Clinical Nurse Specialist; Maternal/Child Inpatient Services

The University of Kansas Hospital; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist to enhance patient outcomes through expert clinical practice and mentoring. In this pivotal role, you'll integrate care across various spheres, focusing on ethical decision-making and collaboration with healthcare professionals. The position offers a unique opportunity to lead initiatives that empower nurses and improve care delivery. Ideal candidates will possess advanced nursing degrees and relevant certifications, ready to make a significant impact in a supportive and professional environment. Join a team dedicated to excellence in nursing and patient care.

Qualifications

• Master's or Doctorate in Nursing required for this advanced practice role.
• Expertise in ethical decision-making and clinical practice is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and teaching to advance patient care and nursing.
• Engage in systematic inquiry and evidence-based practice.

Skills

Coaching

Consultation

Ethical decision-making

Expert Clinical Practice

Research/EBP

Systems Leadership

Education

High School Graduate

Master Degree in Nursing

Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP)

Tools

Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS)

Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist; Maternal/Child Inpatient Services

Our nurses are leaders and decision makers, working closely with physicians to provide the best care and most advanced treatments. On our team, you’ll work in an environment of respect and professionalism, and you’ll have the support to advance your nursing career in the direction you choose. Find out more about the wide variety of opportunities for nurses at The University of Kansas Health System.

Responsibilities

Job Summary

Job ID: R-42139 Job Type: Full time Location: Kansas City, Kansas

Position Summary / Career Interest:
The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) has a unique APRN role to integrate care across the continuum and through three spheres of influence: patient, nurse, system. The three spheres are overlapping and interrelated but each sphere possesses a distinctive focus. In each of the spheres of influence, the primary goal of the CNS is continuous improvement of patient outcomes and nursing care. Key elements of CNS practice are to create environments through mentoring and system changes that empower nurses to develop caring, evidence-based practices to alleviate patient distress, facilitate ethical decision-making, and respond to diversity. The CNS is responsible and accountable for diagnosis and treatment of health/illness states, disease management, health promotion, and prevention of illness and risk behaviors among individuals, families, groups, and communities (APRN Joint Dialogue Group Report, July 7, 2008). In addition to the specialty areas listed in the job title, this position will also support health system wide initiatives as needed.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Coaching Competency: Provide skillful guidance and teaching to advance the care of patients, families, groups of patients, and the profession of nursing.
• Consultation and Collaboration Competency: Demonstrate patient, staff, or system focused interaction between professionals in which the consultant is recognized as having specialized expertise and assists consultee with problem solving. Work jointly with others to optimize clinical outcomes.
• Ethical decision-making, moral agency and advocacy: Identifying, articulating, and taking action on ethical concerns at the patient, family, health care provider, system, community, and public policy levels.
• Expert Clinical Practice Competency: Provide direct interaction with patients, families, and groups of patients to promote health or well-being and improve quality of life.
• Research/EBP Competence: Actively engage in thorough and systematic inquiry. Includes the search for, interpretation, and use of evidence in clinical practice and quality improvement to address clinical problems.
• Systems Leadership Competency: Demonstrates ability to manage change and empower others to influence clinical practice and political processes both within and across systems.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit.

Required Education and Experience

• High School Graduate
• Master Degree Nursing OR Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP)

Required Licensure and Certification

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification (ACNS-BC) - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Must meet the requirements for ARNP-CNS Licensure in Kansas
• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Multi-State - State Board of Nursing Registered Nurse in State of Kansas. As a condition of your employment and continued employment with the health system, you are required to secure a Nurse Compact License (NCL) within 60 days of your date of hire.