What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nursing Practice Leader - Nursing Education position at The University of Iowa?
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:
- 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).
- 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 expert specialty-level education to healthcare staff, patients, students or residents. Communicate detailed, complex medical and technical information to a variety of audiences.
- 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.
- 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: 100%
Schedule: Days Monday - Friday 0800-1630 No holidays, some evenings, and weekends for classes/events
Location: Main Campus
Benefits Highlights: Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life, and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans
University of Iowa Health Care —recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States—is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.® UIHC was the first Magnet® hospital in the Stated of Iowa and we are in pursuit of our 5th Magnet® designation.
Education or Equivalency Required:
- Master’s Degree in Nursing or related field. If Master’s degree is in a related field, Baccalaureate in Nursing is required.
- If qualified applicant does not have a Master's Degree, the applicant will need to complete an advanced degree in nursing, health care administration, business administration or education within five years of beginning this position.
Required License/Certification:
- Current license to practice nursing in Iowa.
- Current professional certification in relevant nursing or clinical specialty or role nursing area is required within 12 months of eligibility.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of three (3) years of nursing experience caring for patients in a tertiary or quaternary care setting
- Demonstrates skills for leading change and implementation of evidence-based practice.
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience demonstrated skill in developing/implementing/evaluating clinical programs, staff education and development, and quality improvement. Demonstrated skill in teaching live, online, or hybrid.
- Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal communication skills serving within or leading a multi-disciplinary team
- Considerable experience utilizing computer software applications for documentation and education purposes (Microsoft Office required, ERMA/ICON/ CQ desired).
Desirable Qualifications:
- Member/involvement in professional organizations
- Basic Life Support instructor
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support certified
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support instructor
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support certified
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support instructor
- Experience working in an academic medical center is highly desired.
- Experience working in academia is highly desired.
- Experience with educating the adult learner is highly desired.
Please attach a resume as part of the application process. Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar 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 Rebecca Beggs at rebecca.beggs@uiowa.edu
Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.
