RN-Clinical Support Nurse Position Available In Schenectady, New York

Job Description:

Department/Unit:

Float Pool Work Shift:

Weekend_Day (UnitedStates of America)

Salary Range:

$74,484.00 – $122,907.00

POSITIONSUMMARY:

The Clinical Support Nurse, (CSN) assumes a leadershiprole by providing on-site expert consultation to Patient CareServices Staff in clinical patient care situations. The CSN teachesand supports staff to learn patient care skills that requireadditional education, may require clinical certification and arenot easily met by unit specific opportunities. The CSN also hasspecific direct patient care responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES ANDRESPONSIBILITIES

? Assist staff develop clinical skills and problemsolve in complex patient care situations. ? Teach and support staffto initiate access and manage intravascular therapy. ? Providedirect care in selected complex patient care situations. ?Negotiate effectively to reach consensual decisions with staff andmanagers.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

To perform this jobsuccessfully, an individual must be able to perform each essentialduty satisfactorily as outlined in the attached annual competencyassessment. Reasonable accommodations may be made, where feasible,to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform thejob’s essential functions.

EDUCATION

Graduate of a professionalacademic nursing program. BSN or actively pursuing BSN preferred.

Holds current RN Registration or a Limited Permit to practice inthe State of New York.

EXPERIENCE

Minimum of three years recentacute care clinical experience in specific patient populationsserved.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Communicates effectively withpatients, family members, employees and others. Listens activelyand verifies and clarifies messages. Seeks the input of others toachieve consensus. Applies problem solving, negotiating andconflict resolution skills into communication. Utilizes Chain ofCommand as needed to reach optimum outcomes. Reads and interpretsdocuments such as Quality Reports and Hospital Policy andProcedures. Ensures that patient care is documented on establishedforms.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Carries out responsibilities inadherence to the highest standards of ethical conduct as defined byAMC and the tenets of the Professional Nursing Organization.

Demonstrates conscientiousness in such matters as record-keeping.

Uses good judgment when performing the functions of the job or wheninteracting with others. Accepts direction, carries outinstructions, works cooperatively

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CompetencyCompetencyDocuments by Job TitleClinical Support NurseClinical SupportNurse JD 8-11.doc – 2 – Revised 8/2011 with others and avoidscreating unnecessary conflict. Adheres to AMC’s policies, standardsand practices and utilizes AMC’s problem-solving processes forresolving grievances or disagreements. Anticipates and resolvespotential problems to ensure the delivery of appropriate qualitypatient care. Seeks professional education to improve jobperformance and maintains competency through completion of requiredcontinuing education.

REASONING ABILITY

Identifies problems,collects data, establishes facts, and draws valid conclusions.

Solves practical problems and deals with a variety of situationswhere only limited standardization exists. Interprets a variety ofinstructions in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

PHYSICALDEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee isregularly required to stand, walk, use hands to probe, handle, orfeel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, andspeak and hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit andstoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must regularly lift and/ormove up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by thisjob include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depthperception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

?While performing the duties of this job, the employee may besubject to infectious materials and chemicals. (See MSDSinformation on-line.) ? The noise level in the work environment isusually moderate. ? This job requires as an essential function thatthe majority of the time the employee be physically on-site as thework cannot be done from a remote location.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Alljob requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge,skills, and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the jobproficiently. This job description is not to be construed as anexhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements.

Employees will be required to perform any other job-relatedinstructions given by their supervisor subject to reasonableaccommodations.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Clinical Support Nurse, (CSN)assumes a leadership role by providing on-site expert consultationto Patient Care Services Staff in clinical patient care situations.

The CSN teaches and supports staff to learn patient care skillsthat require additional education, may require clinicalcertification and are not easily met by unit specificopportunities. The CSN also has specific direct patient careresponsibilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Assiststaff develop clinical skills and problem solve in complex patientcare situations. Teach and support staff to initiate access andmanage intravascular therapy. Provide direct care in selectedcomplex patient care situations. Negotiate effectively to reachconsensual decisions with staff and managers.

REQUIREMENTS

Toperform this job successfully, an individual must be able toperform each essential duty satisfactorily as outlined in theattached annual competency assessment. Reasonable accommodationsmay be made, where feasible, to enable qualified individuals withdisabilities to perform the job’s essential functions.

EDUCATION

Graduate of a professional academic nursing program. BSN oractively pursuing BSN preferred. Holds current RN Registration or aLimited Permit to practice in the State of New York.

EXPERIENCE

Minimum of three years recent acute care clinical experience inspecific patient populations served. Thank you for your interest inAlbany Medical Center!? Albany Medical is an equal opportunityemployer. This role may require access to information consideredsensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, andpartners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected HealthInformation and other information regulated by Federal and New YorkState statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:

Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is theminimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use ordisclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of informationneeded to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts,consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall bemade to ensure that information is adequately protected fromunauthorized access and modification.