PS Clinical Nurse Specialist

Promotes excellence in patient care by advancing the quality and scope of nursing practice through clinical practice, education, consultation, research, and administrative roles in the area of clinical expertise. As a patient-focused organization, the University of Utah Health Sciences exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research, and education.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a neurovascular “nurse navigator” by coordinating referrals, patient/family education, and care planning for patients with neurovascular pathologies, streamlining their care experience at the University.
• Develops and evaluates education programs and materials to facilitate patient education and care planning in neurovascular areas.
• Works with IT and Neurosciences Outreach to collect comprehensive data to understand and quantify the neurovascular telehealth program (studying regional use rates, barriers to care, patient experience, etc.).
• Develops and evaluates standards, policies, and procedures for provision of a safe and therapeutic patient environment, working intra- and interdepartmentally.
• Acts as a liaison with institutional biomedical informatics core for quantitative data analysis, working closely with affiliated faculty.
• Provides clinical education to clinic and nursing staff, and care coordinators.
• Develops and conducts continuing education programs utilizing internal and external resources based on an evaluation of continuing education needs.
• Serves as a content expert in developing and providing education for the neurovascular specialty area.
• Functions as a liaison to staff in complex outpatient patient care situations.
• Collaborates on the development of guidelines for documentation and care planning based on current clinical and research information.
• Promotes the utilization of research findings in clinical practice.
• Facilitates and/or conducts research independently and/or collaboratively.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in a nurse specialty from an accredited program.
• Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse or as an Advance Practice Registered Nurse (A.P.R.N.) in the State of Utah.
• Basic life support health care provider card or obtain one within one month of hire.
• Demonstrated human relation and effective communication skills required or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience).
• This position is patient-sensitive and must fulfill all associated requirements, including immunization according to CDC standards and hospital policy.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

• Nearly Continuously: Office environment, hearing, listening, talking, walking.
• Often: Infectious disease exposure, oils (air or skin exposure), hazards (proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, or exposure to chemicals), repetitive hand motion (such as typing), standing.
• Seldom: Bending, reaching overhead.

Schedule

• Full-time (40 hours per week).
• Monday to Friday, with the potential to work remotely one day a week after completing training.
• Shift: Day.

Pay

Pay rate range: $58,300 - $84,249 (DOE).

Benefits

• The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before becoming eligible for retirement.
• This position is benefits-eligible.