Qualifications / Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Requires current state of Indiana licensure as a Registered Nurse and meets regulatory requirements to practice as a CNS.
• When available, certification at the advance level in the area of clinical specialty is required within two years of data of hire.
• Requires Basic Life Support certification through the AHA. Other advanced life support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies.
• Requires a Master of Nursing (MSN) as a CNS from an accredited graduate program that prepares the CNS to practice in accordance with the recommendations in ANA, AACN, and NACNS.
• Requires ability to conceptualize and synthesize multiple perspectives, to be aware of personal thinking patterns and to make effective decisions that enhance nursing practice and improve quality and resource utilization.
• Requires the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team, promote teamwork, facilitate and lead work groups.
• Requires the ability to build effective working relationships with physicians, nursing leadership and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Responsible for maintaining current professional knowledge and competencies and contribute to the advancement of nursing practice at the facility, local, state, national and/or international level.
• Requires knowledge of nurse sensitive outcomes and demonstrates ability practicing outcomes management with a complex patient population.
• Requires demonstrated advanced knowledge and skills required for this role including: clinical expertise, evidence-based practice, collaboration, consultation, education, mentoring, ethics and leadership.
• Requires ability to model excellence in advanced clinical practice within a specialty population.
• Requires demonstrated leadership skills, including the ability to mentor staff nurses and facilitate professional development.
• Requires ability to influence and facilitate change by serving as a change agent.