Clinical Nurse Specialist - Neonatal

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** Organization:
** Neonatal Services
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* Job Summary:

** Performs a wide range of nursing clinical, consultative, educational and research activities with established expertise. Serves as a mentor and leader in the development of standards and in the training and monitoring of practice to achieve and maintain those standards..We are seeking a dedicated professional to advance neonatal care in a Level IV NICU. Responsibilities include reviewing and developing evidence-based nursing practice policies, driving quality improvement initiatives, assessing equipment, and supporting multidisciplinary teams to ensure best practices.

This role does not involve direct patient care, but focuses on enhancing neonatal care standards and understanding the complexities of Level IV NICU services.
** Position

Hours:

*** Full-Time (40 Hours Per Week)
* Monday through Friday - Days
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* Department Summary:

** In the NICU at the Monroe Carell Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt we are committed to providing the highest standard of care to our newborns and their families. Our state-of-the-art NICU is equipped with advanced technology and staffed by a compassionate team of experts who work tirelessly to ensure the best outcomes for our patients.  We are the largest unit within Vanderbilt University Hospital system with 116 beds, with an increase to 131 beds in Summer 2025.  

We are a level IV tertiary care NICU that attends to the complex care needs of more than 1400 fragile newborns per year.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Acts as an internal and external consultant and liaison to promote agreed upon clinical enterprise or Patient Care Center goals.
* reviews nursing care plans for selected patients and serves as a resource to the nursing staff
* teaches and models new skills/care modalities for the health care team
* serves as a mentor to nursing staff on clinical, professional and research practices that support high quality, satisfying and cost beneficial care across the continuum.
* Fosters individual and corporate staff development in the area of specialty
* directs and/or conducts needs assessments for individuals or groups
* develops, coordinates, implements and evaluates orientation and continuing education systems
* Participates in scholarly and/or research activities in area of expertise.
* maintains current knowledge of professional literature
* conducts, coordinates or participates in research studies
* writes for publication
* teaches, precepts or mentors nursing students
* participates in community projects
* Assists in designing tools and systems to facilitate and optimize nursing care.
* uses continuous improvement techniques (Plan, Do, Study, Act) to select or target areas/processes for improvement
* mentors others in the continuous improvement cycle
* shares results of process improvement with others on a timely basis either through verbal or written presentations
* Provides expert nursing care to selected patients in area of specialty.
* plans and manages patient care
* provides patient and family education
* prepares patient for the next level of care
* addresses problems
* communicates/collaborates effectively to meet patient and team goals
* Under the direction of the PCC Administrative Director, participates in program development.
* coordinates or directs program development
* implements program(s)
* evaluates program results…