Professional Practice Leader - Acute Care
Company: Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital
Location: Pearland
Posted on: September 26, 2024
Job Description:
At Houston Methodist, the Professional Practice Leader position
serves as a consultant and subject matter clinician for a service
line/specialty area, functioning at the Expert level of Benner's
model of clinical practice. The Professional Practice Leader
position provides education and development to the direct patient
care staff in addition to being accountable for the care outcomes
of a service line or clinical population. This position leads and
coordinates interprofessional activities focusing on clinical
practice, consultation, education and research, incorporating
evidence into practice. The Professional Practice Leader position
uses expert communication skills to serve as care advocate and to
mentor and coach staff in clinical and professional practice. This
position assumes an advanced leadership role in analyzing systems
to anticipate/reduce risk and improve patient safety/quality.
Responsibilities for the Professional Practice Leader position
include contributions at the unit and housewide levels, with
expectation to collaborate/manage/lead on system-wide and national
initiatives.
PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Promotes interprofessional collaboration in patient care,
providing leadership to maintain a supportive and healthy work
environment. Partners with department leadership to define
priorities of service line/specialty department. Builds
partnerships across the system and strives for consensus in
practice.
- Partners in collaboration with leadership of the service
lines/specialty areas to promote staff accountability and effective
decision-making, which includes coaching to provide feedback in an
effective way. Empowers nurses to seek feedback from peers,
informally or through established preceptor or mentor
relationships. Leads interprofessional teams to achieve
organizational goals through involvement in shared governance
- Consults, as the subject matter expert, and guides clinicians
to available resources and policies on standards of care for their
service line and/or across departments. Coaches clinicians,
utilizing effective communication techniques, in strategies to
improve practice and patient outcomes or changes in practice.
SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Indirectly affects patient care through the bedside RN as their
focus is on developing and ensuring they give quality care.
Promotes the transfer of knowledge to practice, ensuring that
knowledge/training is carried out and integrated into practice.
Validates effectiveness of education on identified outcomes.
- Oversees transition to independent practice of clinicians.
Develops timely and efficient onboarding process, orientation,
professional development related to the service line and competency
requirements.
- Directs and mentors teams in implementing clinical projects
and/or practice changes. Evaluates outcome measures to adjust or
reinforce practice changes.
QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Identifies gaps in practice through competency assessment,
observation, or available measures. Plans and implements strategies
to address gaps through observation of employee and their practice,
audits, and metrics that may indicate a gap or need for
improvement. Provides guidance to staff in clinical project
development and management, using the PDCA process and supporting
the Pathway to Excellence/Magnet journey.
- Collaborates with Quality team regarding patient safety events.
Engages in action planning including evidence-based practice
guidelines and disseminating necessary practice changes.
- Utilizes dashboards to maintain awareness of patient outcome
measures and system patient care metrics, partnering with clinical
areas to identify needs, plan, implement, and evaluate an
intervention to positively impact the quality of patient care.
Drives nurse sensitive indicator performance by using data to
identify gaps and plan interventions to meet and exceed
expectations. Provides education to support improvement of the
patient experience.
- Operationalize quality initiatives by maintaining awareness and
knowledge of applicable regulatory or accrediting body standards
and the applicability to the clinical area. Provides leadership in
design, implementation and evaluation of process improvement
initiatives.
FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Builds a project plan for practice change while considering
financial implications. Identifies cost-containment measures, as
applicable in clinical areas, to quantify cost savings.
- Contributes to unit plans for resource utilization and capital
needs, incorporating financial evaluation within project
management. Drives strategies to meeting department financial
target on hospital and/or unit-based scorecard.
GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Engages the learner for continued professional growth while
promoting and supporting transition of staff along the Clinical
Career Path. Assists in cross training and preparing staff to
transition across clinical settings (e.g. Obs to ED, L&D ST to
OR cross-training).
- Applies theories of change to support staff and promote
evidence-based decision-making. Cultivates a climate of clinical
inquiry to establish an environment where staff want to become
involved in research and evidence-based practice. Guides staff in
the creation and submission of clinical abstracts, posters, and
presentations.
- Champions and leads innovative initiatives to obtain service
line/department-specific focus or specialty designations,
recognitions, or awards. Collaborates across the hospital and
system in implementing change as appropriate, maintaining awareness
of current changes in practice standards and applies to clinical
practice setting. Completes and updates the individual development
plan (IDP) on an on-going basis.
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the
employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job
duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise
job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.
EDUCATION
- Master's degree
- Master of Science in Nursing preferred
- Clinical Nurse Leader or Clinical Nurse Specialist
preferred
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Five years clinical nursing experience with three years in a
clinical specialty
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS - REQUIRED
- RN - Registered Nurse - Texas State Licensure and/or Compact
State Licensure within 60 days OR
- RN-Temp - Registered Nurse - Temporary State Licensure within
60 days AND
- BLS - Basic Life Support (AHA) AND
- Magnet - ANCC Recognized Certification -- in applicable
specialty area
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely
perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills,
competency assessments, and performance evaluations
- Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the
English language necessary to perform the essential functions of
this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or
employee safety or security
- Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians,
family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a
customer service focus and application of positive language
principles
- Strong assessment, organizational and problem solving skills as
evidenced by capacity to prioritize multiple tasks and role
components
- Ability to function independently and exercise judgment in
interactions with physicians, interprofessional care team and
patients and their families
- Uses critical thinking skills and clinical judgment to work
autonomously as defined by the Nurse Practice Act
- Acts as effective change agent
- Demonstrates proficient time management skills
- Expert knowledge of Nursing Unit's Dashboard and Hospital
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)
scores
- Demonstrates expertise in operating the electronic medical
record
- Maintains instructor-level certification and professional
certificationsSUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
WORK ATTIRE
- Uniform No
- Scrubs Yes
- Business professional Yes
- Other (department approved) NoON-CALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during
emergencies (ie. DIsaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless
of selection below.
- On Call* NoTRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**
- May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area
Yes
- May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area NoCompany
Profile:Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital is committed to
leading medicine in Clear Lake and surrounding communities by
delivering the Houston Methodist standard of exceptional safety,
quality, service and innovation. Houston Methodist Clear Lake
provides a broad spectrum of adult, pediatric, medical and surgical
care. It is an accredited chest pain center and acute stroke-ready
designated through DNV. Houston Methodist Clear Lake offers
advanced inpatient and outpatient services, including
state-of-the-art imaging; childbirth center with a level II
neonatal intensive care unit; minimally invasive surgery; cancer
center; neurology and spine care; heart and vascular care;
bariatric and digestive care; emergency care; primary care;
rehabilitation services; and comprehensive orthopedics and sports
medicine.Houston Methodist is an equal opportunity employer
inclusive of women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.Equal
Employment OpportunityHouston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity
Employer.Equal employment opportunity is a sound and just concept
to which Houston Methodist is firmly bound. Houston Methodist will
not engage in discrimination against or harassment of any person
employed or seeking employment with Houston Methodist on the basis
of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or
other characteristics protected by law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor -
priority referral Protected Veterans requested.
Keywords: Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital, Pearland , Professional Practice Leader - Acute Care, Other , Pearland, Texas
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