What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Nurse Specialist position at Wellstar Health System, Inc.?
Job Description
The RN Clinical Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who ensure that patients, families and significant others receive individualized high quality, safe patient care.
Key Responsibilities:
- Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence base practice.
- Provides relationship-based patient centered care that is consistent with population specific characteristics (e.g. age, gender, disease, etc) in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity.
- Always partners with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using such appropriate method for setting and purpose.
Professional Development:
- Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, population specific education.
- Serves as a preceptor and/or or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines).
Required Minimum Education: Associates Nursing or Bachelors Nursing-Preferred
Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s): Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN - Multi-state Compact, Basic Life Support or BLS - Instructor
Required Minimum Experience: Minimum 2 years direct patient care nursing experience Required
