Clinical Practice Specialist RN

5 days ago


DeKalb, Illinois, United States Northwestern Memorial Healthcare Full time
Clinical Practice Specialist Role Overview

At Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, we are committed to delivering exceptional patient care and advancing the field of nursing. As a Clinical Practice Specialist, you will play a critical role in ensuring the highest quality of care for our patients.

Key Responsibilities

* Develop and implement education opportunities for staff to enhance clinical practice and professional development
* Support staff in seeking and maintaining specialty certification, monitoring progress and completion
* Participate in review of unit/division dashboard through LDOC and assess opportunities to improve quality and practice areas
* Monitor and trend quality report data with operational manager for clinical quality/safety issues and develop associated action plans
* Lead and facilitate inter-professional teams for unit/division-based and house-wide clinical process improvement

Culture of Safety

* Plan, implement, and evaluate division-specific learning activities to improve safety
* Unit-based clinical policy and procedure review and updating
* Provide input into staff evaluations related to clinical competence
* Round on unit with intention of coaching and mentoring
* Identify gaps in staff knowledge and skills and remediate

Evidence-Based Practice/Research

* Identify opportunities to mentor and implement EBP projects, including unit/division order sets and practice guidelines
* Identify, mentor, and/or participate in nursing or inter-professional clinical research projects
* Assist in interpreting research findings and developing strategies for implementation of results into evidence-based clinical practice guidelines

Shared Leadership

* Attend Unit-Based Staff Meetings
* Attend Unit-Based Shared Leadership Meeting (POC) and Clinical Nurse Leadership Council (CNLC)
* Attend Unit Leadership (LDOC) Meetings
* Participate in off-unit committee/project teams as appropriate

Fiscal Stewardship

* Evaluate new products and make recommendations to the value-based purchasing committee
* Make recommendations for improvements in clinical efficiency in partnership with operational manager
* Use organizational and unit/department resources efficiently

Annual Competency/Orientation/Retention

* Lead content review and revision for unit-based orientation annually
* Participate in new employee orientation (PCS Orientation and unit-based orientation)
* Participate in monitoring new hire goal progress and in-touch points/check-ins
* Utilize internal/external resources to develop and implement unit's annual competency and annual education plan

Education

* Provide informal unit-based education based on unit learning needs assessment
* Provide formal classroom instruction and skills assessments, including competency assessment
* Enhance educational offerings by incorporating components of NM Toolkit (Safety, Service, and Leadership), NMI Diversity and Inclusion Resources, and NM Values in Action into content as appropriate

Leadership

* Advocate for patients, families, nursing staff, and other members of the healthcare community
* Assume a leadership role in professional activities and organizations
* Serve as a patient advocate and role model clinical practice that reflects the 'Patients First' philosophy

Qualifications

* Bachelor of Science in Nursing
* Master's in Science in Nursing or obtain within 4 years of assuming role
* Registered Nursing license issued by the State of Illinois
* Certified in related clinical area or obtain when eligible
* 3-5 years' experience in specific clinical area
* BLS through American Heart Association

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