Clinical Practice & Policy Leader

LifeBridge Health; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

403(b) retirement plan with employer

Tuition reimbursement toward advanced

Job summary

Carroll Hospital in Westminster, MD, part of LifeBridge Health, seeks a Clinical Practice and Policy Specialist to advance nursing practice, clinical policy, and care standardization. You will translate policies into unit-level workflows and support implementation across clinical departments.

The role collaborates with nursing leadership, interdisciplinary teams, and frontline caregivers to ensure safe, high-quality patient care in the acute care setting, while ensuring regulatory alignment and

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Masters' degree in Nursing (MSN).
• Minimum of three to five years of progressive clinical nursing experience.
• Experience in clinical policy development, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, or nursing leadership.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare regulations, accreditation standards, and nursing professional practice.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, project management, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, revision, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of clinical practice policies and standards.
• Coordinate policy review workflows, stakeholder feedback, approvals, and documentation within the organization's policy management system.
• Ensure policies remain current, evidence-based, operationally relevant, and aligned with organizational goals.
• Translate system-wide policies into practical unit-level workflows and support successful implementation across clinical departments.
• Partner with nursing leaders, operational leaders, physicians, subject matter experts, and interdisciplinary teams to support policy development and adoption.
• Serve as a liaison between system leadership and hospital-based teams to promote consistent interpretation and application of clinical policies.
• Engage frontline staff to gather feedback, identify practice gaps, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support organizational compliance with Joint Commission, CMS, state, and other regulatory requirements.
• Participate in survey readiness activities, mock surveys, tracers, audits, and documentation reviews.
• Assist leaders with corrective action planning, regulatory responses, and ongoing compliance monitoring.
• Promote sustained readiness through education, coaching, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Translate current research and evidence into clinical practice improvements and policy enhancements.
• Support implementation of evidence-based interventions that improve patient outcomes and nursing practice.
• Partner with clinical teams to evaluate nursing-sensitive indicators and other quality performance measures.
• Share best practices through education, presentations, mentoring, and consultation.

Skills

RN license

Communication

Project management

Analytical skills

Education

Master's degree in Nursing (MSN)

Job description

Carroll Hospital in Westminster, MD, part of LifeBridge Health, seeks a Clinical Practice and Policy Specialist to advance nursing practice, clinical policy, and care standardization. You will translate policies into unit-level workflows and support implementation across clinical departments.

The role collaborates with nursing leadership, interdisciplinary teams, and frontline caregivers to ensure safe, high-quality patient care in the acute care setting, while ensuring regulatory alignment and