Clinician with well-developed clinical expertise within a defined specialty, recognized by peers as a leader within the institution. Manages care and implements treatment plans with expertise in collaboration with patients, their families, physicians and other members of the health care team. Has aggregate responsibility for nursing care, incorporating current literature and research. Identifies the strengths within the service area and takes the opportunity to develop and or mentor others to promote professional growth and improve patient outcomes. Has demonstrated expertise in chosen scholarly activities focused towards the advancement or promotion of the profession.

Relationship Based Care reflects the influence of the nurse’s relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience. Self: Demonstrates care of self through practices that support personal well-being, personal safety and injury prevention. Colleague: Supports healthy work environment by demonstrating respectful verbal and non-verbal communication with all team members. (Do not gossip or engage in gossip. Share criticism constructively and privately. Resolve differences 1:1.). Seeks assistance for help with challenging communication. Addresses behavior that does not support respectful environment. Coaches others to address disrespectful behavior. Relationship Based Care: reflects the influence of the nurse’s relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience.Relationship with Patients and FamiliesDelivers culturally sensitive care using resources to meet unique needs of the patient and family and serves as a resource for others. Recognizes situations in which personal bias may influence action. Includes the patient/family in the goal setting/planning/implementation and delivery of care. Assesses impact of family dynamics. Coaches others in strategies for patient/family inclusion and actively participates in development and/or promotion of structures/processes for improvement. Provides education based on unique learning needs assessment (values, beliefs, barriers, readiness). Uses teach-back to determine effectiveness and modifies strategies as needed. Serves as resource to others for patients/families with challenging learning needs. May participate in the development of new standardized teaching materials adhering to medical center policy. Uses patient experience and quality data as available to evaluate patient perception of communication, inclusion and education.Expert Caring encompasses clinical assessment, planning, prioritizing, coordinating and implementation of care. Uses evidenced based clinical assessment techniques, instruments, tools, available data, information and knowledge relevant to the situation to identify patterns and trends, which influence practice responses. Serves as a resource and coaches others to develop assessment skills. Synthesizes complex assessment skills/tools and partners with experts to evaluate/enhance patient assessment. Identifies ethical situations and initiates resources as appropriate to address. Recognizes situations in which personal bias may influence action. Facilitates communication with and provides support to team members to address. Plans, coordinates and prioritizes patient care activities considering patients' unique and patient population needs in collaboration with inter-professional team including consult recommendations. Practices according to skill level and work complexity, with accuracy and confidence. Demonstrates flexibility in time management to manage changing priorities. Proactively initiates area efforts to improve planning, coordination and prioritizing. Delegates appropriately (insert link to ANA language for delegation) and respectfully, coaching others to optimize delegation. Maintains safety and continuity of care by role modeling and coaching use of methods such as documentation, hand-off tools/processes, etc. Evaluates processes and outcomes of area practices.Empowered Leaders demonstrate knowledge of and actively participate in shared governance. Actively participates (attends meetings, reviews minutes and provides constructive feedback, helps with pre-work or follow up work) in shared governance at the local and/or regional level and leads or coaches colleagues’ participation at local and/or regional level. Actively facilitates communication with other practice areas and leaders. Coaches others in understanding of PNSO structure and facilitates communication between local and central shared governance work.Lifelong Learners encompasses professional development through formal education, professional certification, internal and external learning opportunities and recognizes the value of external professional organizations. Supports onboarding of new team members and precepts as applicable. Coaches others in understanding of local and organizational professional development goals for BSN and professional certification. Holds BSN degree and supports colleagues in achieving BSN degree. Has achieved and maintains own professional certification, and actively promotes professional certification of colleagues. Maintains membership in an external professional nursing organization and shares information with colleagues. Seeks internal and external experiences, opportunities, and/or mentorship to develop skills & advance knowledge, abilities, in clinical practice or performance improvement. Shares educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers through shared governance meetings, presentations and other appropriate venues. Mentors others and develops learning opportunities Identifies knowledge gaps and Teaches/coordinates continuing education opportunities to address those gaps Precepts (as applicable) nurses and team members. Promotes welcoming environment and supports assimilation. Identifies learning needs in collaboration with orientee.  Develops, implements, and evaluates teaching plan. Communicates with manager and documents validated skills and developmental goals. Role models and serves as mentor for preceptors.  Identifies and coaches others to identify challenging orientees and collaboratively develops interventions.Quality Achievement includes adherence to clinical documentation guidelines, comprehension of outcomes data, engagement in performance improvement activities and commitment to standard work. Adheres to nursing documentation guidelines and serves as a resource to others in use of EMR. Identifies opportunities for system improvement and communicates them via appropriate channels. Partners with other areas to assist with system improvements. (Change agent/spread) Participates in development and implementation of structures/processes that promote optimal use of documentation systems. Assesses, identifies and reports patient safety concerns using appropriate resources. Addresses immediate safety concerns. Coaches others in understanding of area and organization quality metrics/outcomes and improvement activities. Identifies area safety trends and barriers and leads problem solving activities. Partners with area leaders to implement safety solutions and evaluate process and outcomes. Partners with area leaders to determine meaning and priorities based on data analysis and organizational imperatives. Incorporates evidence-based standard work into practice, participates in validating adherence to standard work. Provides feedback and uses findings to assess area trends, and leads standard work development across like areas. Innovation is demonstrated by application of technologies that support patient care, actively seeking to implement evidence based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research. Demonstrates competent use of technology in the delivery of patient care and serves as resource and provides trouble shooting support to others. Participates in education of others in implementation of others in implementation of new technology as applicable. Uses technology for patient-care related use only Demonstrates knowledge evidence-based of clinical resources and coaches others to find and employ resources. Identifies needs for additional resources and participates in development of new resources. Verbalizes understanding of steps to become involved in nursing research at UVA. Demonstrates openness to change by actively seeking knowledge and information needed to adopt change. Uses positive communication and role modeling to promote understanding of change t colleagues. Actively addresses colleagues demonstrating resistance to change.Position Compensation Range: $39.90 - $53.00 Hourly

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing Degree

Experience: Three years relevant experience

Licensure: Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia. American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Job requires standing for prolonged periods, frequently bending/stooping, reaching (overhead, extensive, and repetitive); Repetitive motion: computer keyboard.  Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills; Attention to detail and ability to write legibly; Ability to lift/push/pull 50 - 100lbs.  May be exposed to noise, radiation, radioactive materials, blood/body fluids and infectious disease.

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