"Clinical Nurse Specialist"

Job Description - Part 3 - Skills Required

Part 1
Duties / Tasks Part 2
Activities Part 3
Skills Part 4
Abilities Part 5
Knowledge

Skills Needed for: "Clinical Nurse Specialist"

1) Active Listening -- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

2) Reading Comprehension -- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.


3) Speaking -- Talking to others to convey information effectively.


4) Service Orientation -- Actively looking for ways to help people.


5) Critical Thinking -- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

6) Writing -- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.


7) Monitoring -- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.


8) Social Perceptiveness -- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.


9) Science -- Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.

10) Time Management -- Managing one's own time and the time of others.


11) Coordination -- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

12) Active Learning -- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.


13) Judgment and Decision Making -- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

14) Complex Problem Solving -- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.


15) Instructing -- Teaching others how to do something.


16) Negotiation -- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.


17) Operations Analysis -- Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.


18) Learning Strategies -- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.


19) Persuasion -- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.


20) Management of Personnel Resources -- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.


21) Systems Evaluation -- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Job Description for "Clinical Nurse Specialist" continued here...

Part 1
Duties / Tasks Part 2
Activities Part 3
Skills Part 4
Abilities Part 5
Knowledge

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