Clinical Nurse Specialist - NICU

Overview

MUST-HAVES/WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: • Master's Degree in Nursing with clinical application of a CNS role component or Master's preparation with a post-master's certificate within 3 years of date of hire • Minimum of 3 years continuous, recent clinical experience and clinical knowledge in specialty area • 5 years experience in advanced practice nursing leadership, desired • CNS Advanced Practice Certification, desired JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: • Provide expert, specialty consultation to patients, staff, and physicians. • Collaborate with nursing and physicians on identifying and prioritizing nursing care needs for complex patients. • Coordinate care of patients across settings through collaboration with applicable departments. • Improve quality of nursing care by managing change and empowering others to influence clinical practice and political processes both within and across systems. • Promote research through utilization of systematic inquiry in the interpretation, translation, and use of evidence to evaluate and improve clinical practice; participates in conduct of research. • Provide mentoring and guidance to advance patient care and nursing practice. • Identify, articulate, and take action on ethical concerns at all levels. POSITION SUMMARY: • The Clinical Nurse Specialist is an advanced practice nurse with master's or doctoral level preparation and expert knowledge in area of specialty. • The CNS improves patient care using 3 spheres of influence: patients, nurses and nursing practice, and organizations and systems. • The CNS is a clinical expert in evidence-based practice within a specialty area. • The CNS influences outcomes by support of nurses in the delivery of high quality, safe, evidence-based care.

Benefits

Company

We are a full-service 420-bed, not-for-profit, acute care, medical and surgical hospital. Serving the community for 60 years, our is the preeminent healthcare facility for our district’s nearly 1.2 million residents. We're a Level II trauma center, Advanced Primary Stroke Receiving Center, STEMI center and Baby-Friendly facility. We receive more than 218,000 patient visits each year, deliver 5,400 babies and treat nearly 1,000 trauma patients. Located just 60 miles north of Los Angeles, the Antelope Valley is one of Southern California’s fasted growing communities.