Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult

About This Role

The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) provides leadership and clinical expertise in comprehensive nursing care directly to adult patients, supports and develops registered nurses at the point of care, and serves as a leader in redesigning systems to improve access, quality, and safety. This role focuses on activities within Medical Surgical, Geriatric, Telemetry, Critical Care, and/or Outpatient/Procedural care areas.

Responsibilities

• Direct clinical nursing practice involving the adult/geriatric patient
• Implement evidence-based or “best practice” guidelines for specific patient population
• Provide consultation with nursing staff on complex patient issues
• Coordinate and assess educational development and clinical competency of the nursing staff
• Ensure continued competency through educational programs for newly hired, newly transferred and experienced nursing staff
• Develop and oversee implementation of departmental specific Policies & Procedures
• Assist in identifying performance and outcomes measures by collecting, reviewing and analyzing data
• Partner with Nursing Research on all research activities related to the adult/geriatric population

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited Clinical Nurse Specialist program
• Master’s Degree in nursing as a clinical nurse specialist
• Current unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license issued by California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN)
• Current Basic Life Support Provider (BLS) issued by American Heart Association (AHA)
• Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider (ACLS) issued by American Heart Association (AHA)
• Current Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) issued by California Board of Registered Nursing
• Minimum of three (3) years of work experience as a registered nurse with adult medical-surgical, telemetry, geriatric and/or critical care patient care area/population

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree (Doctoral Degree preferred) in Clinical Nurse Specialist program
• Minimum of three (3) years of work experience as a registered nurse with adult medical-surgical, telemetry, geriatric and/or critical care patient care area/population.

Nice to Have

• Doctoral Degree (DNP or PhD)
• Certification in specialty area