Nursing Education & Quality Leader—Clinical Practice

Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital; Winfield (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment

Professional Development

Wellbeing Fund

401(k) Matching

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life Insurance

Salary Increase & Incentive Bonus

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL is seeking a Clinical Practice Specialist to support the West Region and System Resource Teams, including nursing and nursing support roles. The role leads efforts to ensure quality clinical practice and professional development at the front-line, in alignment with NM’s ethical standards and compliance program.

Collaboration with unit leadership and inter-professional teams will drive education, competency, and practice improvements

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing required.
• 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.
• Plans, implements, evaluates division specific learning activities to improve safety (i.e. simulations with support of Professional Practice and Development team members).
• Unit-based clinical policy and procedure review/updating.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Master's in Science in Nursing or to obtain within 4 years of assuming role

Job description

Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL is seeking a Clinical Practice Specialist to support the West Region and System Resource Teams, including nursing and nursing support roles. The role leads efforts to ensure quality clinical practice and professional development at the front-line, in alignment with NM’s ethical standards and compliance program.

Collaboration with unit leadership and inter-professional teams will drive education, competency, and practice improvements