Registered Nurse (RN) - Clinical Nurse Coordinator
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
days
Sign-On Bonus

Clinical Nurse Specialist, NS31 Labor & Delivery

The Department of Nursing at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Clinical Nurse Specialist, NS31 Labor & Delivery. The successful candidate will: * Provide specialized direct and indirect care to inpatients and outpatients within a designated specialty. * Assess the unique nursing needs of these patients, formulates nursing care plans, and writes nursing orders under the direction of the attending physician, or independently manages the nursing care and/or additional specific aspects of the clinic. * Develop, implement, and evaluate standards of the specialty's nursing practice. * Guide subordinate nursing staff in assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of disability/illness, management, technology, and resources for their own learning needs and their patients. * Anticipate, identify, and address the needs of patients through observation, specialty assessment, patient rapport, staff, and significant others to provide optimal health care for the patient. * Perform discharge planning. * Work collaboratively with other members of the Nursing Department, other health care professionals, and services to ensure optimal care for patients. * Teach and instruct students and all medical staff, and is active in the formulation and implementation of the Outreach Program. * Participate in clinical research for their own learning needs and their patients. * Participate in specialty associations for the enhancement of continuing education. * Participate in clinical research projects including protocol review, patient record review, and compliance monitoring, and meeting with regulatory authorities. * Function with defined lines of supervision to the Director of Nursing, the Department Chairman or designee, and the attending physician. * Work independently with minimal supervision. * As required, may supervise subordinate nursing personnel assigned to the specialty. Required Qualifications: * Master's Degree in Nursing and specialty certifications. * New York State Registered Nurse license. * 5+ years of experience in the specialty to include some supervisory experience. Preferred Qualifications: Work Schedule: Variable Days; Variable Hours Salary Grade/Rank: SL-4 Salary Range: Commensurate with experience and qualifications Executive Order: Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at [email protected]. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws. Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encourage