Job Description
Nemours is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist for our Emergency Department! The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) advanced practice nursing role is responsible for improvement and maintenance of scientifically based clinical nursing care in an area of specialized nursing practice or for specific population. The CNS intervenes at the patient/family, the nurse, and at the systems level. In collaboration with the health care team, the Clinical Nurse Specialist provides expert family centered clinical care and clinical consultation within her/his area of expertise to improve outcomes and to promote integrated health care that is safe, equitable, timely, effective, and efficient. The CNS achieves this by providing direct and indirect care to patients and their families, promoting professional development, disseminating and conducting research and contributing to and leading clinical policy and procedure development and revision.
Responsibilities:

• Clinical judgment : Models advanced assessment and interpretation, implements nursing care, and evaluates outcomes for patient populations.
• Facilitator of Learning: Demonstrates clinical expertise while supporting clinical nurses to integrate new evidence into practice. Provides education or teaching skills to clinical teams, patients and family.
• Collaboration: Focuses on (and role models) interprofessional team building and effective team functioning.
• Response to Diversity : Reviews alternative approaches and implementing planned change to meet needs considering cultural, social, family and system diversity.
• Clinical Inquiry: Interprets and uses research to evaluate practice, and collaborates in research.
• Systems Thinking: Responsible for innovation and change in the patient care system.Able to make connections within components.
• Advocacy/Moral Agency: Influences the negotiation of moral dilemmas, allocating resources, directing patient care and access to care.
• Caring Practices: Responds to subtle patient and family changes: engages with each unique patient in a compassionate manner.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing, MSN required
• Minimum 5 year related clinical experience
• Active Delaware (or compact state) Registered Nurse Licensure Required
• Active Delaware (or compact state) Advanced Practice Nurse (as a Clinical Nurse Specialist) Licensure Required
• Board Certification as a Clinical Nurse Specialist

About Us
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health care systems, we've made a promise to do whatever it takes to prevent and treat even the most disabling childhood conditions. It's a promise that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build a diverse and inclusive environment. All Nemours Associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
Nemours aspires to have its workforce and providers reflect the rich diversity of the communities we serve. Candidates of diverse backgrounds, race and ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, and those committed to working with diverse populations and conversant in multicultural values are strongly encouraged to apply. Please click here to review Nemours Anti-Racism Statement (nemours.org).
To learn more about Nemours and our commitment to treat every child as if they were our own, visit us at www.nemours.org.
About the Team
At Nemours, Nursing is more than just a department, it is a philosophy embodied by every Nursing Associate - that we are shared guardians of children's health and joy. Our nurses have a gift for caring for children and the needs of their families.
Our nurses support an environment of opportunity for personal growth and professional development, teaching each other, and our patients and families important aspects of care.
Throughout Nemours, in our hospitals, specialty care clinics, and in outpatient and inpatient settings, our nurses use their expertise and knowledge to translate research into evidence-based practice, continuously improving the safety and quality of our family-centered care.