Clinical Nurse Specialist (APNL)
Company: HealthEast Care System
Location: Burnsville
Posted on: March 10, 2023
Job Description:
Overview
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital located in Woodbury, is
looking for a dedicated Advanced Practice Nursing Lead. -Are you
ready to join this team and make a difference?
The Advance Practice Nurse Leader (APNL) demonstrates experienced
knowledge and skill in a specialty patient population, service
line, and across the continuum of care for the system. The APNL
orchestrates work, processes, and people to craft, develop,
implement, and evaluate innovative, evidence-based interventions
and standard methodologies to optimize safety, quality, and
cost-effectiveness. The APNL generates and evaluates evidence for
practice through partnership with nurses and other members of the
inter-professional team and demonstrates professional leadership in
work at the patient, Microsystems and Macro-system levels.
This is a 0.8FTE position that will provide consultation to other
sites as needed. We offer a generous benefits package including
medical, dental, paid time off, retirement options, tuition
reimbursement, student loan repayment program, mileage
reimbursement when traveling to other sites and more. Check out
more of our benefits information here:
www.fairview.org/noncontract
Responsibilities
Patient Care and Evaluation of Clinical Practice
- Evaluates care of the patient/population against professional
standards and evidence.
- Analyzes proposed practice initiatives to establish effects on
safety, effectiveness, and efficacy.
- Designs, implements, and evaluates practice and
outcomes.
- Acquires and analyzes data from multiple sources to guide
design of practice changes.
- Disseminates findings from evidence--'based practice and
research to improve healthcare outcomes.
- Collaborates in the development of clear guidelines,
performance standards, policies, and procedures.
- Demonstrates sensitivity to diverse organizational cultures and
populations, including patients and providers.
- Synthesizes assessment data, advanced knowledge, and
experience, using critical thinking and clinical judgment to
formulate differential diagnoses for clinical problems amenable to
the APRN intervention.
- Designs and communicates strategies based on evidence,
including advanced nursing therapies, to meet the multifaceted
needs of complex patients and groups of patients.
- Prescribes nursing therapeutics, pharmacologic and
non-pharmacologic interventions, diagnostic measures, equipment,
procedures, and treatments to meet the needs of patients, families,
and groups, in accordance with professional preparation,
institutional privileges, state and federal laws and practice
acts.
Consultation
- Provides consultation on the care delivery for complex
patients/family situations.
- Employs consultative and leadership skills within and among
professional teams.
- Creates an environment to improve capacity for learning and
adaptation to change.
- Provides consultation in development of patient/family
education materials.
- Communicates findings to key stakeholders and follows up with
others to ensure closed loop communication.
- Consults with others to obtain resources as necessary to
facilitate progress toward achieving identified outcomes consistent
with professional and institutional standards, then communicates
plan to appropriate team members. -
Systems Leadership
- Promotes competency, excellence in professional and clinical
practice and collaborative working relationships across the
continuum of care.
- Participates in and/or leads the development and review of
policies and procedures across the continuum of care.
- Leads nursing quality and safety initiatives, committees,
and/or projects. Monitors, improves, and evaluates nursing
sensitive indicators and other clinical quality metrics to improve
clinical performance.
- Performs assessments and designs plans to meet regulatory
requirements related to nursing practice.
- Performs and communicates system level assessments to identify
variables that influence nursing practice and outcomes.
Collaboration
- Builds effective teams by including key partners within and
across units, departments, service lines, populations, sites, and
organization.
- Collaborates with and supports the work of Unit Councils to
improve patient care and interdisciplinary workflows.
- Uses effective strategies for leading, communicating, and
facilitating changes in clinician practice and team behavior to
encourage adoption of evidence-based practices and innovations in
care delivery.
- Articulates unique APRN contributions on systems of care using
nurse-sensitive outcomes.
Coaching
- Supports the clinical and professional development of
colleagues through precepting, mentoring, and role
modeling.
- Participates in staff development and professional education
supporting nurse continuing competence.
Research
- Acquires, analyzes, plans, disseminates, and implements
evidence-based practice into clinical environment to promote best
practices.
- Cultivates a climate of clinical inquiry across spheres of
influence, identifies research interests of health care area and
assesses barriers/facilitators to encourage nurses performing
research.
- Initiates, facilitates, and/or participates in research
activities or quality improvement activities.
- Acts as primary or co-investigator on IRB approved research
teams.
Ethical Decision-Making
- Applies ethical principles when analyzing and assisting with
concerns or issues.
Prescriptive Authority and Treatment (as defined by population and
role)
- Prescribes evidenced-based treatments, therapies, and
procedures considering the patients' healthcare needs.
- Prescribe pharmacologic agents, as appropriate for role and
state law
Qualifications
Required
Education
- Master's degree in Nursing
Experience
- 3 or more years of nursing experience
License/Certification/Registration
- Current MN RN License
- Licensed in Minnesota as an Advanced Practice RN (CNS, NP,
CRNA, CNM)
- BLS certification
Preferred
Education
- Doctor of Nursing Practice or Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing
or Doctor of Nursing Science
Experience
- 6 or more years Nursing experience
- 1 year or more APRN experience
License/Certification/Registration
- Recognized ANCC certification in Nursing Specialty aligned to
your area of practice
Keywords: HealthEast Care System, Burnsville , Clinical Nurse Specialist (APNL), Healthcare , Burnsville, Minnesota
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