CLINICAL NURSE SPEC-CERT, FMFH - PATIENT CARE RESEARCH

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• Location: US: WI: MENOMONEE FALLS at our FROEDTERT MEN FALLS HOSPITAL facility.
• This job is ON - SITE.
• FTE: 1.000000
• Standard Hours: 40.00
• Shift: Shift 1

Job Summary

A Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is a registered nurse who have graduate level nursing preparation at the master's or doctoral level as a CNS. They are clinical experts in evidence-based nursing practice within a specialty area, treating and managing the health concerns of patients and populations.

The CNS specialty may be focused on individuals, populations, settings, type of care, type of problem or diagnostic systems subspecialty. CNS practices autonomously and integrate knowledge of disease and medical treatments into the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients' illnesses.

These nurses design, implement and evaluate both patient-specific and population-based programs. CNS provides leadership in advancing the practice of nursing to achieve quality and cost-effective patient outcomes as well as alternative solutions that address system problems and/or patient care issues.

In many jurisdictions, CNS's, as direct care providers, perform comprehensive health assessments, develop differential diagnoses, and may have prescriptive authority, (but prescriptive authority is not mandatory).

Prescriptive authority allows them to provide pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments and order diagnostic and laboratory tests (associated with one's specialty) in addressing and managing specialty health problems of patients and populations.

CNS serves as patient advocates, consultants and researchers in various settings.

Specialty Practice: The context for Clinical Nurse Specialist practice may be defined by: population (pediatric, geriatric), type of problem (pain, wound management), setting (critical care unit, operating room), type of care (rehab, palliative), or disease/ pathology/medical specialty (diabetes, oncology).

Specialization in nursing practice includes in-depth graduate study of relevant theories and scientific knowledge, related to a select patient population or aggregate group, which promotes the ability to analyze and refine nursing practice and to generate clinical practice knowledge.

Reporting Relationship: The CNS position reports directly to the Director of Innovation, Nursing practice and Magnet in a line relationship. CNS has an indirect relationship with the Director of the clinical unit(s)/department which he/she supports.

This dual reporting relationship is critical for the CNS to function optimally across the three spheres of practice: patient, nursing staff, and system.

Communication among the CNS, CNO, and Directors facilitates mutual expectations and priority setting allowing the CNS to enact his or her role at a unit and system level. Other duties as assigned.

Experience Description

A minimum of 1 year of nursing experience is required. 2 to 3 years of work experience in a healthcare related field is preferred.

Education Description

Master's Degree in Nursing is required.

Special Skills Description

Ability to utilize and navigate Electronic Health Records and other technology as appropriate to the role within the department and organization. Expertise in a specialty; excellent verbal and written skills.

Licensure Description

Requires current state of Wisconsin Registered Nurse License or a Multi-state Nursing License from a participating state in the NLC (Nurse Licensure Compact). Certification as a Clinical Nurse Specialist required within 3 years of employment. American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (BLS) or an AHA approved equivalent is required within 90 days of hire.

Perks & Benefits at Froedtert Health

• Froedtert Health Offers a variety of perks & benefits to staff, depending on your role you may be eligible for the following:
• Paid time off
• Growth opportunity- Career Pathways & Career Tuition Assistance, CEU opportunities
• Academic Partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin
• Referral bonuses
• Retirement plan - 403b
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability, Free Workplace Clinics

Employee Assistance Programs, Adoption Assistance, Healthy Contributions, Care@Work, Moving Assistance, Discounts on gym memberships, travel and other work life benefits available

The Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin regional health network is a partnership between Froedtert Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin supporting a shared mission of patient care, innovation, medical research and education.

Our health network operates eastern Wisconsin's only academic medical center and adult Level I Trauma center engaged in thousands of clinical trials and studies.

The Froedtert & MCW health network, which includes ten hospitals, nearly 2,000 physicians and more than 45 health centers and clinics draw patients from throughout the Midwest and the nation.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer who values and maintains an environment that attracts, recruits, engages and retains a diverse workforce. We welcome protected veterans to share their priority consideration status with us at 262-439-1961.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. During your application and interview process, if you have a need that requires an accommodation, please contact us at 262-439-1961. We will attempt to fulfill all reasonable accommodation requests.