Clinical Nurse Leader Job Description
Clinical nurse leader
provides and/or supervise care using clinically sound judgement and practicing within the scope of the nurse practice act and other applicable state or federal laws and/or regulations.
Clinical Nurse Leader Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective clinical nurse leader job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included clinical nurse leader job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Lead the CNE team to support educational (product and disease state) to targeted Health Care providers and patients to achieve specific educational goals
Implements an educational plan to meet changing program or service needs for self and others, maintaining knowledge of current techniques, trends and professional issues
Cultivating an environment that supports continued professional development
Helping to establish practice standards for clinical nursing units
Participating in ongoing performance improvement initiatives
Cultivate an environment that supports continued professional development
Help establish practice standards for clinical nursing units
Participate in ongoing performance improvement initiatives
Complete other tasks as necessary
Collaborates with MD partners, primary nurses, medical assistants and support staff to deliver expert team based primary care
Clinical Nurse Leader Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Clinical Nurse Leader
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, BLS, AHA, ACLS, PALS, CNL, CDN, CNN, BCLS, TNCC
Education for Clinical Nurse Leader
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the clinical nurse leader job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Master's and Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Education, Science, Graduate, Nursing Education, Department of Education, Health, Leadership, School of Nursing, Associates
Skills for Clinical Nurse Leader
Desired skills for clinical nurse leader include:
Evidence-based practice within practice area and identifies opportunities for performance improvement
Nursing care methods and procedures
Current techniques
Applicable Federal
Local laws and regulations
State
But may be acquired over time under mentorship of senior staff
Code of Ethics
Electronic Medical Record navigation
Ethical and professional behaviors
Desired experience for clinical nurse leader includes:
Minimum of 2 year of clinical nursing experience in Medical Surgical
Minimum of 2 year of clinical nursing experience in Ortho Spine
Current certification as American Heart Association BLS ACLS Healthcare Provider
Minimum of 2 year of clinical nursing experience in Endo
Minimum of 2 year of clinical nursing experience in Cardiac Surgical ICU
Minimum of 2 year of clinical nursing experience in Telemetry
Clinical Nurse Leader Examples
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Clinical Nurse Leader Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a clinical nurse leader. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for clinical nurse leader
- Participates in performance appraisal of staff on applicable shift
- Participates in hiring process, including providing hiring recommendations to the Manager
- Prepares documentation for possible disciplinary actions and makes recommendations for such action to the Manager
- Provides recommendations to the Manager for commendations, bonuses, or other appropriate forms of recognition for outstanding performance of employees on applicable shift
- Makes work assignments and directs work activities
- Projects staffing needs for next two shifts, coordinating adjustments in staffing level as needed
- Serves as clinical resource for all staff
- Checks the emergency crash cart or ascertains that the cart has been checked
- Provides shift report to next Shift Leader or Charge Nurse
- Participates in making work schedules
Qualifications for clinical nurse leader
- Minimum of 2 year of clinical nursing experience in Emergency
- Minimum of 2 year of clinical nursing experience in ICU
- Minimum of 2 year of clinical nursing experience in Telemetry or PCU
- MSN from an academic program accredited by the NLNAC or CCNE with a Clinical Nurse Leader focus
- Certification as a Clinical Nurse Leader
- Medical/surgical Nurse Certification highly preferred
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Clinical Nurse Leader Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a clinical nurse leader. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for clinical nurse leader
- Provides professional nursing care on assigned unit
- Communication & Evaluation.Manages the performance of team members with the support of the Nurse Manager
- Clinical Practice and Leadership
- System Coordination
- Using advanced clinical knowledge/judgment to promote staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes
- Analyzing and interpreting clinical and program outcomes
- Systematically evaluating current practice and formulating outcomes for patients and/or program processes
- Using professional standards of care, scientific evidence, and best practice to evaluate programs and/or service activities
- Functioning as an expert in clinical practice and/or areas of responsibility
- Provide ongoing management and leadership to CNE team in the form of clinical and administrative direction
Qualifications for clinical nurse leader
- Experience with care coordination and transitions of care, quality improvement, and implementation of best practices/evidence based practice
- Other (VA Form 10-2850a - See Link Below)
- Minimum of 2 year of clinical nursing experience ED and or Trauma
- BSN Preferred or within 3 years
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and Master's Degree required
- Minimum of 2-3 years demonstrated nursing leadership ability
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Clinical Nurse Leader Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of clinical nurse leader. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for clinical nurse leader
