Clinical Resource RN

Job Profile Summary

This role focuses on providing professional and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders. In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Clinical Nurse duties:

• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the care needs of a designated group of patients or provides nursing care and identified clinical support tasks within the scope of practice for achievement of the patient’s plan of care as directed.
• Provides professional nursing care to patients. Requires a nursing license.

About the Role

This role is a professional individual contributor that may direct the work of other lower level professionals or manage processes and programs. The majority of time is spent overseeing the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs and policies using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education. A senior level role that requires advanced knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience. Typically responsible for: managing projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision, coaching and reviewing the work of lower level professionals, resolving difficult and sometimes complex problems.

Job Overview

Under the direction of the Clinical Nursing Director, the Clinical Resource Nurse Specialist (CRN-S) is responsible for upholding and driving the standard of practice within the medical center as set forth by national and professional organizations, and the most current evidence-guided practice. This role is responsible for fostering a culture of support and safety for the front-line teams through rounding, debriefing, education, and responding to consults and medical emergencies throughout the medical center. The CRN-S is autonomous, self-driven, and serves as a general resource throughout all adult nursing departments and across all shifts. They are experts on policies and procedures, as well as house-wide patient care equipment. They also serve as an advisor a nurse can consult with over a specific patient nursing assessment and plan, and they are clinical experts in the management of critically ill unstable patients. The overall goal of this role is to improve patient outcomes, communication, morale, camaraderie, job satisfaction, and to provide support to staff. The CRN-S communicates regularly with nurses, physicians, managers, pharmacy, respiratory, and personnel from various departments. They are a leader within the nursing department who provides direction and guides priorities for patient care.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN).
• Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Three (3) years of experience in critical care nursing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in health-related field.
• Specialty nursing certifications.

Duties and Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.

• Demonstrates clinical expertise, integrating nursing theory and practice.
• Employs evidence-based practice in decision-making and patient care.
• Interacts with staff nurses for the purpose of assessing the care provided and the nurses' capabilities to provide care in changing circumstances.
• Uses clinical skills to provide ongoing assessment and evaluation of nursing care.
• Captors and directs patient care to ensure patients' needs are met and hospital policy is followed.
• Analyzes early warning score report and evaluates patients accordingly.
• Collaborates with members of the health care team related to patient plan of care.
• Responds to hospital-wide medical emergencies & demonstrates ability to practice in variety of patient care areas and settings.
• Aids in care of high-acuity patients (may include tasks such as travel assistance, administering moderate sedation, lab draws/IV placements, nasogastric tube placements, ABGs, etc).
• Manages the critical ill unstable patient on the general floor, and assists in transfer to higher level of care.
• Develop/maintain/communicate updated nursing policies.
• Utilizes the nursing process for the delivery and management of patient's care across the continuum of care appropriate to the developmental age of the patient population.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing and walking.
• Lifts, positions, pushes and / or transfers patients.
• Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching.
• Regularly exposed to the risk of blood borne diseases.
• Contact with patients under wide variety of circumstances.
• Subject to varying and unpredictable situations.
• Handles emergency and crisis situations.

Skills & Abilities

• Clinical reasoning, which includes clinical decision-making, critical thinking, and a global grasp of the situation, coupled with nursing skills acquired through a process of integrating formal and experiential knowledge.
• Ability to facilitate patient, family and staff learning across the care continuum.
• Contributes to a learning environment characterized by safe discourse, mentoring and team development.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities; able to work under stressful situations; possesses good oral and written communication skills and is able to effectively work in a changing environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, physicians, and healthcare team.
• Excels at demonstrating the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients in the relevant area of nursing practice.
• At Tufts Medicine, we want every individual to feel valued for the skills and experience they bring. Our compensation philosophy is designed to offer fair, competitive pay that attracts, retains, and motivates highly talented individuals, while rewarding the important work you do every day. The base pay ranges reflect the minimum qualifications for the role. Individual offers are determined using a comprehensive approach that considers relevant experience, certifications, education, skills, and internal equity to ensure compensation is fair, consistent, and aligned with our business goals. Beyond base pay, Tufts Medicine provides a comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports your health, financial security, and career growth—one of the many ways we invest in you so you can thrive both at work and outside of it.