Nursing Practice Leader Nursing Education 90 100

The Nursing Practice Leader for the Nursing Education Center provides leadership in clinical care coordination/specialized nursing care clinical education of nursing staff and health professionals or use clinical nursing expertise in improving nursing and health care through the management of staff development and education.

Position Summary:

• Provide Leadership and Direct Care for Specialized Patient Population

  • Lead nursing practice and patient care at the meso/macro system level (i.e. service line division or department level).

  • Provide leadership for nursing practice or service line(s) based on systematic evaluation evidence-based practice and research.

  • Assure standard of care delivery and competency of staff across the units and services (macro level).

  • May oversee specialized patient care services (Macro level).

• Specialized Services for Nursing Care

  • Support the conduct of research and translate findings from evidence-based research into clinical practice.

  • Lead evaluation and implementation of clinical technologies that support patient care.

• Provide Education

  • Provide expert specialty-level education to healthcare staff patients students or residents.

  • Communicate detailed complex medical and technical information to a variety of audiences.

• Compliance with Internal Policies and External Regulations for Safe and Effective Care Delivery and Health Profession Education

  • Utilize expert knowledge and skill of compliance standards.

  • Lead development and implementation of procedures and share responsibility for Quality Improvement (QI) plan with appropriate nursing leaders.

• Human Resources Management

  • Use expert knowledge to supervise care delivery of nursing staff students or residents providing evaluative feedback and recommendations regarding performance.

  • Hire develops and manages the performance of staff and assures compliance with UI policies and procedures.

Percent of Time: 90% - 100%
Schedule: Monday - Friday 0800 - 1630 with occasional evenings no weekends no holidays
Location: Main Campus

Benefits Highlights:

• Regular salaried position located in Iowa City IA
• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health dental life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans
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