Senior Clinical Nurse, Transport Nurse

University of Maryland; Easton (MD); On-site; Full time

Job summary

The University of Maryland seeks a nurse leader to oversee clinical excellence and mentor nursing staff. This role requires a BSN and an active Maryland RN license. Responsibilities include evaluating practices, ensuring patient safety, and leading organizational initiatives. Join a dedicated team focused on delivering exceptional health care within diverse communities.

Qualifications

• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in Maryland required.
• 30 contact hours of education every 2 years.
• Current CPR certification required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and evaluate evidence-based practice.
• Mentor and coach nurses and other disciplines.
• Ensure patient safety in the performance of job functions.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Education

BSN

Job description

Job Description

General Summary

• This role is designed for the nurse who is a clinical and professional leader beyond the unit level. This role is designed for the nurse who has achieved expertise and leadership in the clinical and professional role. Leads and evaluates evidence-based practice, actively participates and/or leads organizational initiatives, mentors and coaches nurses and other disciplines, exemplifies the role of the professional nurse and demonstrates active involvement in clinical and professional nursing beyond the walls of the unit and/or organization.

Company Description

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state's future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System's anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.

Qualifications

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.
• Maintenance of 30 contact hours of education every two years.
• Current CPR certification required.
• BSN or Conferred BSN required.
• Member of a professional organization.
• Recent applicable clinical experience in a comparable setting.
• Must be at least a 0.50 FTE.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to lead others, such as effectiveness as charge nurse, preceptor, or clinical resource.
• Demonstrated effectiveness as a multidisciplinary team member.
• Ability to learn and use computer systems in order to manage patient information.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the patient population(s) served.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and ability to assess
• data reflective of the patient's requirements relative to his or her population-specific and age specific needs.
• Demonstrated/documented highly effective interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills.

Patient Safety

• Ensures patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department or unit patient safety initiatives.
• Takes action to correct observed risks to patient safety.
• Reports adverse events and near misses to appropriate management authority.
• Identifies possible risks in processes, procedures, devices and communicates the same to those in charge.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation

• Pay Range:$39-$58.05
• Shift Differentials
• Review the 2024-2025 UMMS Benefits Guide