Description
Essential Functions :
- 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.
Additional Requirements
Required :
Education - Master's degree in Clinical Nurse Specialist
Certifications - Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing
Experience - 3+ years of Acute Registered Nurse Experience
Physical Requirements :
Medium work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and / or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and / or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Job Category
Nursing
Job Family
Acute Nursing
Department
RCH Heart and Vascular Unit - Nursing
Scheduled Weekly Hours
Shift
Employee Type
Regular
10 Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, Inc.
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Monument Health is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.