Clinical Nurse Specialist- Critical Care -Ft- Trinity Health Livonia

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

An Opportunity to Join our Remarkable Care Team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist awaits YOU!!!!

Trinity Health Livonia is a beautiful full-service, 304-bed acute care hospital, located in Livonia, MI, that provides comprehensive care, including a 24-hour emergency department, general medicine, inpatient and outpatient surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, intensive care unit, cancer, cardiology, geriatrics and birthing and women's health. Through several major expansions in the hospital, programs and services, Trinity Health Livonia continues to offer the latest in quality health and medical services. Trinity Health Livonia has received numerous awards recognizing excellence in clinical outcomes, patient safety, financial performance and efficiency.

SUMMARY:

The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) functions as an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) within three spheres of influence (i.e. direct patient care, nursing-nursing practice, and organization-system leadership) to integrate care across the continuum. Although each sphere possesses its own distinct focus, the three together are interrelated and contain elements that overlap. The primary goal of the CNS is to promote the continuous improvement of nursing care and patient outcomes.

Direct Patient Care

• Applies the nursing process at an expert level to assess, diagnose, and treat the complex responses of individuals, families, or groups to actual or potential health problems.

• Conducts comprehensive, holistic wellness and illness assessments using established or innovative evidence-based techniques, tools, and methods.

• Identifies and prioritizes nursing care needs for a select population of patients/families.

• Collaborates with the inter-professional team to integrate the nursing perspective into a comprehensive plan of care for the patient/family.

• Provides advanced nursing care to selected patients, families, or groups across the health care continuum in collaboration with the health care team.

• Initiates and plans care conferences or programs for individual patients or populations of patients.

• Designs and evaluates innovative educational tools or programs for patients, families, and groups.

• Identifies, collects, and analyzes data that serve as a basis for program design and outcome management.

• Establishes methods to evaluate and document nursing interventions.

• Evaluates the impact of nursing interventions on fiscal and human resources.

• Serves as an expert resource for the latest evidence supporting cost-effective and safe nursing practices in a population of focus.

Nurse/Nursing Practice

• Collaborates with others to resolve issues related to patient care, communication, policies, and resources.

• Using evidenced based information, creates and revises nursing policies, protocols, and procedures to achieve desired outcomes.

• Identifies facilitators and addresses barriers that affect patient outcomes.

• Leads clinical practice and quality improvement initiatives for a unit or program.

• Collaborates with nurses to develop practice environments that support shared decision-making.

• Assists the staff to enhance critical thinking and clinical judgment.

• Creates a nursing care environment that stimulates continuous self-learning, reflective practice, feeling of ownership, and demonstration of responsibility and accountability.

• Collaborates with education resources and other colleagues on content and operational design of orientation, clinical competency, and other clinical educational program development.

• Mentors nurses to acquire new skills, develop their careers, and effectively incorporate evidence into practice.

• Provides input for staff evaluation.

• Provides formal and informal education for nurses and other health professionals and health professional students.

• Leads in the conduct and utilization of nursing/clinical research.

Organization/System Leadership

• Consults with other units and health care professionals to improve care.

• Leads/assists institutional groups to enhance the clinical practice of nurses and improve patient outcomes.

• Develops, pilots, evaluates, and incorporates innovative models of practice across the continuum of care.

• Designs and evaluates programs and initiatives that are congruent with the organization's strategic plans, regulatory agency requirements, and nursing standards.

• Participates as needed in identification, selection, and evaluation of products and equipment.

• Advances nursing practice through participation in professional organizations, publications, and presentations.

• Advances nursing practice through participation in clinical informatics.

• Maintains good rapport and cooperative relationships. Approaches conflict in a constructive manner.

• Helps to identify problems, offer solutions, and participate in their resolution.

• Maintains the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patient, physicians, colleagues, and visitors.

• Discusses patient and hospital information only among appropriate personnel in appropriately private places.

• Behaves in accordance with the Code of Conduct, Service Excellence Standards, and the Mission, Vision and Values of Trinity Health.

• Assumes responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner, to assure personal safety and that of coworkers, and to report all preventable hazards and unsafe practices immediately to management.

OTHER FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Performs other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS:

Education:

• Graduate degree (master's or doctorate) in clinical nursing from a program that is accredited by a national nursing body and prepares graduates to practice as Clinical Nurse Specialists i.e. trained in CNS core competencies in the three spheres of influence

Experience:

• Three to five years progressively more responsible related work experience.

• Clinical knowledge in a specialty area. If hired in an area with a substantially different clinical knowledge set, the candidate will be expected to demonstrate progression of clinical expertise in the practice area within 6 months of hire.

Certification/Licensure:

• Current and valid Registered Nurse license and Clinical Nurse Specialist license in the State of Michigan

• Certification as a CNS through an accredited nursing body e.g. American Nurses Credentialing Center or American Association Critical Care Nurses

BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO YOU AS A COLLEAGUE OF TRINITY

• Competitive compensation

• Full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, Life Insurance, Short and Long-term Disability starts DAY ONE

• Nurse Residency Program for all new nurses! Click here for more details

• Retirement savings plan with employer match and contributions

• Opportunity for growth and advancement throughout Trinity Health

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Free parking in proximity to your workplace.

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ABOUT TRINITY HEALTH LIVONIA HOSPITAL

We are a member of Trinity Health, a leading Catholic health care system based in Livonia, Michigan. Trinity Health operates in 22 states, employs about 133,000 colleagues and returns almost $1.1 billion to its communities annually in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs.

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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.