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FULL_TIME
5-10

Emergency Department Nurse Practice Specialist / RN

1/11/2026

The Nurse Practice Specialist leads clinical and educational initiatives within a specialty area, focusing on quality improvement and patient outcomes. They collaborate with healthcare professionals to integrate new knowledge and practices into nursing care.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

10,001+ employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
Emory Healthcare is the most comprehensive health care system in Georgia. We offer 11 hospitals, the Emory Clinic, more than 250 provider locations, and more than 2,800 physicians specializing in 70 different medical subspecialties. Meaning we can provide treatments and services that may not be available at local community hospitals. That's the Emory Difference.
About the Role

Overview

Be inspired.  Be rewarded. Belong. At Emory Healthcare. 

At Emory Healthcare we fuel your professional journey with better benefits, valuable resources, ongoing mentorship and leadership programs for all types of jobs, and a supportive environment that enables you to reach new heights in your career and be what you want to be.  We provide: 

  • Comprehensive health benefits that start day 1 
  • Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Reimbursement Programs 
  • Family-focused benefits  
  • Wellness incentives 
  • Ongoing mentorship, development, and leadership programs...and more!

Description

Emory Decatur Hospital

Magnet Certified!

 

The Nurse Practice Specialist is the clinical and education lead for a program or an area of defined nursing practice.

 

  • Provides leadership in order to integrate new knowledge and innovation within a specialty area and appreciates system levels to help close the gap ensuring healthcare delivery is safe, timely, effective, evidence-based, equitable, efficient, and patient/family focused. Inter professionally collaborates with and provides expert consultation to administrative leaders, educators, nurses, physicians to lead clinical practice to promote and maintain quality improvement to improve patient and population health outcomes on the unit, within the service line, and across the organization.
  • Contributes to the advancement of nursing practice at the unit/system, local, state, national, and/or international level and is instrumental in the application and lead of the Professional Practice/Care Transformation Model across the health system. Participates in and leads organizational and hospital-based professional activities to maintain and/or contribute knowledge of current trends, practices, and developments. Directs and manages process improvement projects and initiatives that are congruent with EHC and nursing's strategic plan for innovation in healthcare, interprets results, disseminates findings, and utilizes technology and clinical and operational data for the improvement and transformation of patient-centered care modeling transformational leadership behaviors.
  • Influence and guides direct care for complex patients with multi system issues including the patients/families biophysical, psycho-emotional, and spiritual issues at the individual and community level and evaluates all processes to determine effective implementation and outcomes needed to meet patient goals and attain optimal care delivery outcomes.
  • Research & Publications The Nurse Practice Specialist provides guidance in: Improving the health of individuals, families, and communities by preparing nurses and other healthcare team members to identify social determinants of health, as well as identifying the system facilitators and barriers to the provision of effective, efficient, equitable, and accessible care for all across the care continuum. Considers cultural influences and is cognizant of the diverse needs of patients, families, staff, and other professionals.
  • Demonstrates leadership in ethical decision- making and patient advocacy.  Mentors and coaches professional development; including collaboration with resident nurses on their evidence based projects and staff seeking DNP degrees. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Professional Nursing Certification required (CCRN, CEN, OCN, etc.)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and three years of clinical nursing experience as a Registered Nurse with at least two years of recent experience in the area of concentration.
  • BLS and ACLS certifications required.

 

JOIN OUR TEAM TODAY! Emory Healthcare (EHC), part of Emory University (EUV), is the most comprehensive academic health system in Georgia and the first and only in Georgia with a Magnet® designated ambulatory practice. We are made up of 11 hospitals-6 Magnet® designated, the Emory Clinic, and more than 425 provider locations. The Emory Healthcare Network, established in 2011, is the largest clinically integrated network in Georgia, with more than 3,450 physicians concentrating in 70 different subspecialties.   

 

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS: Factors affecting environment conditions may vary depending on the assigned work area and tasks. Environmental exposures include, but are not limited to: Blood-borne pathogen exposure Bio-hazardous waste Chemicals/gases/fumes/vapors Communicable diseases Electrical shock, Floor Surfaces, Hot/Cold Temperatures, Indoor/Outdoor conditions, Latex, Lighting, Patient care/handling injuries, Radiation, Shift work, Travel may be required. Use of personal protective equipment, including respirators, environmental conditions may vary depending on assigned work area and work tasks.

Additional Details

Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

 

Emory Healthcare is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact Emory Healthcare’s Human Resources at careers@emoryhealthcare.org. Please note that one week's advance notice is preferred.

Key Skills
Clinical LeadershipEducationQuality ImprovementPatient AdvocacyMentorshipEvidence-based PracticeProcess ImprovementInterprofessional CollaborationResearchHealthcare DeliveryCultural CompetenceEthical Decision-makingComplex Patient CareProfessional DevelopmentHealth OutcomesSocial Determinants of Health
Categories
HealthcareManagement & LeadershipEducationScience & Research
Benefits
Comprehensive Health BenefitsStudent Loan Repayment AssistanceReimbursement ProgramsFamily-focused BenefitsWellness IncentivesOngoing MentorshipDevelopment ProgramsLeadership Programs
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