Category Nursing - RN and LeadershipWork Unit Nursing and Patient Care Svcs System OfficePosition TypeFull-TimeWork ScheduleDAYRequisition ID2024-84970Default: Location : LocationUS-ID-BoiseWork Location : Name720 E Park Blvd, Boise, St Luke's Central Plaza

Overview

St. Luke’s Health System is currently seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) for Adult Health Services to join our team in Boise, Idaho!

Top Reasons Why You Want to be a CNS with our Team

• St. Luke's Treasure Valley has been awarded our fifth Magnet recognition, marking 20 years of distinction.
• As a clinical nurse specialist, you will apply advanced nursing knowledge and specialized expertise and experience in the promotion of quality nursing care specifically focused on the Cardiovascular population.
• The Nursing and Patient Care Center of Excellence is committed to evidence-based practice, system collaboration in sustainment of our Magnet designation, original research, innovation, and professional development of your nursing career at the bedside and beyond.
• You get to work with several advance practice clinical nurse specialists within our department who support the health system and the patient’s continuum of care.

Unit/Position Summary

The Nursing and Patient Care Center of Excellence partners and mentors with nurses in certification, advanced education, EBP projects, research, and manuscript publishing. This position will report to our Director of Nursing Practice in the Center of Excellence for Nursing and Patient Care Services.

This position will have an Adult Health/Cardiovascular focus; no direct patient care. A strong Med/Surg, Ambulatory Care background is needed for this position. Hours: 8-5, M-F with some flexibility. The schedule will consist of 60/40 split for remote, in-office, and some travel; no overnight.

Qualifications:

• Education: Master's of Nursing Degree (or higher) with Clinical Nurse Specialist focus from program accredited by a national organization recognized by the board
• Experience: 5 year's clinical experience in specialty area
• Licenses/Certifications (passing results on certification exam administered by an organization recognized by the board)
• Current RN licensure from State of Idaho
• Advanced Practice RN licensure from State of Practice and Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Certified through American Heart Association or American Red Cross

Responsibilities:

Under minimal supervision, the Clinical Nurse Specialist applies advanced nursing knowledge and specialized expertise and experience in the promotion of quality nursing care.

• Conducts comprehensive, holistic wellness and illness assessments using known or innovative evidence-based techniques, tools, and direct and indirect methods.
• Provides consultation to staff nurses, medical staff and interdisciplinary colleagues. Provides leadership in maintaining a supportive and healthy work environment.
• Facilitates the provision of clinically competent care by staff/team through education, role modeling, teambuilding, and quality monitoring.
• Performs system level assessments to identify variables that influence nursing practice and outcomes. Determines nursing practice and system interventions that will promote patient, family and community safety.
• Uses effective strategies for changing clinician and team behavior to encourage adoption of evidence-based practices and innovations in care delivery.
• Facilitates interdisciplinary teams to address ethical concerns, risks or considerations, benefits and outcomes of patient care.
• Provides leadership in promoting interdisciplinary collaboration to implement outcome-focused patient care programs meeting the clinical needs of patients, families, populations and communities.
• Fosters an interdisciplinary approach to quality improvement, evidence-based practice, research, and translation of research into practice.

Why St. Luke's

A strong, talented staff is at the heart of St. Luke’s Health System. We are the state’s largest employer with more than 15,000 employees and a medical staff of more than 1,800 physicians and advanced practice providers. We’re proud of our people who deliver skilled, compassionate care every day, and are looking to add dedicated individuals who will continue this same tradition of excellence.

About City

Known as the "City of Trees,"Boise is Idaho's capital city—both a cultural center and a playground for those who love the outdoors. A vibrantdowntown area affords fine dining, theatre, music, and college and semi-professional sports. Downtown Boise's main attractions include the Idaho State Capitol, the classic Egyptian Theatre, theBoise Art Museum,Julia Davis Park and Zoo Boise. The Greenbeltfollows the beautiful Boise River corridor for more than 30 miles, and theBoise foothills are home to miles of hiking and biking trails.

Learn more about what the City of Trees has to offer you:

St. Luke’s Health System|Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau|Boise Parks and Recreation|Boise Museum Association|Boise Music Festival|Boise Philharmonic|Downtown Boise Restaurants|Boise Valley Economic Partnership|Hyde Park events|Treefort Music Festival|First Thursdays | Alive After Five|Capitol City Public Market|Runs and Triathlons|Shakespeare Festival|Sawtooth National Forest|Visit Idaho.org

*St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.