Clinical Nurse Specialist RN - Adult services, Sign on Bonus!!!
Company: Kaiser
Location: San Diego
Posted on: April 17, 2024
Job Description:
-Job Summary: - Sign On Bonus 10% of annual salary offered to
eligible external hires. The Clinical Nurse Specialist role at
Kaiser Permanente Southern California Region is a clinical manager
who partners with the operational manager to ensure that nursing
staff delivers safe and effective care. The role is built around
the five role subcomponents as regulated by the California Board of
Registered Nursing: Leadership, Consultation, Research, Education,
and Clinical Practice.Essential Responsibilities:
- Develops area of specialty competency criteria for outcome
monitoring of the staff.
- Assists in interviewing staff and provides input into
evaluations regarding clinical competence, participating in the
creation, implementation, and follow up of action plans for
professional, competency development and recommending terminations
when appropriate.
- Conducts cost/benefit analysis of new clinical technologies
resulting in recommendations for implementation and budgets.
- Provides coaching and counseling to the nursing staff and other
health care providers.
- Participates as a part of management in providing 24 hour
clinical leadership by developing standards of practice, policies
and procedures for a specialty patient population that are
consistent with professional practice standards.
- Partners with fellow clinical and operational managers in
implementing methods and processes in specialty area to support
change in nursing practice, care programs and clinical innovation
achieving improved patient/family outcomes.
- Evaluates clinical practice in areas of specialty to ensure
community/professional standards are met.
- Manages high risk patients in the area of specialty in order to
achieve safe, high quality, cost effective outcomes for the
system.
- Rounds with the multi-disciplinary team in specialty area (any
setting & includes community needs assessments).
- Evaluates policies and procedures for clinical nursing practice
in specialty area integrating the evidence from systematic
reviews.
- Facilitates multidisciplinary collaboration based on clinical
needs of patient/family related to specialty area.
- Participates in outcomes research/evidence based practice
projects.
- Identifies clinical quality indicators for specialty
populations.
- Conducts systematic reviews in a specialty area. Implements
methods & processes in area of specialty to sustain change in
nursing practice, programs of care, and clinical innovation.
- Active involvement with specialty specific professional
organizations as evidenced by participation on the professional
organization leadership and operational groups (such as Committees)
and/or participation at professional conferences.
- Develops, implements/coordinates, and evaluates specialty
education programs for patient and families.
- Develops, implements/coordinates, and evaluates specialty
training programs for nursing staff, including nurses in the
communities.
- Leads multi-disciplinary project teams.
- Develops, implements and evaluates successful projects using
scientific operations management principles and methodologies.
- Investigates and resolves patient/family/member concerns
regarding the delivery of nursing care.
- Develops, monitors, and supervises policies that integrate
business and organization plans in operations.
- Ensures that patient care and quality standards meet and comply
with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and
established departmental policy and procedures, utilization, and
clinical performance standards and measures.
- Specific for Comprehensive Strokes Centers: -
- Support delivery of evidence-based acute stroke assessment and
management
- Provide expert nursing consultation and practice oversight
- Develop and deliver acute stroke continuing education
programs
- Participate in performance improvement (PI) processes
- Participate in comprehensive stroke center researchBasic
Qualifications:Experience
- Minimum three (3) years of experience in area of specialty
required.Education
- Clinical master's degree in nursing, in area of
specialization.
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.License,
Certification, Registration
- California Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification in area of
specialty.
- Current California RN license.
- Current BLS certificateAdditional Requirements:
- Demonstrated clinical expertise in area of specialty.
- Recent project management experience.
- Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and
behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive
service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted
providers, and vendors.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership
environment.Preferred Qualifications:
- Clinical Nurse Specialist experience preferred.Notes:
Adult ServicesPrimaryLocation :
California,San Diego,Zion Medical CenterHoursPerWeek : 40Shift :
DayWorkdays : Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat,WorkingHoursStart :
08:00 AMWorkingHoursEnd : 05:00 PMJob Schedule : Full-timeJob Type
: StandardEmployee Status : RegularEmployee Group/Union Affiliation
: B22-AFSCME-KPMWON-CNMsJob Level : Individual ContributorJob
Category : Nursing Licensed & Nurse PractitionersDepartment : ZION
MEDICAL CENTER - MedFac-Education & Training - 0801Travel :
NoKaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a
diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation,
national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry,
disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information,
other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or
any other protected status.
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