Nursing Practice Specialist ED - CaroMont Health : Job Details

CaroMont Health has an opening for a Nursing Practice Specialist – Emergency Department

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Full Time

8:00 am - 4:30pm

Job Summary:

The Nursing Practice Specialists (MSN) can independently function as an expert clinician and patient advocate, lead the advancement of nursing practice, and identify opportunities for and assist nursing and/or the appropriate Service Line with organizational and system change.

• Essential in coordinating and measuring nursing efforts to improve quality care.
• Promote and practice collegial and collaborative relationships with healthcare professionals, patients, families, and other individuals whose decisions influence the health of individual patients, families, and communities.
• Assume leadership for the application of research findings for the improvement of healthcare outcomes and actively participate in organizational policy review as it relates to direct patient care and nursing practice.
• Integrate education, consultation, management, leadership, and research into their role.

Qualifications:

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license to practice in NC (NC licensure or multi-state (compact) license).
• MSN or higher degree in Nursing.
• Nationally certified Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) preferred but not required. If not a CNS, current National Certification in specialty area of responsibility.
• A minimum of four years clinical experience in a related area and demonstrated expertise in acute care nursing care of specific patient population(s) is required.
• A thorough knowledge of general and advanced nursing principles, methods and techniques, as well as skill in facilitating the professional development of nursing.
• Nursing Practice Specialists (MSN) will also facilitate unit-based education in conjunction with the Unit Based Educator(s), be involved in Service Line quality improvement, and facilitate implementation of evidence-based protocols and policies.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

About CaroMont Health:

We are a not-for-profit health system headquartered in Gastonia, North Carolina.

Providing compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care within five counties and two states, our vast network of physician practices, urgent care clinics, and emergency facilities is anchored by CaroMont Regional Medical Center. The 476-bed, not-for-profit hospital was first established in 1946. Many years and expansions later, and adding a 66-bed hospital in Belmont, North Carolina, CaroMont Regional Medical Center remains a nationally recognized acute care hospital focused on putting the care of you and your loved ones first.