Clinical Nurse Consultant II - 7W Organ Transplant/SICU & Walter Payton Liver Center

About the role

The Clinical Nursing Consultant II will typically develop and implement nursing educational programs for nursing service personnel in a clinical service. The role is accountable for facilitating the delivery of patient care utilizing the Nursing Process and Relationship-Based Care model as the framework.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the planning and coordination of nursing activities of various clinical services, designs and conducts studies to define the scope of nursing responsibilities in a clinical area.
• Assists the nursing staff in a clinical service to develop effective nursing care plans by conducting studies of existing patient care programs, identifying deficiencies, and developing appropriate remedial educational programs.
• Analyzes and outlines factors peculiar to the achievement of effective performance in a specialized clinical service, establishes performance standards for classes of nursing personnel in a clinical area.
• Identifies the need for and developing improved methods and techniques, demonstrates nursing care methods and techniques peculiar to a specialized clinical service.
• Provides guidance to professional nursing staff in establishing continuity of care for patients cared for by students during a portion of the patient care sequence, develops nursing programs designed to complement and supplement nursing student assignments.
• Collaborates with, supports, and participates in departmental and organizational education and initiatives through Clinical Practice and Professional Development.
• Initiates, conducts and analyzes evidence-based practice research to improve patient care outcomes and supports other nursing and multidisciplinary research efforts on the unit and across UI Health.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• MSN (or higher) required of an accredited nursing program.
• Eligibility for registration with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation.
• Out of state and compact RN licenses are not accepted at UI Health.
• Two (2) years of nursing experience in the particular branch of service to which assigned, one (1) year of which involved work comparable to a Clinical Nursing Consultant I.
• Current BLS/CPR and/or other required unit specific certifications.
• Current advanced cardiac life support, or within 6 months of hire for main hospital.
• Nationally certified through ANCC approved certifier, or within 6 months of hire in an area relevant to their clinical area.
• Ability to select appropriate teaching methods based upon the educational and experience backgrounds of employees.
• Effective communication skills (oral and written) that facilitate therapeutic relationships between patients, family, and health care providers.
• Intermediate computer skills with the ability to become proficient in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) with on-the-job training.
• Excellent attendance, interpersonal skills and work history required.

Qualifications

• NEW NURSE GRADUATES GENERALLY DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS ABOVE AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE.