JOB SUMMARYThe Clinical Nurse Specialist Provider is a licensed, certified, non-physician healthcare provider who actively renders direct patient care, possesses delegated prescriptive authority, is credentialed, privileged, and whose service is billed as an independent billing provider as recognized by Medicare and Medicaid within the healthcare systems and in accordance with the appropriate board. The Advanced Practice Provider provides medical care based upon the scope of practice as delineated by the supervising physician. Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) also promote system-based practice, practice-based learning and improvement, and serving as a change agent within the care team and healthcare organization for a particular patient population and/or area of specialty.