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

Sharp; Oceanside (CA); Presencial; USD 81.000 - 118.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Sharp Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, CA seeks a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) for the NICU. The CNS will serve as a clinical expert, educator, and consultant to NICU staff, physicians, patients, and families, leading interdisciplinary groups to implement patient care programs across the NICU continuum.

The role focuses on achieving strategic and tactical NICU goals, fostering collaboration, and guiding education and competency development for nursing staff.

Formación

• Master's degree in Nursing required.
• Minimum 3 years clinical experience as a staff nurse.
• Experience in educational activities related to nursing practice required.
• California RN licensure required.
• Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) licensure required.
• AHA BLS for Healthcare Professionals required.
• NRP required.

Responsabilidades

• Maintains safe, clean working environment in NICU.
• Acts as Educator, Clinical Expert, Consultant and Practitioner for NICU.
• Develops NICU educational programs and assesses staff competency.
• Develops prevention strategies and protocols to improve outcomes.
• Leads nurses to implement evidence-based practices.
• Sets standards of practice for NICU nursing.

Conocimientos

Interpersonal communication

Team collaboration

Problem-solving

Written communication

Educación

Master's degree in Nursing

California RN license

Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) certification

Descripción del empleo

Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) - NICU - Sharp Tri-City - FT - Days### Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) - NICU - Sharp Tri-City - FT - DaysApply: STCMC Tri-City Medical Center Main Campus - 4002 Vista Way: Full time: Posted Yesterday: JR211435**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 - $85.780The 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 classSharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system based in San Diego, California, with four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three medical groups and a health plan. We provide medical services in virtually all fields of medicine, including primary care, heart care, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health, rehabilitation, robotic surgery and bariatric surgery.Sharp sets the community standard for exceptional care. Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital have received prestigious Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care.At the heart of our organization are more than 18,000 affiliated physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers who are on a journey to make health care better for our patients and their families. It’s what we call The Sharp Experience – treating each person with dignity, compassion and respect, and using our clinical excellence and advanced technology to deliver the highest-quality patient care. We are dedicated to transforming the health care experience by making Sharp the best place to work, the best place to practice medicine and the best place to receive care in San Diego.