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Howard University

Private research university in Washington, DC

Nurse Coordinator for Clinical Operations

Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeUnited States$100k - $110kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A minimum of five years of progressive nursing or healthcare experience is required; ambulatory or multispecialty operations experience is preferred.
  • At least one year of experience working in an academic health system is required.
  • A current Registered Nurse license in Washington, DC, or the ability to obtain licensure within 90 days if currently licensed out of state, is required.
  • Current Basic Life Support certification is required; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification is strongly preferred.
  • At least one specialty certification is preferred.
  • Knowledge of quality improvement, value-based care, ambulatory clinical care delivery processes, and clinical education is required.
  • Knowledge of the Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission and other federal, state, and local regulatory requirements, patient safety, infection prevention, quality improvement, and clinical workflow is required.
  • Ability to analyze quality and clinical performance data, identify trends, and recommend appropriate interventions is required.
  • Communication, interpersonal, organizational, project management, problem-solving, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills are required.
  • An Associate of Science in Nursing is required.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with the Director of Clinical Operations to implement standardized clinical workflows across Faculty Practice locations.
  • Evaluate clinical processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, safety, quality, and patient experience.
  • Support implementation and monitoring of clinical policies, procedures, protocols, and standard work.
  • Provide clinical consultation and escalation support to Practice leadership and clinical teams.
  • Lead follow-through on identified clinical operational gaps.
  • Conduct routine clinical and Environment of Care rounds across ambulatory practices.
  • Monitor compliance with infection prevention, medication management, specimen handling, vaccine management, emergency preparedness, and other clinical standards.
  • Support continuous regulatory and accreditation readiness, including development, implementation, education, delivery, and monitoring of clinical policies, procedures, protocols, and workflows in assigned areas to build a consistent standard of practice across the Faculty Practice Plan.
  • Review clinical incidents, identify trends, perform audits, and coordinate corrective actions with appropriate leaders.
  • Partner with Quality, Infection Prevention, Risk Management, and other departments on ambulatory initiatives; identify quality, safety, or compliance concerns and escalate findings to the Director of Clinical Operations and appropriate leadership.
  • Lead, document, and track rapid response events occurring in the Faculty Practice Plan and identify trends or opportunities for clinical improvement.
  • Coordinate Faculty Practice value-based care initiatives in partnership with clinical and operational leaders.
  • Monitor and audit patient records for care gaps, quality measures, and payer-specific opportunities.
  • Support workflows for patient outreach, preventive care, chronic disease management, and quality measure closure.
  • Track performance and provide routine updates on value-based care initiatives; monitor documentation standards and workflows that support practice quality initiative targets.
  • Support standardized onboarding, orientation, education, and competency validation for clinical support staff.
  • Monitor completion of required clinical training, applicable certifications, and credentials for designated clinical staff, and escalate gaps to appropriate leadership.
  • Assist with development and maintenance of medical assistant and nursing clinical competencies.
  • Identify educational needs based on rounding, audits, incidents, performance trends, and workflow changes.
  • Serve as a clinical resource for Practice leadership, nurses, and medical assistants.
  • Participate in ambulatory performance improvement initiatives.
  • Collect and analyze operational and clinical performance data.
  • Develop action plans and monitor progress toward established goals.
  • Assist with implementation of new programs, services, workflows, and organizational initiatives.
  • Identify educational needs through audits, quality data, observed practice, Environment of Care rounds, and leadership feedback, and develop targeted education accordingly.
  • Perform other duties consistent with the scope and responsibilities of the position as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • Ambulatory or multispecialty operations experience is preferred.
  • Previous leadership, quality, clinical operations, or performance-improvement experience is preferred.
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification is strongly preferred.
  • At least one specialty certification is preferred.
  • A master's degree in nursing, healthcare administration, public health, business, or a related field is preferred.

About the Company

Howard University

Private research university in Washington, DC

Howard University is a private historically Black research university in Washington, DC, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through its schools and colleges.

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