Nursing Clinical Practice Leader | Education & Quality

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare; Palos Heights (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Loan forgiveness

401(k) matching

Lifecycle benefits

Job summary

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Clinical Practice Specialist to lead efforts that ensure quality clinical practice and staff development across frontline teams.

Responsibilities include designing education opportunities, supporting specialty certification, reviewing dashboards for quality and safety, and coaching inter-professional teams to improve clinical processes within the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
• Master's in Science in Nursing or to obtain within 4 years of assuming role.
• Registered Nursing license issued by the State of Illinois.
• Certified in related clinical area or to obtain when eligible.
• 3-5 years’ experience in specific clinical area.
• BLS through American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements education opportunities for staff identified through needs assessments, departmental and system goals and new/expanded clinical programs.
• Supports staff to seek/maintain specialty certification including monitoring progress and completion.
• Participates in review of unit/division dashboard through LDOC and assesses for opportunities to improve in quality and practice areas; develops corresponding action as needed with key unit/division stakeholders.
• Monitors & trends quality report data with operational manager for clinical quality/safety issues and develops associated action plans as needed.
• Leads/facilitates inter-professional teams for unit/division based and house-wide clinical process improvement.

Education

BSN

MSN or in progress (within 4 years)

RN license IL

Clinical certification

3-5 years experience

BLS (AHA)

Job description

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Clinical Practice Specialist to lead efforts that ensure quality clinical practice and staff development across frontline teams.

Responsibilities include designing education opportunities, supporting specialty certification, reviewing dashboards for quality and safety, and coaching inter-professional teams to improve clinical processes within the organization.