RN Advanced Practice-South Shared Services

Summary:
Acts as an expert clinician, consultant, educator, and researcher. Works toimprove nursing practice and patient care.

Work Schedule: Full Time Days

Responsibilities:
Identifies needs of the patient and family and interprets needs with staff.Promotes optimal patient outcomes.

Develops individual patient strategies. Evaluates effectiveness of care andrecommends change to improve outcomes. Helps develop evidence-based protocolsand procedures.

Prepares reports on patient and program outcomes. Advises other departments,committees and the community on pain management. With nurse educators, assesseseducational needs and coordinates programs for caregivers. Mentors students.

Provides consultation to health care providers and patients. Facilitatesproblem-solving in patient care delivery. Evaluates practices for safety,patient satisfaction, cost benefit, or barriers to care.

Within scope of job,requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and the ability to workwith minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a fast-pacedenvironment and take appropriate action.

This is a leadership role with thefollowing responsibilities focusing on post-partum care, gynecologicalsurgeries and well-newborn populations :

• Uses evidence-based knowledge as a foundationfor nursing practice to achieve optimal nurse-sensitive outcomes.

• Leads and participates in systematic qualityimprovement and safety initiatives based on problem/etiology identification,gap analysis and process evaluation. .

• Contributes to the advancement of the practiceof nursing at the unit/ system level.

• Assesses the nursing practice environment andprocesses for improvement opportunities.

• Mentors nurses in the process of planning,implementing, and evaluating change.

• Collaborates with nurses to develop and/orrevise nursing policies, protocols and procedures using evidence-basedinformation. Provides expert consultation related to complex patient careneeds.

• Evaluates impact of nursing interventions onpatient outcomes using a scientific approach.

• Designs and implements evidenced-based,cost-effective interventions, including advanced nursing therapies to meet themultifaceted needs of complex patients.

• Leads and facilitates coordinated care and caretransitions in collaboration with the inter-professional team.

• Facilitates resolution of ethical conflicts incomplex patient care situations.

• Consults with health care team members tointegrate the needs, preferences, and strengths of a population to improve careand patient experience.

• Partners with research-focused, doctoralprepared (e.g. PhD) colleagues to translate, conduct and disseminate researchthat addresses gaps and improves clinical knowledge and practice.