What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Nurse Specialist position at Scripps Health?
Job Title:
Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) for Maternal Child Health
About the Role:
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas seeks a dedicated Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) to join our Maternal Child Health team.
Responsibilities:
- Assumes clinical leadership responsibilities for nursing and nursing practice.
- Active in house-wide clinical program planning.
- The primary focus of this position is the advancement of expert nursing practice.
- Evaluates clinical practice for patient care and monitors the standards of practice.
- Provides the use of evidence-based resources, change and system theories to promote organizational improvements.
- Facilitates point of service decision making activities, including but not limited to education, research, and performance improvement for their areas of expertise.
- This is a nursing leadership position which functions in the nursing (not medical) model to advance practice within a designated scope of responsibility.
Requirements:
- Two years full-time equivalent of experience as an RN, preferably in the APN role.
- Current CA RN license.
- Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS card required.
- Current Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Heart Monitoring Certificate (AWHONN or NCC accepted).
- Current Advanced NRP (AAP-Issued 7th or 8th edition accepted).
- Master's degree required, Prefer CNS.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prefer three to five years working in Maternal child health.
- Prefer those with experience leading a project to measured outcomes.
- CNS certification preferred.
- National Board Certification through ANCC and/or equivalent in specialty area preferred.
- Doctorate recommended, Preferred doctorate in nursing such as DNP, PhD, DNSc. Will accept EdD and others upon review.
Benefits:
- Competitive hourly pay rate: $66.73-$96.94/hour.
- Eligibility for a $2,000 retention bonus based on meeting eligibility requirements.
Additional Information:
Scripps Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
Salary : $67 - $97
