Clinical Practice Specialist RN CDH Adult Inpatient Full-time Days

Responsibilities

Quality

• Develops and implements education opportunities for staff identified through needs assessments, departmental and system goals and new/expanded clinical programs.
• Supports staff to seek/maintain specialty certification including monitoring progress and completion.
• Participates in review of unit/division dashboard through LDOC and assesses for opportunities to improve in quality and practice areas; develops corresponding action as needed with key unit/division stakeholders.
• Monitors & trends quality report data with operational manager for clinical quality/safety issues and develops associated action plans as needed.
• Leads/facilitates inter-professional teams for unit/division based and house-wide clinical process improvement.

Culture of Safety

• Plans, implements, evaluates division specific learning activities to improve safety (i.e. simulations with support of Professional Practice and Development team members).
• Unit-based clinical policy and procedure review/updating.
• Provides input into staff evaluations as related to clinical competence (quality and practice).
• Rounds on unit with intention of coaching and mentoring.
• Identifies gaps in staff knowledge/skills and remediates.
• Participates in Staff RN Peer Review process.

Evidence-based Practice/Research

• Identify opportunities/mentor/implement EBP projects, including unit/division order sets and practice guidelines.
• Identify, mentor and/or participate in nursing or inter-professional clinical research projects.
• Assist in interpreting research findings and developing strategies for implementation of results into evidenced based clinical practice guidelines.

Shared Leadership

• Attend Unit Based Staff Meetings.
• Attend Unit Based Shared Leadership meeting (POC) and Clinical Nurse Leadership Council (CNLC).
• Attend Unit Leadership (LDOC) Meetings.
• Off-unit committee/project team participation as appropriate.

Fiscal Stewardship

• New product evaluation to make recommendations to value-based purchasing committee.
• Make recommendations for improvements in clinical efficiency in partnership with operational manager.
• Uses organizational and unit/department resources efficiently.
• Manages work schedule efficiently, completing tasks and assignments on time.

Annual Competency/Orientation/Retention

• Leads content review/revision for unit based orientation annually.
• Actively Participates in new employee orientation (PCS Orientation and unit based orientation).
• Participates in monitoring new hire goal progress and in touch points/check-ins.
• Utilizes internal/external resources to develop and implement unit's annual competency and annual education plan and maintains record of completion.
• Collaborates with unit manager to evaluate, on an ongoing basis, progress towards staff completion of education plan.

Education

• Provide informal unit-based education based on unit learning needs assessment.
• Provides formal classroom instruction and skills assessments including competency assessment.
• Enhances educational offerings by incorporating components of NM Toolkit (Safety, Service, and Leadership), NMI Diversity and Inclusion Resources and NM Values in Action into content as appropriate.
• Maintains visibility on all shifts and serves as resource to off-shift staff.
• Communicates efficiently and effectively role modeling using critical-thinking skills and problem-solving skills.
• Includes a focus on "just in time" teaching at the bedside.

Leadership

• Advocates for patients, families, nursing staff and other members of the healthcare community.
• Assumes a leadership role in professional activities and organizations.
• Serves as a patient advocate and role models clinical practice that reflects "Patients First" philosophy.
• Assists in the development of policies and procedures in clinical area of expertise to establish standards for nursing practice.
• Participates in department and hospital committees and task forces to facilitate changes and develop processes to improve patient care utilizing evidenced based practice guidelines.
• Consults with nursing and hospital leadership (management) in the identification, evaluation and problem solving of clinical system and process issues.
• Collaborates with NM leadership teams to develop, implement and evaluate strategic plans for quality improvement initiatives.
• Collaborates with physicians to lead changes in clinical practice.
• Collaborates with leaders in academic, political and financial institutions to promote health care reform.
• Serves as a consultant to the department of nursing in developing strategies for advancing nursing practice and leadership opportunities for nursing.