- Establish and maintain key relationships with nurse navigators at key institutions
- Provide ongoing coaching and feedback to CNE team to ensure highest level of performance while maintaining adherence to all compliance guidelines
- Performing all Company business in accordance with all regulations
- Monitors patient flow in and out of the unit, delegates patient care assignments according to skill level of caregiver and acuity of patient
- Initiates interdisciplinary projects to improve organizational performance and uses professional standards of care and practice to evaluate programs and/or services activities
- Coaches colleagues in team building and makes sustained contributions to health care by sharing expertise within and/or outside the facility
- Provides leadership in identifying and addressing ethical issues that impact clients and staff, including and participating in ethical consultations
- Collaborate with others in research activities to improve care
- Manage program resources , financial, material or informational to facilitate safe, effective and efficient care
- Participates in educational activities to improve clinical knowledge and enhance role performance
Qualifications for clinical nurse leader
- BSN required and Master's Degree preferred (or actively pursuing a degree)
- ICU RN experience preferred
- Educator/Preceptor experience preferred
- CCRN/CSCRN Preferred
- 1+ years of education and/or leadership experience is preferred
- Certification for Nurse Educators (CNE) preferred
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Clinical Nurse Leader Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of clinical nurse leader. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for clinical nurse leader
- Coordinate with the Nurse Manager to elevate the clinical expertise and practice of the unit nursing staff by evaluating the clinical practice and critical thinking skills of the nursing staff modeling best practices
- Provide formal and informal education, mentor staff and serve as the clinical point of contact for interdisciplinary team members
- Utilize evidenced-based practice to achieve improved patient outcomes in the microsystem of an acute care unit
- Maintain bedside nursing skills by assisting in complex procedures, admissions/discharges/transfers, and/or staffing when needed based on patient care needs
- Leadership & Management.Assume responsibility for overseeing nursing and non-nursing personnel on a unit
- Patient Care.Perform initial and ongoing assessment of patient
- General Management.Perform daily leader rounding and assure team members are regularly rounding on all patients
- Works with unit, service and facility groups to improve delivery of care, including the Veteran and Veteran's family perception of care delivery
- Participates in the coordination of care, focused on patient transition through the continuum of care, patient and family education, patient self-management after discharge, and supporting factors that impact customer satisfaction
- Applies the nursing process and care management principles within a collaborative, interdisciplinary practice setting, which will then enable effective implementation of health promotion and prevention practices, management of acute and chronic illnesses, and attainment of appropriate lengths of stay and the effective level of care
Qualifications for clinical nurse leader
- 3+ years of acute care Registered Nurse experience in PICU is required, NICU experience preferred
- One degree must be in Nursing.*Exceptions to the educational requirement will be evaluated on an individual basis
- MSN with board certification as a Clinical Nurse Leader
- 3-5 years inpatient clinical practice
- 1 to 3 years of CNL experience
- Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred Must have a Bachelors degree in nursing within five (5) years of hire and At least one year of patient care experience required
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Clinical Nurse Leader Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of clinical nurse leader. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for clinical nurse leader
- Develops a high level of clinical practice, leadership and skills to improve/coordinate patient care for an adult population
- Systematically evaluates current practice, and formulating outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within an area of expertise
- Uses professional standards of care, scientific evidence, and practice to evaluate programs and/or service activities
- Manages care of high risk patients and patients with complex care, working with nursing staff to ensure a safe and effective plan of care
- Excellent customer service and communication required
- Assists Director with development, implementation and evaluation of policies, standards, educational services, and programs that support the department
- Assists the Director to monitor/maintain unit compliance with regulatory, accrediting and hospital policy for patient services, and environmental and personnel safety
- Collaborates with Director to oversee unit PI program that monitors and evaluates aspects of care
- Collaborates with the Director to a service that is consistent with the patient care beliefs and shared management philosophy of the department
- Shares responsibility with the Director for effective communication horizontally and vertically within the organization
Qualifications for clinical nurse leader
- Minimum three years’ experience in nursing, quality, performance improvement or hospital data analytics
- Proficiency with The Joint Commission/CMS quality measure definitions
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Word, Excel and Outlook with ability to become proficient and independent with facility data collection software
- 3 – 5 years RN acute care experience, including Charge experience
- Currently licensed to practice as a registered nurse by Pennsylvania Board of Nurse Examiners required
- Excellent collaboration and consultation skills required