Nurse Operations Lead — Ambulatory Clinical Excellence

Howard University College of Medicine; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO, paid holidays

403(b) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Howard University College of Medicine is seeking an experienced Nurse Coordinator for Clinical Operations to support safe, standardized ambulatory care across Faculty Practice locations. Under the Director of Clinical Operations, you will help implement workflows, oversee compliance, and coordinate staff competency.

You will partner with physicians, nurses, and MAs to drive quality, patient safety, and value-based care initiatives, lead audits, and monitor performance data.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of progressive nursing/healthcare experience, preferably in ambulatory or multispecialty operations.
• Minimum one year experience working in an Academic Health System.
• Current Registered Nurse License (Washington DC) required, or ability to obtain licensure within 90 days if currently licensed out of state
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required, ACLS certification strongly preferred.
• At least 1 specialty certification, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Director of Clinical Operations to implement standardized clinical workflows across Faculty Practice locations.
• Evaluate clinical processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, safety, quality, and patient experience.
• Support implementation and monitoring of clinical policies, procedures, protocols, and standard work.
• Provide clinical consultation and escalation support to Practice leadership and clinical teams.
• Lead follow-through on identified clinical operational gaps.
• Conduct routine clinical and Environment of Care rounds across ambulatory practices.
• Monitor compliance with infection prevention, medication management, specimen handling, vaccine management, emergency preparedness, and other clinical standards.
• Support continuous regulatory and accreditation readiness.
• Review clinical incidents, identify trends, perform audits, and coordinate corrective actions with appropriate leaders.
• Partner with Quality, Infection Prevention, Risk Management, and other departments on ambulatory initiatives.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Quality improvement

Clinical operations

Project management

Communication skills

Education

ASN in Nursing

MS in Nursing/Healthcare Admin (preferred)

Job description

Howard University College of Medicine is seeking an experienced Nurse Coordinator for Clinical Operations to support safe, standardized ambulatory care across Faculty Practice locations. Under the Director of Clinical Operations, you will help implement workflows, oversee compliance, and coordinate staff competency.

You will partner with physicians, nurses, and MAs to drive quality, patient safety, and value-based care initiatives, lead audits, and monitor performance data.