Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist - 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.

 

 

 

 

Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist - CNS

 

Job Location – Duke University Hospital

 

Job Summary

The Duke Hospital Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) collaborates with members of the healthcare team to enhance patient care by serving as an expert resource and consultant to nursing staff and providing evidence-based clinical expertise to patients.  S/he is a clinician, educator, investigator, consultant, role model and leader. S/he makes clinical judgments based upon a synthesis of current research, concepts, principles, theories, and outcomes to solve complex problems. The CNS is a dynamic and positive role model for nursing staff.  S/he functions 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 other health care providers to include but not limited to pre-professional, graduate and continuing education opportunities.
• Contributes to the advancement of the profession as a whole by disseminating expert knowledge and outcomes of CNS practice through presentations and publications.
• Mentors health professionals in applying the principles of evidence-based care.
• Uses coaching and advanced communication skills to facilitate the development of effective clinical teams.
• Provides leadership in conflict management and negotiation to address problems in the healthcare system.
• Identifies patient/family education needs and priorities.  
• Coaches patients and families to help them navigate the healthcare system.
• Participates in developing, implementing and evaluating patient education resources and programs appropriate to the patient’s developmental level, health literacy level, learning needs, readiness to learn, and cultural values and beliefs.
• Provides education to individuals, families, groups and communities to promote knowledge, understanding and optimal functioning across the wellness-illness continuum.

 

1. Collaboration

• Assists staff in the development of innovative, cost effective programs or protocols of care
• Assesses the quality and effectiveness of interdisciplinary, intra- agency, and inter-agency co