Nursing Practice Leader - Medical Surgical Services

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Clinical Practice

• Assures clinical competency and expertise in area of own specialization and provides direct nursing care when necessary.  Facilitates changes in nursing care based on systematic assessment and evaluation.

• Functions independently and/or as a member of an interdisciplinary team to plan, deliver, or evaluate health care for a defined patient population.

• Determines nursing care requirements and develops programs for a specific patient population, with regard to patient condition and age.

• Provides leadership for direct patient care programs in area of specialization.

• Collaborates with nursing staff/nursing administration to monitor and evaluate the quality of patient care.

• Serves in a consultative resource capacity to staff by providing expert knowledge and role modeling behavioral skills that impact clinical practice and patient outcomes.

• Promotes health maintenance that spans the continuum of health from outpatient to inpatient settings and back to the home care arena.

• Provides advanced nursing care for individuals, families, groups, both within UI Health Care and community.

• Provides anticipatory guidance and counseling to patients/families. 

Evidence Based Practice/Research

• Generates research questions regarding health care for particular patient populations.

• Collaborates with staff/other departments/disciplines in planning and conducting research.

• Initiates research to investigate clinical issues.

• Assists staff to interpret research findings.

• Provides leadership to incorporate research findings into practice.

• Participates in development and implementation of divisional and departmental quality assessment/improvement/evidence based practice/research programs and processes.

Education

• Participates in the development, utilization and evaluation of resources to meet patient/family educational needs.

• Provides education and serves as a resource for nursing staff in area of clinical expertise.

• Provides educational resources to all shifts based on comprehensive analysis of learning needs.

• Formulates and reviews the staff education plan for the division annually.

• Uses adult education principles and instructional design to provide an effective and efficient system of staff education.

• Designs and implements a system for assuring initial and ongoing competency of staff.

• Provides education to external agencies, community, and other health professionals.

• Provides leadership for and participates in unit, divisional, departmental, and/or interdepartmental committees.

• Serves as change agent on unit, clinical, departmental and hospital levels.

• Assumes responsibility for administrative activities and special projects as delegated by the Clinical Director/Medical Director.

• Contributes towards the achievement of divisional and departmental goals as delegated.

• Serves in a consultative and resource capacity to other divisions, departments, and the community as needed.

• Contributes to professional sharing of expertise and nursing knowledge with others.

• Contributes to the development of the body of nursing knowledge.

• Participates in professional nursing activities in the department, hospital, community and professional organization.

• Performs other special projects as assigned

• Incorporates the principles of Service Leadership to ensure positive patient/customer relations.

• Adheres to UI Health Care policies regarding personal conduct, including: follows established leadership, remaining responsive to instruction and coaching from supervisors and meeting the standards of personal appearance, attendance and punctuality