Clinical Nurse Specialist - Maternal Child Health - Encinitas - Part-Time

This is a Part-Time (40 hours per pay period, every two weeks) position on variable days of the week.

Position is located at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas. Eligible for a $2,000 retention bonus based off meeting eligibility requirements.

Join the Scripps Health team and work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-centered healthcare. Receive endless appreciation while you build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations nationwide.

Why join Scripps Health?

AWARD-WINNING WORKPLACE:

• #5 in Fortune Best Workplaces in Health Care 2023
• #78 in 2023 PEOPLE Companies that Care
• #95 in Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work for 2023
• Recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024
• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.

Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas serves the communities of San Diego's coastal North County, offering a full range of clinical and surgical services. We are proud to be recognized as the first hospital in San Diego County to receive the official designation of Baby-Friendly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Recognized in the medium community hospitals category, Scripps Encinitas was the only hospital in Southern California to make the prestigious list of the top 100 Hospitals in the US in 2024 by Fortune.

Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas has also been recognized by Newsweek as America's Best Maternity Hospitals 2022.

As an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) for Maternal Child Health, you will be responsible for:

• Assumes clinical leadership responsibilities for nursing and nursing practice.
• Active in house-wide clinical program planning.
• The primary focus of this position is the advancement of expert nursing practice.
• Evaluates clinical practice for patient care and monitors the standards of practice.
• Provides the use of evidence-based resources, change and system theories to promote organizational improvements.
• Facilitates point of service decision making activities, including but not limited to education, research, and performance improvement for their areas of expertise.
• This is a nursing leadership position which functions in the nursing (not medical) model to advance practice within a designated scope of responsibility.

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Preferred Experience/Specialized Skills/Certificates:

• Prefer three to five years working in Maternal child health
• Prefer those with experience leading a project to measured outcomes.
• CNS certification preferred.
• National Board Certification through ANCC and/or equivalent in specialty area preferred.
• Prefer Masters in nursing. Masters in related field acceptable with bachelors in nursing.
• Doctorate recommended, Preferred doctorate in nursing such as DNP, PhD, DNSc. Will accept EdD and others upon review.

Required Experience/Specialized Skills:

• Two years full-time equivalent of experience as an RN, preferably in the APN role.
• Provides portfolio for the interview with at least 2 examples of: creative work such as articles submitted for publication, contributions to texts, papers written for nursing coursework., outlines for classes taught, examples of performance improvement projects or evidence-based practice change projects, evidence of leadership activities such as chairing a committee or output developed from activities submitted to a committee or task force.

Required Certification/Registration:

• Current CA RN license.
• Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS card required.
• Current Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Heart Monitoring Certificate (AWHONN or NCC accepted).
• Current Advanced NRP (AAP-Issued 7^th or 8^th edition accepted).
  
  

Required Education/Course(s)/Training:

• Master's required, Prefer CNS.

Position is eligible for a $2,000 retention bonus based off eligibility.

The following are not eligible for hiring incentives:

• Internal candidates
• Rehires that left Scripps less than 3 years ago

In order to remain eligible for your retention incentive the following criteria must be met

• Must remain in original hired FTE Status and Shift (if specified in offer letter)
• Must remain in original department/specialty
• Must remain in original Job Title
• Transfers to other locations will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and may result in forfeiting remaining incentive bonus unless specifically noted in your offer letter.

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