Clinical Nurse Specialist

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. 

The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is a member of the nursing leadership team. You will influence nurses, nursing support personnel and the organization to support evidence-based practice (EBP) and in collaboration with City of Hope (CNS) nursing leadership, assure the achievement of quality and cost effective patient and family outcomes. You will work collaboratively and possess expertise as a(n) clinician, educator, consultant, and leader. CNS practice is based on competencies described by the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, 2010 and Oncology Nursing Society, 2013. The Mission, Vision and Core values of the City of Hope are incorporated into all areas of practice.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Models excellence in nursing practice using scientific knowledge and advanced concepts in the assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation of actual or potential problems in the oncology patient population.
• Proactively identifies opportunities and investigates solutions to assure the provision of state-of-the-art nursing care and associated outcomes.
• Influences patient outcomes through the translation, implementation and integration of EBP into daily operational activities.
• Collaborates and consults with nurses and other to influence nursing practices and improve care outcomes within a specific unit or service and/or across Nursing and Patient Care Services (NPCNS).
• Acts as a key stake holder and decision maker for the development, implementation and evaluation of standards of care, policies, guidelines and the introduction of new equipment and technology at the point of care.
• Supports nurses in the management of symptom distress related to cancer or its treatment based on advanced knowledge of the etiology of cancer, the rationale for treatment, patient and family responses and needs, and associated nursing interventions.
• Provides expertise in the assessment of patient and family learning needs, provision of educational strategies and evaluation of the effects of teaching strategies for general and specified oncology patient populations.
• May provide direct patient care, consult with other nurses or clinical staff about specific patients, and make recommendations for interventions and plan of care.
• Assumes accountability for unit based, department wide or Institutional clinical practice roles.

Basic education, experience and skills required for consideration:

• Master’s degree in nursing.
• Minimum of 3-5 years recent experience as a nurse in oncology.
• Leadership and education experience required.
• Clinical expertise in oncology nursing.

Required Certification/Licensure:

·      Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of California.

·      Possess an active California BRN issued Clinical Nurse Specialist license / certificate.

·      Appropriate advanced practice nursing certification.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.