RN Clinical Nurse Specialist

Banner Health Corporate; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Banner Health Corporate seeks a RN Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to serve as a clinical expert, educator, consultant, and change leader. The CNS supports care for patients with complex needs, partners with multidisciplinary teams, and helps nurses implement best practices to improve quality and safety.

Scheduling is Monday–Friday, 8AM–5PM, with opportunities across Banner Health’s extensive network; this role emphasizes education, leadership, quality improvement, and system-wide change

Qualifications

• Master's degree in nursing and RN license required.
• Certification as a certified nurse specialist in specialty area.
• Current BLS certification.
• Proficiency in computer applications and database management.
• Exemplary professional demeanor and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert consultation for complex patient care and develop interdisciplinary plan.
• Monitor quality and patient satisfaction outcomes.
• Coach, mentor, and develop nursing staff and clinical teams.
• Lead practice changes and system-wide quality initiatives.
• Develop and revise clinical policies and guidelines.
• Participate in committees and collaborations to improve care delivery.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Mentoring

Educator

Evidence-based practice

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Master's degree in nursing

RN license (state of practice)

CNS certification

Job description

Primary City/State: Phoenix, Arizona Department Name: Clin Educ/Workforce Dev-Corp Work Shift: Day Job Category: Nursing

Experience innovative technology and exceptional opportunities.

Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix has held Magnet status since 2005 and was recently bestowed its fourth consecutive Magnet designation by The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC). This designation is considered the gold standard of nursing excellence. What makes this truly extraordinary is only 1% of hospitals nationwide have achieved this designation four times.

A RN Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) serves as a clinical expert, educator, consultant, and change leader. The CNS supports the care of patients with complex healthcare needs, partners with multidisciplinary teams to improve quality and safety, and helps nurses implement best practices. Rather than focusing solely on direct patient care, the role influences care at the patient, nursing, and organizational levels.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing expert consultation and support for complex patient care situations.
• Promoting evidence-based practice and translating research into clinical care.
• Monitoring quality, safety, patient satisfaction, and clinical outcomes.
• Coaching, mentoring, and developing nursing staff and clinical teams.
• Leading practice changes, quality improvement initiatives, and system-wide projects.
• Developing and revising clinical policies, protocols, and practice guidelines.
• Participating in committees, workgroups, and interdisciplinary collaborations to improve care delivery.
• Serving as a resource for ethical decision-making and complex clinical issues.

Successful candidates are strong clinical leaders who enjoy mentoring others, driving improvements in patient care, collaborating across departments, and influencing healthcare practices at both the facility and system level. This position combines advanced clinical expertise with education, leadership, quality improvement, and organizational change management.

The schedule for this position is Monday - Friday, 8AM - 5PM.

Within Banner Health Corporate, you will have the opportunity to apply your unique experience and expertise in support of a nationally-recognized healthcare leader. We offer stimulating and rewarding careers in a wide array of disciplines. Whether your background is in Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Managed Care Programs or Public Relations, you’ll find many options for contributing to our award-winning patient care.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position is educationally and clinically prepared to function independently as an advance practice nurse in order to provide a scope of services to specialized patient populations. Integrates care across the patient/client, nursing and nursing practices, and the organization/network spheres. Uses clinical expertise in each sphere to improve patient outcomes and nursing care through individual mentoring and system changes that empower nurses to implement evidence-based care practices, and facilitate ethical decision making.

This position works within the scope specified by the applicable State Board of Nursing Scope of Practice, as well as the organization’s medical staff bylaws.

CORE FUNCTIONS

1. Assists in providing direct/indirect care for complex patients. May collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to develop and implement an interdisciplinary plan of care and advanced nursing interventions for select patients. Provides expert consultation based on evidence for patients with complex healthcare needs in area of expertise.
2. Monitor’s patient care trends to ensure quality outcomes, patient satisfaction and cost-effective care. Facilitates resolution of ethical conflicts in complex patient care situations.
3. Sets standards for nursing practice based on professional specialty organizations and best available evidence to achieve nurse-sensitive outcomes. Assists nurses and the interprofessional team to evaluate and change practice standards to ensure nursing practice is evidence-based.
4. Conducts clinical inquiries to determine the need to change practice and assists in translating nursing research into practice. Collaborates with the inter-professional team to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
5. Acts as a clinical resource by providing expert coaching, mentoring, and role modeling. Consults with staff in identifying professional development needs and offers guidance in the form of instruction or resources as appropriate.
6. The CNS is involved in review, revision and development of Policies, Protocols and Clinical Practice Guidelines for disease specific populations and patient care.
7. Participates in facility specific and system focused workgroups, task forces, committees and Clinical Consensus Groups to address health care issues to influence change in practice to improve outcomes.
8. Uses his or her skills to address the needs of the staff and patients from a broad perspective which can extend across multiple care units within a facility and across the system. Integrates critical thinking skill with systems knowledge, educational commitment, and leadership ability.
9. Serves as a change agent when introducing and integrating evidence-based practices across the system. The CNS guides, leads and facilitates change efforts to increase patient safety and the quality of nursing care at the facility and system level.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Must possess knowledge of clinical care and patient treatment as normally obtained through the completion of master's degree in nursing. Requires current RN license in state of practice. Must be certified to practice by the State Board of Nursing as a certified nurse specialist within specialty area. Requires current BLS certification. Demonstrates proficiency in computer applications and database management. Exhibits an exemplary professional demeanor and interpersonal relationship skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

DNP or PhD preferred. Previous relevant experience preferred. Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

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