Clinical Practice Specialist Med Surg Tele Full Time Days

Up to $15,000 Sign-On bonus for experienced Registered Nurse / RN 

 

Position Summary

The Clinical Practice Specialist (CPS) serves as the expert for nursing practice in assigned department/unit/service line. The Clinical Nurse Leader is responsible for helping to create and promote a culture that promotes quality patient care and service excellence.  Utilizes and teaches evidence-based practices to develop the clinical competence of bedside caregivers. This position will engage and motivate staff to achieve a culture of clinical excellence by coaching, teaching, encouraging, demonstrating and role-modeling expected behavior of staff.   

The CPS will have a dotted line reporting structure to the Director of PBHN Clinical Education. In coordination with Nursing unit leadership and PBHN Clinical Educators, the CPS assesses and diagnoses specific practice needs of nurses in assigned areas, and provides the appropriate clinical intervention for their development. The CPS will partner with the appropriate PBHN Clinical Educator for appropriate education content related to practice gaps. 

The CPS serves as a clinical resource to the new nurse and their preceptor as well as the experienced new hires nurses and Nurse Externs. The CPS facilitates patient care by staff’s bedside competencies. The CPS ensures continuity between clinical practice and standards of care, not limited to Infection Prevention, Patient Safety, Patient Experience, etc… This individual works collaboratively with all disciplines to strengthen and elevate quality of care at the bedside. 

Duties and Responsibilities 

Essential Functions: 

• Models, re-enforces and monitors care standards and makes recommendations for changes creates implementation and evaluation plan. 

• Collaborates with nursing staff in assessing patient, family age-specific nursing needs and develops plan of care for complex high-risk patients. 

• Evaluates the effectiveness of the care provided. 

• Help coordinate scheduling of patient care staff, review patient care assignments as needed for optimal patient care. 

• 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 competency-based education needs of staff and members. 

• In coordination with PBHN Clinical Educators, 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. 

• Establish physician relationships, including intensivist team, work collaboratively.  

• Work collaboratively with quality on PI projects, collaborate with wound care, infection control manager, patient satisfaction navigator to support, initiate, maintain practices and initiatives to obtain zero cauti, clabis, c diff, MRSA, c diff, positive patient experience and employee engagement. 

• Ability to offer coverage for director and manager during absences 

• Ability to work as relief charge nurse within unit if needed to facilitate patient care 

• Active leader in throughput meetings 

• Participates in multidisciplinary rounding 

• Work collaboratively with quality DCQI for PI  

• Assist in optimization of resources to maximize productivity and minimize costs 

Serves as Clinical Expert and Resource to Staff Members Through Leadership and Education  

• Maintains and seeks opportunities to improve clinical competence through continued educational activities in clinical and management areas. 

• May participate in the peer interview process. 

• Provides input into the staff performance evaluations and counseling process, if needed. 

• Provides input into the recruitment and termination for employees. 

• Collaborates with Nurse Manager and, or Director to Identify staff practice and educational needs. 

• Ensures patient confidentiality and protected according to all regulations and facility policies. 

• Serves as a clinical resource on the Patient Care Unit. 

• Facilitate education plans for new equipment, new services, within service li