NURSE CLINICIAN

UAB Medicine; University (FL); On-site; USD 56,788 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

UAB Medicine is seeking a Nurse Clinician (T233697) to provide specialized nursing care for a defined patient population. The role includes leadership in care delivery, staff orientation, and coordination of services under physician supervision.

The Nurse Clinician will develop, implement, and assess individualized nursing care plans, supervise clinical staff, and communicate policies within guidelines. Salary range reflects experience and location, with equal opportunity employment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and three (3) years of related experience required.
• Currently licensed or eligible to be licensed as an RN by the Alabama Board of Nursing required.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct care to patients within accepted framework of nursing standards/practice: Assessment, history/physical, interpretation of data, and dose calculation as appropriate.
• Documents treatment, response, status, changes in health status; communicates with physician; assists in evaluating further plans of care with the team.
• Provides psychological assessment and emotional support to patients and families; makes referrals and designs teaching plans.

Skills

Ability to work independently

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing

RN license (Alabama)

Job description

NURSE CLINICIAN (T233697)

Clinician is a professional nurse who is an expert in the care of a specified patient population/subspecialty area. The clinician assumes a leadership role and supervisory responsibilities in the development, organization, and implementation of care services for the specified patient population.

Depending on location, the nurse may either assume leadership responsibilities at the unit level, demonstrating a mastery of clinical skills, or develop and organize clinical research studies under the general supervision of the physician in charge of a project. The nurse provides nursing care to a specific population of patients, requiring specialized knowledge gained through formal education and experience. Responsibilities include planning, implementing and assessing individual nursing care plans or assigned research protocols, establishing priorities, assigning and assisting nursing and ancillary personnel, orienting new staff, and communicating policy within established guidelines.

Duties / Responsibilities

• Provides direct care to patients within accepted framework of nursing standards/practice: Assessment performs and/or completes history and physical, consults with attending, interprets data, effects, and patient response, implements specific procedures directed to patient care, interprets protocols, calculates drug dosages, and modifies according to protocol.
• Protection and evaluation: documents treatment, response, status, changes in health status; communicates to physician; assists in evaluating the further plans of care, collaborating with all members of the specified team as well as with other interdisciplinary team members.
• Provides psychological assessment and emotional support to patients and families: makes appropriate referrals to ancillary services, consults and collaborates with other health professionals to meet learning needs of patients/families, designs, implements, and evaluates comprehensive teaching plans, routinely reinforces teaching plans.
• Provides planned orientation and in‑service education for nursing staff and house staff: develops healthcare protocols, procedures, and forms as appropriate to improve and standardize care; requests documentation regarding patient’s demographics is up‑to‑date, requests specialty clinic appointment when needed; acts as a consultant and resource person to all members of the interdisciplinary team, outside agencies and others as needed; develops, assists with, and interprets new or revised policies/procedures, guidelines related to the care of patients; assesses availability of and makes recommendations for equipment and supplies.
• Shares new knowledge, theories, research, and modes of practice with nursing, medical and ancillary staff: demonstrates cost‑effectiveness and time efficiency for both patient/families and clinic resources; demonstrates expertise in managing subspecialty care services as evidenced by expertly planned, implemented, evaluated, documented, and performed by the appropriate level of practitioner; demonstrates understanding of systems and data regarding resource utilization and allocation (contractual obligations, third‑party reimbursements and payment).
• Serves as a liaison between subspecialty team, CHS departments and local health departments (community organizations, schools of nursing, and other agencies whose services or policies impact the care of subspecialty groups): performs ongoing performance and improvement activities at least quarterly; continually evaluates internal resources, which impact on care provisions to patient groups; describes any gaps which adversely affect care to appropriate management staff, other suggestions, for improvement and institutes plan; attends relevant training, continuing education, and workshops to maintain licensure, build knowledge base and educate parents and caregivers.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and three (3) years of related experience required. Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirement. Currently licensed or eligible to be licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) by the Alabama Board of Nursing required.

Preferred Skills

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Organizational skills to prioritize workload and meet deadlines.

Salary Range : $56,788.16 - $70,000

UAB is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex (including pregnancy), genetic information, age, disability, and veteran’s status. As required by Title IX, UAB prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to UAB’s Assistant Vice President and Senior Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX notice of nondiscrimination is located at uab.edu/titleix.

Primary Location

University

Job Category

Nursing Careers–Advanced Nursing

Organization

390001010 Sparks Center for Development & Learning Disorders

Employee Status

Regular

Shift

Day/1st Shift

Work Arrangement

Onsite