NICU CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST - NICU & SPECIAL CARE NURSERY

EAMC MISSION

• At East Alabama Medical Center, our mission is high quality, compassionate health care, and that statement guides everything we do. We set high standards for customer service, quality, and keeping costs under control.

• Neonatal educators are master’s or doctoral prepared RN’s (preferred CNS) who, through study and supervised practice at the graduate level, have become experts in theory and practice of neonatal or women’s health, with a focus on perinatal nursing. Responsibilities of the RN Educator/CNS include fostering continuous quality improvement in nursing care, developing and educating staff to provide evidence-based care, mentoring and team building, leadership of multidisciplinary teams, case management of high-risk perinatal patients and research. The RN Educator/CNS models expert nursing practice and serves as a consultant to the unit and applies and promotes evidence-based nursing practice.

• Minimum Education
  • Master’s or Doctoral Degree in Nursing
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  Minimum Experience
  • Five (5) years NICU experience in a Level 3-4 NICU Nursery
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  Required Registration/License/Certification
  • Registered Nursing License
  • BLS
  • NRP
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  Preferred Education
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Certification
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  Preferred Experience
  • NICU Educator Experience
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  Preferred Registration/License/Certification
  • Certification in specialty
  • NRP Instructor
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  Other Requirements
  • N/A

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