The new University of Iowa Health Care North Liberty Campus will open in the Spring of 2025. This 469,000 square foot facility will be home to UI Health Care's nationally recognized Orthopedics service line, offering comprehensive, coordinated, and accessible care across the outpatient, inpatient and surgical venues. These state-of-the-art clinical facilities will also include a full-service community imaging center, laboratory services, physical therapy, retail pharmacy, and emergency department as well as an array of support services. The facility has been designed to support a superior patient and staff experience; excellence across our patient care, teaching and research missions; convenient access to services; and engaging community partnerships. UI Health Care is seeking a welcoming, highly skilled and collaborative workforce to be a part of the opening team for this superb new campus, and to help further our mission of: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives. ®
The Nursing Practice Leader for the Ambulatory & Inpatient Nursing Areas functions as a change agent for the ambulatory and inpatient populations by incorporating the roles of clinical specialist, educator, consultant, practitioner, researcher, and administrator as indicated to support and enhance patient care. Provide leadership and supervision for Ambulatory Care and Inpatient care by coordinating staff orientation and annual competencies. 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. Will partner with unit clinical practice leaders to improve overall orthopedic care across the care continuum. Will supervise a nurse clinician who will be responsible for wound prevention and management and vascular access management and PICC placements.
Key Areas of Responsibilities
Specific Job Duties and Tasks
Provide Leadership and Direct Care for Specialized Patient Population
Lead nursing practice and patient care at the meso/macro system level (i.e., service line, division or department level). Provide leadership for nursing practice or service line(s) based on systematic evaluation, evidence-based practice and research. Assure standard of care delivery and competency of staff across the units and services (macro level). May oversee specialized patient care services (Macro level).
Specialized Services for Nursing Care
Support the conduct of research and translate findings from evidence-based research into clinical practice. Lead evaluation and implementation of clinical technologies that support patient care.
Provide Education
Provide expert specialty-level education to healthcare staff, patients, students, or residents. Communicate detailed, complex medical and technical information to a variety of audiences.
Compliance with Internal Policies and External Regulations for Safe and Effective Care Delivery and Health Profession Education
Utilize expert knowledge and skill of compliance standards. Lead development and implementation of procedures and share responsibility for Quality Improvement (QI) plan with appropriate nursing leaders.
Human Resources Management
Use expert knowledge to supervise care delivery of nursing staff, students, or residents, providing evaluative feedback and recommendations regarding performance. Hire, develops, and manages the performance of staff and assures compliance with UI policies and procedures.
Provide Leadership and Direct Care for Specialized Patient Population
Lead nursing practice and patient care at the meso/macro system level (i.e., service line, division or department level). Provide leadership for nursing practice or service line(s) based on systematic evaluation, evidence-based practice and research. Assure standard of care delivery and competency of staff across the units and services (macro level). May oversee specialized patient care services (Macro level).
Qualifications for Classification Title
Universal Competencies
Definition
Proficiency Level
Typical Behaviors
Collaboration and Embracing Diversity
Ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and civil manner while appreciating the unique contribution of individuals from varied cultures, race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
Extensive
Establishes and maintains positive and productive working relationships within and outside of own area and background.
Identifies and resolves disagreements/conflicts in early stages.
Promotes a safe, equitable, respectful environment in which concerns can be addressed effectively.
Recommends changes to work practices and policies to promote transparency and approachability.
Positive Impact/Achieving Results
Ability to utilize existing resources and learning to achieve or exceed desired outcomes of current and future organizational goals/needs. Able to demonstrate ethical behavior in diverse situations while producing results.
Extensive
Ensures time, resources, energy, learning opportunities, and actions are focused on priorities that matter to the changing workplace.
Creates a team environment of accountability and commitment for reaching goals and desired results; ensures team is developed to address future needs.
Ensures compliance with codes of ethics that benefit the overall good of all constituents.
Demonstrates and communicates a big picture understanding of the organization, its interrelationships, and priorities.
Service Excellence/Customer Focus
Ability to meet or exceed customer service needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner. Ability to effectively transmit and interpret information through appropriate communication with internal and external customers.
Extensive
Participates in developing a variety of effective ways to deal with service challenges.
Models service delivery and coaches others to deliver excellent service in a variety of settings.
Communicates well with direct reports, peers, and leadership and external constituents.
Utilizes various methods for information sharing and information gathering. Modifies processes to enhance service.
Technical Competencies
Definition
Proficiency Level
Typical Behaviors
Care Coordination
Knowledge of the medical, social, economic, and other services provided by other departments or facilities, and the ability to integrate these multidisciplinary treatments for optimal patient care.
Extensive
Implements systems or databases that share medical information within and across organizations.
Implements care plan policies that reduce unneeded or duplicated services as a cost-saving measure.
Clinical Competency Training and Development
Knowledge of training and development processes, tools and techniques to develop clinical skills of students, residents and staff
Extensive
Oversees other staff in the implementation of competency-based T&D programs for individuals, teams and departments.
Consults on the standard process of creating individual competency development plans.
Applies different learning theories and approaches to find the most suitable for the individual.
Assists in designing and measuring the results of adult learning programs for a specific group of people.
Designs critical adult learning programs for the organization that are in line with learning and development strategies and competency skill gaps.
Coaches others on creating quantifiable objectives for closing gaps.
Clinical Performance Improvement
Knowledge of the factors contributing to quality patient care, treatment, and education; the ability to influence these factors in a positive way.
Extensive
Evaluates treatments or procedures for effectiveness using an evidence-based approach.
Reviews the results of clinical performance assessments and recommends process improvements.
Leverages technology to facilitate the sharing of clinical performance or outcomes data.
Implements established performance improvement policies and trains employees on these policies.
Recommends to licensed health care providers or guides others in the selection of treatments, patient care techniques or patient education in an effort to improve clinical performance.
Leads members of a multidisciplinary team in evaluating the organization's clinical performance.
Clinical Policies and Standards
Knowledge of and ability to use industry standards, policies, and procedures relevant to function and organization.
Extensive
Ensures compliance with standards for different types of clinical environments.
Describes existing and evolving standards and procedures and their impact on organization.
Exercises independent judgment and takes action with exceptions and special issues.
Collaborates with other functions in establishing and documenting joint standards.
Participates in the development of clinical policies and practices.
Describes impact of standards and policies across medical specialties.
Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, Iowa
Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans
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Required Qualifications:
Master's Degree in Nursing or related field. If Master's degree is not in Nursing, a BSN is required
Current license to practice nursing in Iowa is required. Current professional certification in relevant nursing or clinical specialty or role nursing area is required within 6 months of eligibility
3+ years of clinical nursing experience including a minimum of 1 year in a clinical leadership role in a similar setting
Demonstrates skills for leading change and implementation of evidence-based practice
Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication
Demonstrates skills in leadership/management roles
Demonstrates excellent interpersonal and interdisciplinary team leadership skills
Proficient in computer software applications
Desired Qualifications:
Member/involvement in professional organizations
Current professional certification in relevant nursing or clinical specialty or role nursing area is required within 6 months of eligibility
Please attach a resume as part of the application process. Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. For questions or additional information, please contact Kylie Guy at kylie-guy@uiowa.edu.
Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. This position is not eligible for University sponsorship for employment authorization.