PICU Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist

Stanford Medicine Children's Health; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 187,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford seeks a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to provide expert nursing care within a specialty area and to lead evidence-based practice across the care team.

The CNS role includes advanced assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning, along with developing standards of care and mentoring staff in best practices. Collaboration with physicians, educators and researchers is essential.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in nursing or related field.
• CA RN license required; CNS certification.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes unit patient care plans for evidence of standards of practice.
• Demonstrates expertise in daily patient care and guides staff in nursing process.
• Implements and evaluates nursing care for selected patients with specialty focus.
• Collaborates with nursing managers and researchers to revise care plans.
• Maintains and teaches specialized knowledge for the specialty service area.
• Offers consultative services within nursing and other disciplines for research and planning.
• Participates in quality improvement and sets unit standards of care.

Skills

Effective communication

Research skills

Patient assessment

Education program development

Clinical nursing expertise

Education

Master's degree in a work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university

Job description

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford seeks a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to provide expert nursing care within a specialty area and to lead evidence-based practice across the care team.

The CNS role includes advanced assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning, along with developing standards of care and mentoring staff in best practices. Collaboration with physicians, educators and researchers is essential.