Nurse Clinician Ambulatory- Float (.6)

At Children’s Wisconsin, we believe kids deserve the best. Children’s Wisconsin is a nationally recognized health system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. We provide primary care, specialty care, urgent care, emergency care, community health services, foster and adoption services, child and family counseling, child advocacy services and family resource centers. Our reputation draws patients and families from around the country.

About the role

This nurse will support ambulatory specialty clinics as a float. Training will be provided in each specialty. Nurses in ambulatory primarily do phone triage and MyChart messages. Only a couple of specialties use nurses in clinic, so face-to-face patient care would be minimal. The ambulatory specialties supported are ENT, Dermatology, Asthma and Allergy, Pulmonary, Cardiology Sedates, Orthopedics, Pain and Headache, Craniofacial/Plastics, Diabetes/Endocrine, Fetal Concerns/Genetics, Neuro/Rehab, Renal, Rheumatology, Urology, and Adolescent Medicine.

The Ambulatory Nurse Clinician promotes optimal wellness by promoting health maintenance, participating in the management of acute illness, managing the effects of chronic disease and disability across the continuum of care. This is accomplished through face-to-face or electronic interactions. The role utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to care for patients and caregivers with complex healthcare needs, integrating education, experiential knowledge, and evidence-based guidelines.

Acting as a partner, advocate, support, and teacher to the patient and caregivers, the Nurse Clinician provides optimal management of the child's healthcare while respecting their culture, values, diverse individual needs, health goals, and treatment preferences. The role facilitates continuity of care using the nursing process, inter-professional collaboration, and care coordination activities to support the whole child by assessing and providing access to appropriate healthcare services and community resources across the care continuum.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for and coordinates the delivery of care within the practice setting and across healthcare settings to maintain continuity of care, creating a compassionate therapeutic environment through assessment of physical, functional, and psychosocial well-being of the patient and family.
• Uses clinical reasoning to develop, implement, and evaluate a collaborative plan of care that addresses the needs of the patient and caregivers, resulting in optimal patient outcomes and reducing risk factors.
• Utilizes an inter-professional approach to communicate, educate, and engage patients, caregivers, and providers in implementing the plan of care across care settings to achieve common goals, individualized interventions, and optimal positive clinical outcomes and disease management.
• Employs educational strategies using health teaching and health-promotion to address learning needs, abilities, readiness, cultural and spiritual preferences, language preferences, and barriers to learning. Promotes staff, individual, family, community, and population health and safety, as well as patient self-efficacy to promote, maintain, or restore health.
• Communicates effectively using health literacy strategies and a variety of formats, tools, approaches, and technologies to build professional relationships and deliver care across the continuum.
• Contributes to the development and application of clinical practice guidelines, policies, and procedures by comparing, contrasting, and evaluating possible alternatives using an evidence-based format and continuous quality improvement to deliver quality nursing care and enhance the patient/caregiver experience.
• Advocates from the perspective of the patient/caregiver and works toward resolution of complex ethical issues. Raises ethical questions and concerns with the interdisciplinary team to identify inequities in care and works to resolve them.
• Through various telehealth practices, provides effective management and coordination of care and services, including telephone triage and other telecommunications technologies, to remove time and distance barriers for the delivery of nursing care.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree in Nursing required; Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.
• 2+ years licensed nursing experience required; 2+ years pediatric nursing experience preferred.
• Experience managing patients with chronic and complex family and health needs preferred.

Skills

• Demonstrate proficient pediatric assessment skills, utilizing a developmental approach to meet the individual needs of neonatal, infant, toddler, pre-school, school-age, adolescent, and young adult patients.
• Ability to work with patients who have intellectual and physical disabilities in a developmentally appropriate manner.
• Proficiency with computers and electronic medical records.
• Independent judgment and analytical ability to problem-solve, make decisions, and formulate reports.
• Effective and collaborative interpersonal and communication skills for discussing sensitive issues with patients and caregivers.
• Ability to represent the organization professionally and promote a positive image of the organization and its services.
• Expertise in active listening and therapeutic communication.
• Critical reasoning and astute clinical judgment to expedite appropriate care and treatment.

Licenses and Certifications

• BLS (Basic Life Support) Healthcare Provider certification from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or National Safety Council required.
• One of the following:
  • RN-Registered Nurse license (State of Wisconsin).
  • RN-Registered Nurse (TN Compact) license (State of Tennessee).

Schedule

Part-Time

Location

Milwaukee Campus