Clinical Practice Leader 5P

About the Role

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. The Clinical Practice Leader (CPL) is a clinical leadership position serving as an expert clinician within a specific patient population. CPLs partner with Nurse Managers to assume accountability for nurse and patient outcomes on their nursing unit. This role leverages advanced education and training to lead nursing practice, support bedside care, drive practice changes, and ensure the use of best practices and evidence-based care to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

An important focus of the CPL role is to understand organizational goals and design, implement, and evaluate practice change initiatives that advance these goals. A strong CPL must demonstrate clinical judgment, establish credibility, exhibit self-direction in maintaining professional knowledge, apply critical thinking, build rapport with and mentor clinical nurses, and partner effectively with nurse manager colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Leverage clinical expertise to facilitate delivery of high-quality, coordinated, evidence-based nursing care through:
  • Direct patient care
  • Consultative patient care in partnership with nurses, interprofessional care team members, and patients/families
  • Clinical support and coaching for nurses and other disciplines
  • Synthesis of assessment data to design, implement, and evaluate clinical interventions addressing patient/population needs
• Advance nursing practice and improve patient outcomes at the unit/multi-unit/service line level by:
  • Utilizing evidence to establish practice standards
  • Assessing nursing practice for improvement opportunities
  • Leading nurses in designing, implementing, and evaluating practice change
  • Fostering nurses’ professional development through teaching, mentoring, coaching, and providing feedback about professional practice
  • Overseeing delivery of a comprehensive unit-based orientation program to onboard newly hired nurses
• Work in partnership with the Nurse Manager to:
  • Set strategic goals for the nursing unit that align with clinical and operational organizational imperatives
  • Design and implement strategies to achieve high-priority goals (e.g., nursing-sensitive indicators, population-specific quality metrics, patient and nursing satisfaction)
  • Engage nursing staff in effective bidirectional communication and shared decision-making
  • Cultivate a healthy, ethical, and respectful work environment
• Influence system changes that drive quality and/or cost improvements in nurse and/or patient outcomes by:
  • Building partnerships within and across diverse stakeholder groups through leadership, team building, negotiation, and conflict resolution
  • Contributing to systematic quality and safety initiatives based on precise problem identification, gap analysis, and/or process evaluation
  • Leading the interprofessional team in the development, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based practices
  • Leading change efforts in response to organizational and community needs
• Accountable for the following UPHS Behavioral Competencies:
  • Ensures accountability
  • Action oriented
  • Manages ambiguity
  • Attracts top talent
  • Business insight
  • Collaborates
  • Communicates effectively
  • Manages complexity
  • Manages conflict
  • Courage
  • Customer focus
  • Decision quality
  • Develops talent
  • Values differences
  • Directs work
  • Drives engagement
  • Financial acumen
  • Global perspective
  • Cultivates innovation
  • Interpersonal savvy
  • Builds networks
  • Nimble learning
  • Organizational savvy
  • Persuades
  • Plans and aligns
  • Being resilient
  • Resourcefulness
  • Drives results
  • Demonstrates self-awareness
  • Self-development
  • Situational adaptability
  • Balances stakeholders
  • Strategic mindset
  • Builds effective teams
  • Tech savvy
  • Instills trust
  • Drives vision and purpose
  • Optimizes work processes

Requirements

• Registered Nurse - PA (Required)
• Certification in Specialty preferred
• Chemo Certified Preferred
• Master's Degree in Nursing required
• 5+ years of experience in clinical practice with the patient population cared for in the unit/area

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy.