Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) - NICU - Sharp Tri-City - FT - Days

Sharp HealthCare; Oceanside (CA); On-site; USD 81,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare in Oceanside is seeking a Nurse Specialist to lead NICU education and clinical initiatives. You will act as educator and consultant to the NICU team, guiding staff development and implementing evidence-based practices across the care continuum.

The role requires a Master's in Nursing, CA RN licensure, and CNS certification, plus BLS, NRP, and ACLS credentials. You will collaborate with physicians and participate in NICU committees to improve patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Nursing required.
• 3 years clinical experience as a staff nurse.
• California RN license required.
• Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) certification required.
• AHA BLS for Healthcare Professionals required.
• NRP certification required.

Responsibilities

• Lead NICU clinical programs and education efforts.
• Serve as educator, consultant, and clinical expert for NICU staff and physicians.
• Coordinate NICU educational development and staff competency.
• Develop prevention strategies and protocols to improve patient outcomes.
• Collaborate with physicians to update guidelines and policies.
• Participate in NICU committees and quality monitoring.

Education

Master's Degree in Nursing

California RN License

Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)

AHA BLS for Healthcare Professionals

Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)

Job description

Hours

• Shift Start Time: Variable
• Shift End Time: Variable
• AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift
• Additional Shift Information: Start time between 0700 - 0800
• Weekend Requirements: As Needed
• On-Call Required: No
• Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $59.160 - $72.470 - $85.780

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant's years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

What You Will Do

This position is accountable for assuming responsibility in the area of NICU. This person serves as a clinical expert, educator, and consultant to the staff, physicians, patients and their care givers. The focus of this position is on accomplishing strategic and tactical aims within the domains of the NICU department. Fosters multidisciplinary relationships and linkages that support implementation of innovations; leads interdisciplinary groups in implementing patient care programs across the care continuum.

Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree level in Nursing.
• 3 Years clinical experience as a staff nurse.
• Requires previous experience in educational activities related to the scope of nursing practice.
• California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing -REQUIRED
• Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) - CA Board of Registered Nursing -REQUIRED
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - Various-Employee provides certificate -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

• ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association -PREFERRED

Other Qualification Requirements

• Current certification in NICU from a nationally recognized accrediting organization, required.

Essential Functions

• The position characteristics reflect the most important duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job in a fully competent manner. They should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. The characteristics of the position and standards of performance may be changed by TCMC with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.
  1. Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit based safety and infection control requirements.
  2. Acts as an Educator, Clinical Expert, Consultant, Researcher and Practitioner for NICU to ensure optimal patient care outcomes
  3. Coordinates and assesses NICU educational development and clinical competency of the nursing staff and ensures continued competency through educational programs for both the newly hired and experienced staff
  4. Provides expertise, developing prevention strategies and protocols to improve patient outcomes
  5. Leads nurses to 'think outside the box', to try new ways through evidenced based practice to enhance and improve patient outcomes
  6. Guides the development of consistent and constant standards of practice of nurses, ensures the highest level of care is provided
  7. Troubleshoots complex patient care issues
  8. Measures patient functioning and quality of well being along with disease specific clinical outcomes
  9. Collaborates with the physicians to update clinical guidelines, procedures and policies.
  10. Participates in all NICU committees, quality monitoring, marketing and community services.
  11. Obtains reviews and analyzes information in collaboration with the patient, family, significant other as related to educational needs.
  12. Provides community education services as necessary.
  13. Plans for personal growth as related to goals based on self assessment, evaluation, and feedback.
  14. Provides consultation to internal customers (e.g. staff and physicians) and external customers (e.g. patients/significant others and other medical facilities).
  15. Assists in the development of nurses' advocacy and moral agency through role modeling, teaching and/or coaching.
  16. Serves as an agent for professional nursing educational issues.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Effective interpersonal skills - oral and written, and presentations.
• Requires effective collaboration, problem-solving, negotiation and written and verbal communication skills.
• Requires knowledge of computer software applications.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class

Master's Degree; Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) - CA Board of Registered Nursing; AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association; Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - Various-Employee provides certificate; ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association; California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing