What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Nurse Specialist position at ICONMA?
Our Client, a Healthcare company, is looking for a Clinical Nurse Specialist for their Rapid City, SD location.
Responsibilities :
- Responsible for nursing practice management of selected at-risk or complex patients and aggregate patient populations in collaboration with physicians, nurses, and health care team members.
- The clinical nurse specialist is accountable for assisting in the design, implementation, and measurement of safe, cost-effective, evidence-based care strategies.
- Must maintain current professional knowledge and contribute to the advancement of practice through the continuum of care.
- Optimizing patient care by serving as an expert clinician and consultant for nursing staff to help achieve the best possible patient outcomes.
- Performing health assessments and develops individualized treatment plans in collaboration with the healthcare team.
- Collaborates to create evidence-based nursing practices, policies and procedures.
- Considering differential diagnoses and making clinical recommendations.
- Consulting with patients and their families on how to best to implement medical recommendations and manage their conditions.
- Staying up to date with the latest developments in nursing practice and contributing to research.
- Demonstrable experience in collaborating with staff, administration, and managing resources.
- Ability to identify and facilitate educational programs or in-service training sessions.
- In-depth knowledge of best nursing practices and standards, clinical research and advancements in the field of cardiovascular nursing.
- Promote effective and collaborative communication through excellent interpersonal, written and verbal skills.
- Lead and participate in systematic quality improvement and patient safety initiatives based on problem / trend identification, gap analysis and process evaluation that help drive practice changes throughout the organization.
- All other duties as assigned.
