Clinical Nurse Specialist - Oncology

Tower Health; Reading, Northern (Berks County, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Tower Health in Reading, PA seeks a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) with master’s or doctoral preparation and clinical expertise in evidence-based nursing within a specialty area. The CNS will treat and manage health concerns, integrating disease knowledge into assessment, diagnosis and treatment.

The CNS provides leadership for advancing nursing practice and collaborates with an inter-professional care team to achieve quality and cost-effective patient outcomes, operating across patient,

Qualifications

• Master's degree required for CNS practice.
• Oncology experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• The CNS treats and manages health concerns of patients and populations, integrating disease knowledge into assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
• Provides leadership to advance nursing practice and collaborates with the inter-professional care team for quality outcomes.
• Operates across three spheres of influence: patient-client, nurses and nursing practice, and organization/system.

Education

Master's Degree

Job description

Job Summary

• The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is a registered nurse prepared as a CNS at the masters or doctoral level with clinical expertise in evidence-based nursing practice within a specialty area.


• The CNS treats and manages the health concerns of patients and populations and integrates knowledge of disease and medical treatments into assessment, diagnosis and treatment of illness.


• The CNS provides leadership for the advancement of the practice of nursing and collaborative practice with the inter-professional care team to achieve quality and cost-effective patient outcomes.


• Through practice in three spheres of influence: patient-client, nurses and nursing practice, and organization / system.

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Qualifications

Education Requirements

• Completes and maintains all competencies and trainings as required for role.


• Master's Degree

Experience

• Oncology Experience Preferred

Certification and Licensure

• Population-level credentialing as a CNS through the ANCC or the American Association or Critical Care Nurses Certification Corporation OR CNS license through the Pennsylvania Board of Nursing