Description
The RN Clinical Expanded Role serves as a service line specialist, focusing on a specific area of expertise within a hospital or care site department.
This role identifies, coordinates, and evaluates projects and assignments related to their specialty, providing clinical expertise, consultation, education, and research to their designated area.
The incumbent acts as a change agent, accepting and facilitating change, and assumes a clinical leadership position.
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday, 6:30 am - 5:00 pm
- One day off during the week
- 1-2 weeknights of call in an 8-week schedule period
- 1 weekend call in an 8-week schedule period
- 2-3 holiday call days a year
Essential Functions:
- Provides expertise in specialty areas and participates in clinical programs and policy development
- Educates and mentors nursing staff and other healthcare professionals on best practices and new developments in the specialty area
- Represents the department on committees and works with the healthcare team to coordinate and optimise patient care
- Promotes and integrates evidence-based practices into clinical care
- Directs and coordinates care teams and provides or delegates care according to the plan and licensure guidelines
- Promotes the nursing profession and integrates legal and ethical standards
- Uses assessment data and critical thinking to develop individualised care plans
- Reviews patient responses to interventions and revises care plans as needed
Minimum Qualifications:
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of practice
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification for Healthcare Providers
- Unit-specific certification as required
- One year of clinical nursing experience
- Demonstrated experience in the assigned clinical area
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide nursing staff
- Previous leadership experience
Physical Requirements:
- Ongoing need to see and read information, labels, and assess patient needs
- Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require verbal communication and hearing
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment
- Expected to lift and utilise full range of movement to transfer patients
- Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment
Benefits: The organisation offers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness.
Salary: $41.20 - $62.17