System Professional Practice Nurse Lead - Ambulatory Care

Fairview Health Services; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 115,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairview Health Services is seeking a System Professional Practice Nurse Lead to support Ambulatory Specialty Care Clinics across the metro and surrounding areas. The role focuses on expert nursing practice, leading practice changes, and implementing evidence-based interventions to improve patient safety, quality, and staff experience.

The position is a 1.0 FTE with day shifts, no weekends, and opportunities to influence practice across multiple clinics within the system.

Qualifications

• BSN required.
• MN RN license required.
• Ambulatory care experience preferred.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.

Responsibilities

• Leads work, processes, and people to design, implement, and evaluate innovative evidence-based interventions to optimize patient safety and care quality.
• Evaluates patient care against professional standards and disseminates findings to improve outcomes.
• Collaborates in developing nursing guidelines, performance standards, policies, and procedures across the continuum of care.
• Provides leadership to promote the organizational professional governance model for nursing practice excellence.
• Builds cross-functional teams and supports system-wide nursing practice improvements.

Education

BSN

RN License (MN)

Masters Degree in Nursing

Doctorate in Nursing (DNP/PhD/DSN)

Job description

Job Overview

Fairview is looking for a System Professional Practice Nurse Lead for our Ambulatory Specialty Care Clinics, supporting practice across the metro & surrounding areas.

Schedule: This position is a 1.0 FTE (80 hours per 2-week pay period) working primarily 8-hour day shifts. No weekends.

Responsibilities:

The System Professional Practice Nurse Lead (PPNL) demonstrates expert knowledge and skill in a nursing practice specialty, service line, and across the continuum of care for the system. The PPNL leads work, processes, and people to design, develop, implement, and evaluate innovative evidence-based interventions and best practices to optimize patient safety, healthcare quality, cost-effectiveness, and improved patient and staff experience. The PPNL generates and evaluates pract

• Patient Care and Evaluation of Clinical Practice
  • Evaluates care of the specialty patient/population against professional standards and evidence.
  • Designs, implements, and evaluates practice and outcomes
  • Analyzes proposed practice initiatives to establish impacts on safety, effectiveness, and efficiency.
  • Acquires and analyzes data from multiple sources to guide design of practice changes.
  • Leverages the organization’s evidence-based practice model to identify the highest quality evidence and disseminates findings from evidence-based practice & research to improve healthcare outcomes.
  • Demonstrates sensitivity to diverse organizational cultures and populations, including patients and providers.
  • Collaborates in the development of nursing guidelines, performance standards, policies & procedures.
  • Provides leadership and promotes the organizational professional governance model for the advancement and autonomy of nursing practice excellence in the organization.
• Consultation
  • Employs consultative leadership skills within and among professional teams.
  • Creates an environment to improve capacity for learning and adaptation to change.
  • Provides consultation in development of patient/family education materials.
  • Communicates findings to key stakeholders and follows up with others to ensure closed loop communication.
  • Provides expert consultation regarding nursing licensure and scope of practice.
• Systems Leadership
  • Promotes competency and excellence in professional and clinical practice and collaborative working relationships across the continuum of care.
  • Participates in and/or leads the development and review of policies and procedures across the continuum of care.
  • Performs assessments and designs plans to meet regulatory requirements related to nursing practice.
  • Performs and communicates system level assessments to identify variables that influence nursing practice and outcomes.
  • Leads teams to improve and evaluate nursing sensitive indicators and other clinical quality metrics to improve clinical performance.
• Collaboration
  • Builds effective teams by including key stakeholders within and across units, departments, service lines, populations, sites, and organization and conducts routine intermittent stakeholder assessments as part of the project management process.
  • Collaborates with and supports the work of nursing practice councils and teams to improve patient care and interdisciplinary workflows.
  • Uses evidence-based strategies for leading, communicating, and facilitating changes in clinician practice and team behaviors.
  • Demonstrate contributions and leadership for system improvements through intentional rounding, collaboration, and development at the micro-, meso-, and macro- levels.
• Coaching
  • Supports the clinical and professional development of colleagues through role modeling, may serve as preceptor and mentor.
  • Participates in professional development and staff educational programs to support continual nurse competence.
  • Supports the Professional Practice Model through integration into daily work, role modeling, and mentorship of nurses across the system.
• Research
  • Acquires, analyzes, plans, disseminates, and implements evidence-based practice into the clinical environment to promote best practices.
  • Initiates, facilitates, and/or participates in research activities or quality improvement activities.
• Ethical Decision-Making
  • Applies ethical principles when analyzing and assisting with concerns or issues.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science Nursing (BSN)
• 7 years of nursing experience
• MN Registered Nurse (RN) License
• Basic Life Support (American Heart Assoc or Red Cross)
• Ambulatory care experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in Nursing
• Doctorate of Nursing Practice OR Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing OR Doctorate of Nursing Science
• 10 years of nursing experience
• Ambulatory Care Nursing Certification (AMB-BC)

Benefit Overview

Fairview offers a generous benefit package including but not limited to medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more! Please follow this link foradditional information: https://www.fairview.org/careers/benefits/noncontract

Compensation Disclaimer

The posted pay range is for a 40-hour workweek (1.0 FTE). The actual rate of pay offered within this range may depend on several factors, such as FTE, skills, knowledge, relevant education, experience, and market conditions. Additionally, our organization values pay equity and considers the internal equity of our team when making any offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical. If your role is eligible for a sign-on bonus, the bonus program that is approved and in place at the time of offer, is what will be honored.

EEO Statement

EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status

$114,857.60- $162,177.60 Annual