Job Requirements
This role is considered the minimum role for all nurses who have greater than 12 months experience. Provides and coordinates independent care to patients within a clinical specialty as a fully effective and participative member of the multidisciplinary patient care services team.
Principal Responsibilities and Tasks
Clinical Practice
- Provides independent care to unit specific patient population; serves as clinical resource for others, utilizes and integrates evidence into practice, functions effectively in roles specific to unit (such as arrest team for ICU, triage for ED, etc).
- Accountable to patients and families for the processes and outcomes of care during an episode of care.
- Accountable to peers for the advancement of group practice on the unit, and to the nurse manager for the totality of work performance.
- Serves as an effective primary coordinating nurse; collaborates with interdisciplinary team to plan and coordinate care addressing patient/family needs.
- Serves as clinical resource for others.
Service/Quality
- Assists in team development and evaluation of the Relationship-Based Care model; suggests methods for improvement.
- Participates in collection of data related to Relationship-Based Care outcomes (e.g. hand offs, medication safety, etc).
- Participates in implementation efforts addressing Nursing Sensitive Quality Indicators (NSQI).
- Participates and contributes to Performance Improvement, or Evidence Based Practice, or research at the unit level.
- Complies with standards and participates with unit level activities for regulatory compliance.
Unit Operations
- Supports charge nurse decisions; performs charge role for assigned shifts as needed.
- Follows and supports the AACN guidelines for Healthy Work Environment (communication, collaboration, effective decision making, recognition, leadership, staffing); participates as team member focusing on elements within the Healthy Work Environment.
- Assists in the development of clinical practice protocols and standards for unit.
- Participates in unit based process governance activities: Performance Improvement, Professional Development, Clinical Practice, Teamwork, etc.; assists in development of action plans and supports implementation.
- Orients Clinical Nurse I to unit level governance structure and councils.
- Serves as preceptor, coach, mentor to new nurses and students.
- Contributes to ancillary personnel skills and development, attends educational offerings and in-services independently.
- Contributes to development of unit based peer review processes; actively participates in individual peer review feedback.
Work Experience Education & Experience
- Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Maryland, or eligible to practice due to Compact state agreements outlined through the MD Board of Nursing, is required.; BSN preferred.
- Up-to-date status on all mandatory training and classes. One year nursing experience. Solid knowledge and clinical skills.
- Current CPR certification required. Maintenance of 10 contact hours of education every two years.
- Member in a professional organization is preferred.
- Recent applicable clinical experience in a comparable setting.
Benefits Compensation
- Pay Range: $39.35- $54.05
- Other Compensation (if applicable):Review the 2025-2026 UMMS Benefits Guide