Clinical Specialist - Labor & Delivery

Northside Hospital Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Northside Hospital Inc. in Atlanta is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist to provide expert nursing leadership, education, and clinical guidance across departments. This role emphasizes advanced practice, guideline development, and research to improve patient outcomes.

The successful candidate will mentor staff, drive quality initiatives, and advocate for patient safety while complying with hospital standards. Work hours are 7:00 AM–3:00 PM, on-site in Atlanta.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in nursing is required.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a clinical area.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, with excellent oral and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a role model of excellence in nursing knowledge and clinical practice.
• Acts as practitioner, educator, consultant, researcher, change agent, and Clinical Guideline Manager.
• Uses clinical practice expertise to support collaborative practice models.
• Develops clinical guidelines for high-risk/high-cost patients via clinical pathway systems.
• Conducts clinical research and translates findings to improve patient outcomes.
• Monitors resource utilization to ensure appropriate care levels.
• Assists with development and evaluation of policies, procedures, and standards of care; ensures alignment with standards.
• Facilitates resolution of patient care variances.
• Acts as patient advocate and resource for complex care situations.
• Practices safety and reports equipment malfunctions or unsafe conditions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Educating others

Education

Master's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Overview

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a role model of excellence in nursing knowledge and clinical practice.
• Major roles of the Clinical Specialist include those of practitioner, educator, consultant, researcher, change agent, and Clinical Guideline Manager.
• Utilizes clinical practice expertise to serve as a role model for collaborative practice model.
• Develops clinical guidelines for high-risk/high cost patients through clinical pathway systems.
• Conducts clinical research; assists nursing staff in applying research findings and pathway data analysis results as they relate to patient outcomes.
• Monitors resource utilization to assure appropriate level of utilization.
• Assists with the development and evaluation of policies, procedures, and standards of care;ensures consistency of clinical guideline documents and hospital-wide policies with recognized regulatory and specialty standards.
• Facilitates resolution of individual patient care variances.
• Serves as a patient advocate and as a resource for complex patient care situations.
• Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Immediately reports any mechanical or electrical equipment malfunctions, unsafe conditions, or employee/patient/visitor injury-accident to Manager.

Qualifications

REQUIRED

• Master's Degree in Nursing from an Accredited College or University.
• Minimum (3) years experience in clinical area.
• Effective analytical and organizational skills, as well as excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to educate others and serve as a positive change agent.

Work Hours:

7AM-3PM