.
 

Minimum Education
BSN (Required)
Master's Degree (Preferred)

Minimum Work Experience
5 years Nursing experience (Required)
2 years Experience in area of specialty (Preferred)

Functional Accountabilities:
Professional Practice

• Participate/support Shared Leadership.

• Contribute to CNMCs Magnet Journey.

• Ensure that nursing practice is based on evidence of best practice.

• Accountable for participating in the Division of Nursing’s Performance Improvement process (division or unit level).

• Participate in community activities.

Education

• Provide for the continuous assessment of assigned staff educational needs.

• Develop educational plans that meet organizational and departmental goals.

• Coordinate service/unit/individual orientation.

• Provide basic orientation in specialty area as appropriate.

• Coordinate and provide continuing education for clinical staff.

• Assess and assure the competency of assigned staff in accordance with regulatory requirements.

• Facilitate CNMC sponsored lectures and conferences.

• Use teaching methods that facilitate the education process for adult learners.

Clinical

• Demonstrate and maintain clinical expertise in area of specialty by periodically providing direct patient care.

• Facilitate problem solving of clinical care issues by working with staff through individual consultation and facilitation of patient care rounds and conferences.

• Maintain knowledge of individual patient care needs and identify and communicate complex care requirements to the care team.

• Participate in clinical pathway development.

• Accountable for establishing, implementing, communicating and evaluating interdisciplinary plan of care with outcomes.

Quality/Research

• Ensure that nursing practice is based on evidence of best practice.

• Accountable for supporti