Clinical Nurse Specialist - Full-time

Corewell Health West Women’s and Infant Services includes six community hospitals as well as Butterworth Hospital, a tertiary care center recognized as High Performing in maternity care by US News and World Report. The service line performs over 10,000 deliveries annually. Corewell Health Butterworth offers maternal fetal medicine care, a fetal care center, and the partnership of the Helen DeVos Childrens’ Hospital NICU. The Women’s and Infant Services Clinical Nurse Specialist will support all seven locations with labor and delivery, postpartum and newborn care.

About Butterworth Hospital

Right in the heart of Grand Rapids, you will find a nationally recognized hospital for patient quality and safety and the regional leader in full-service hospitals. Since 1873, we have been growing and building a reputation of excellence in care, diagnostics, treatment, prevention, and education. It is the flagship hospital for Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals.

Scope of work

The Clinical Nurse Specialist is an influential leader for a program or area of nursing practice. The advanced knowledge and skills required for this role include clinical expertise in a labor and delivery, postpartum, antepartum, and newborn care, evidence-based practice, collaboration, consultation, education, mentoring and change leadership. The specialized knowledge and advanced practice nursing skills are used within three major areas of impact: patient/family, nurses and nursing practice and the organization/system.

In collaboration with other members of the health care team, the CNS leads, provides, enhances and improves health care delivery by evaluating nursing practices, developing methodologies, establishing standards of care and providing consultative services. The CNS is a clinical expert in the theory-based and/or research-based nursing practice within a specialty area.

Clinical Nurse Specialists are REQUIRED to obtain their nursing administration or professional/specialty certification within 12 months of assuming the role, or within 12 months of achieving eligibility to sit for the exam if not eligible upon hire in to the role.

How we will care for you, while you care for our patients

• Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals. Learn more .
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv
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• Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance, pet insurance
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in nursing from an accredited CNS Specialist program Required or
• Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) from an accredited program or
• Master’s degree in nursing, if Clinical Nurse Specialty certification is obtained through the state of Michigan via portfolio submission of evidence that demonstrates knowledge and skill competence in the clinical nurse specialist role. (specialty certification is on the nursing license).
• 5 years of relevant nursing experience or CNS experience.
• Education and Program development experience Preferred.
• MI Registered Nurse (RN) Required.
• AHA or ARC Basic Life Support (BLS) Required.
• Inpatient Obstetric Nursing (RNC-OB) Required.

Primary Location

SITE - Butterworth Hospital - 100 Michigan St - Grand Rapids

Department Name

Administration - Womens Health - GR

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Day (United States of America)

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

Hours of Work

Variable

Days Worked

Variable

Weekend Frequency

N/A

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