Clinical Nurse Specialist Neonatal ICU

HCA Healthcare; Riverside (CA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Riverside Community Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare, seeks a Clinical Nurse Specialist for the NICU/Peds in Riverside, CA. The CNS mentors staff, supports evidence-based practice, and collaborates with the OB Educator for Maternal Newborn and Labor and Delivery.

You will ensure orientation, address clinical issues with leaders, and promote professional development through credentialing and continuing education opportunities.

Qualifications

• Current California RN license.
• Current California CNS certification.
• Current BCLS.
• BSN degree.
• MSN degree.
• Clinical specialty training in specified area.
• Minimum 5 years acute care experience.
• Successful CNS in NICU experience.
• Experience developing clinical paths.

Responsibilities

• Ensure new nursing staff receive effective clinical orientation.
• Problem-solve clinical issues with managers and staff.
• Collaborate with Education Department on continuing education needs.
• Promote professional development and certification through mentoring and curricula implementation.
• Provide consultation and education to students, nurses and other health care providers.
• May provide direct care with a caseload requiring continuum management.

Skills

RN License

CNS Certification

BCLS

BSN

MSN

Clinical Specialty Training

Acute Care Experience

NICU Experience

Process Development

Education

BSN

MSN

California RN License

CNS Certification

BCLS Certification

Job description

Hourly Wage Estimate: $50.61 - $75.92 / hour

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The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.

Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as a Clinical Nurse Specialist Neonatal ICU you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Riverside Community Hospital which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at Riverside Community Hospital!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is an expert clinician who promotes and mentors staff in evidence-based practice and exemplifies professional nursing practice through expert education, consultation, research, and management activities. The CNS promotes and supports professional practice activities such as research, peer review and publication. The CNS has advanced knowledge, skills and experience and acts as a resource, mentor and teacher for nursing staff. Provides clinical support and resources for the RCH NICU, PEDS, and will work in collaboration with the OB Educator for Maternal Newborn and Labor and Delivery.

• You will be responsible for ensuring new nursing staff receive effective clinical orientation.
• You will problem-solve issues of clinical significance with managers and staff, promotes improvement in patient care and staff performance.
• You will interact closely with the Education Department; assists with continuing education by assessing learning needs based on practice changes, product changes, addition of new services, quality indicators/initiatives and staff requests.
• You will promote and support professional development of the staff such as advanced education and/or specialty certification through mentoring and development and implementation of preparatory curricula.
• You will provide consultation and education to students, nurses and other health care providers.
• You may provide direct care by carrying a caseload of patients requiring continuum management

What qualifications you will need:

• Current California RN License
• Current California Certification of Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Current BCLS
• Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Nursing
• Masters of Science Degree in Nursing
• Clinical Specialty Training in specified clinical area
• Minimum of 5 years Acute Care experience
• Successful work as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in NICU
• Experience in the development of processes of clinical path development

Benefits

Riverside Community Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."\

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

HCA Healthcare

Riverside Community Hospital is a large acute care facility with 517 beds, established in 1901. It has the most extensive Emergency Room and Level I Trauma Center in the Inland Empire region and is the primary recipient of STEMI (heart attack) cases in Riverside County. The hospital is accredited as a Chest Pain Center and Comprehensive Stroke Center and has a HeartCare Institute that offers both invasive and non-invasive cardiac procedures. Riverside has a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which it is very proud of.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.