Summary

Position Summary

The Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) is a Masters prepared Registered Nurse who demonstrates and utilizes advanced knowledge, clinical expertise, and leadership skills to improve patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care. The Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) collaborates with all disciplines to implement and monitor evidence-based practices. The Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) serves as an advocate, resource, and mentor for patients and members of the interdisciplinary team.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• Graduate of an approved Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) Masters Level Program

Experience

• Masters prepared RN with a minimum of 5 years work experience
• Excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and with a team
• Strong computer skills

License/Registration/Certifications        

• Unrestricted nursing license permitting practice in South Carolina
• BLS/ACLS Certification
• CNL Certification Required
• Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required at the discretion of the Hiring Manager to meet the needs of the organization.

Preferred Requirements

Preferred Education

• N/A

Preferred Experience

• Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies

Preferred License/Registration/Certifications    

• N/A

Core Job Responsibilities

• Interpret data to evaluate outcomes of care and compare to other recognized benchmarks or outcomes.
• Interprofessional healthcare team leader focused on the delivery of patient-centered care and the evaluation of quality and cost-effectiveness across the healthcare continuum.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan, implement and evaluate improvement opportunities.
• Use performance measures to assess and improve the delivery of evidence-based practices and promote outcomes that demonstrate delivery of higher-value care.
• Perform a comprehensive assessment to provide the context for problem identification and action.
• Use evidence to design and direct system improvements that address trends in safety and quality.
• Implement quality improvement strategies based on current evidence, analytics, and risk anticipation.
• Promote a culture of continuous quality improvement while incorporating the use of safety tools to anticipate, intervene and decrease risk.
• Evaluate patient transitions of care to improve outcomes.
• Disseminate changes in practice and improvements in care outcomes to internal and external audiences.
• Design care based on outcome analysis and evidence to promote safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered care.
• Implement the use of technologies to coordinate and laterally integrate patient care within, across care settings and among healthcare providers.
• Facilitate collaborative, interprofessional approaches and strategies in the design, coordination, and evaluation of patient-centered care.
• Facilitate the lateral integration of healthcare services across the continuum of care with the overall objective of influencing, achieving and sustaining high quality care.
• Assume a leadership role, in collaboration with other interprofessional team members, to facilitate transitions across care settings to support patients and families and reduce avoidable readmissions to improve care outcomes.
• Other Duties as Assigned

Additional Information

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System (SRHS) offers a full spectrum of services through six hospital campuses: Spartanburg Medical Center, Spartanburg Medical Center — Mary Black Campus, Pelham Medical Center, Cherokee Medical Center, Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care and Union Medical Center. SRHS also includes Ellen Sagar Nursing Center and Woodruff Manor. SRHS provides unparalleled cancer care through Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute, with locations in Spartanburg, Greer, Union and Gaffney. The multidisciplinary Medical Group of the Carolinas has more than 600 physicians across Upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina. SRHS employs more than 9,000 associates and offers outpatient surgery centers and a Level I Trauma Center.

Founded on Aug. 29, 1921, as Spartanburg General Hospital, Spartanburg Regional celebrates over 100 years of excellence.

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