Clinical Practice Leader CPL - Pediatric Specialty Clinic
Clinical Practice Leader CPL - Pediatric Specialty Clinic
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Position Specific Summary
The Clinical Practice Leader (CPL) for the Pediatric Specialty Clinic is an expert clinician and nurse leader with a masters in nursing or doctorate in nursing practice degree.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
- Staff Education: Leads and provides unitbased staff education and development
- Quality: Leads quality and process improvements
- Patient and familycentered care: Models and ensures Patient and FamilyCentered Care
The Clinical Practice Leader improves the quality of patient care and enhances unit effectiveness by:
- Promoting critical thinking and innovation in nursing practice and patient care
- Leading and supporting a culture of evidencebased practice and research
- Implementing effective decision making and productively managing change
- Leading interdisciplinary collaboration and team work
- Collaborating with care coordinators navigators specialty nurses and social workers to facilitate patient care and transitions across the continuum
Percent of Time: 100
Schedule: 40 hours per week MondayFriday day shift
Location: University of Iowa Health Care
P&S Pay Scale: Highlights:
- Regular salaried position located in Iowa City Iowa
- Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health dental life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions
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Education orEquivalency Required:
- Masters or Doctorate Degree in Nursing required. If Masters/Doctorate Degree is in related field Baccalaureate in Nursing required
Required Qualifications:
- Current valid license to practice nursing in Iowa
- Considerable clinical experience (minimum 35 years) in pediatric specialty care
- Demonstrates knowledge and experience with:
- Staff education and development
- Evidencebased practice
- Outcomes based practice and quality improvement
- Demonstrates strong leadership including:
- Analytical thinking/problem solving
- Selfstarter and motivated; takes initiative
- Serves as change agent; leads change process including implementation of EBP
- Motivates/influences others
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills and collaboration with interdisciplinary team. Demonstrates team leadership
- Demonstrates excellent verbal communication skills including ability to articulate issues professionally yet assertively and persuasively
- Demonstrates excellent written communication skills
- Role models professional practice and has reputation for clinical and service excellence
- Certification in relevant clinical specialty or role
- Proficient in computer software applications
Desired Qualifications:
- 35 years of clinical experience in the ambulatory setting
- Certification: (Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) Certification by the Commission on Nurse Certification
- Experience working in a large academic medical center
- Member/active participation in professional organization(s)
- Experience with Nursing Research
- Experience creating/managing microsystems of care
Please attach a resume as part of the application process.Job openings are posted for a minimum of14calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. For questions or additional information please contact Megan Garton at
Successful candidates will be required to selfdisclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.
Employment Type
Full Time
