Clinic Lead Nurse I - MOHS Surgery - MUSCP
Description
Job Description Summary
Join one of the nation’s leading academic health systems in a highly specialized and rewarding nursing leadership role. The Clinic Lead Nurse I serves as a key clinical leader within MUSC’s nationally recognized Mohs Surgery program, combining hands-on patient care with meaningful leadership responsibilities in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
This position offers the unique opportunity to practice at the top of your nursing license while working alongside expert surgeons, histotechnologists, and an experienced, high-performing nursing team dedicated to delivering exceptional patient outcomes. As a frontline leader, you will help shape patient experience, support team engagement and professional development, and contribute to the continued success of a respected Mohs Surgery practice.
In addition to providing direct patient care, including surgical assisting, circulating, and independent nurse-led wound care and follow-up visits, you will play an integral role in maintaining efficient clinic operations, promoting quality and safety initiatives, and fostering a positive and supportive workplace culture.
Why Join Our Team?
- Leadership opportunity in a nationally respected Mohs Micrographic Surgery program.
- Blend of clinical practice and leadership responsibilities.
- Collaborative, highly skilled, and supportive multidisciplinary team.
- Opportunity to build expertise in a specialized surgical setting.
- Strong focus on quality outcomes, patient satisfaction, and professional excellence.
- Ambulatory care environment with a predictable schedule.
- No nights, weekends, or MUSC-recognized holiday shifts.
- Primary location in Mt. Pleasant with occasional support to the North Charleston clinic.
If you are a motivated nurse leader who enjoys both direct patient care and mentoring others, this role offers an exceptional opportunity to advance your career while making a meaningful impact on patients and colleagues alike.
Entity
University Medical Associates (UMA) Only Employees and Financials
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Cost Center
CC001994 UMA AMB MULT East Cooper Clinic-Administrat CC
Pay Rate Type
Hourly
Pay Grade
Health-29
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Work Shift
Day (United States of America)
Job Description
Job Responsibilities
20% Job Responsibility: Clinical Practice Assessment Planning, Implementation and Evaluation
Utilize the nursing process to facilitate age-appropriate patient care coordination activities based on individual patient needs in a safe environment.
Success Criteria:
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Assess and interpret findings for vital signs, and other required body measurements.
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Assess and document findings from positive required screenings completed for the individual patient population.
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Evaluate and document patients’ responses to plan of care, pain, medication usage, follow-up tests, procedures, and treatments.
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Coordinate care with interdisciplinary team members.
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Demonstrate knowledge of hospital policies, procedures, nursing standards, and legal issues in areas of specialty.
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Administer medicine to patients and adheres to rules, regulations and policies related to medication administration and documentation.
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Adhere to policy for clinic specific medication issues: high alert, pain reassessment, standing orders, med labeling, given in clinic medications and food/drug interactions education.
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Follow unit and organizational policies and procedures to complete indicated clinical procedures.
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Assist in the development of an action plan to increase compliance and implement actions to correct identified deficiencies.
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Identifies and participates in opportunities to share skills, knowledge, and strategies for patient care and system improvement with colleagues and other healthcare providers.
10% Job Responsibility: Patient Education and Teaching
Provide patient instruction that results in increased understanding and improved outcomes.
Success Criteria:
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Document teaching in EMR following policy.
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Participate in updating clinic specific education materials.
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Provide and document education specific to the reason for visit/patient problem, including given in clinic medications.
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Provide education and teaching to patients and families for medications and medication changes.
20% Job Responsibility: Coordination of Care
Coordinate continuation of plan of care utilizing all methods of communication between patient and clinic.
Success Criteria:
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Adhere to unit protocols used for phone triage.
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Utilize EMR phone templates to document patient calls, plan of care, prescription refills and response to call.
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Remain within scope of practice and appropriately refer call to provider for response or signature.
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Maintain efficiency with call response time and request for medication refills and other patient requests.
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Monitor in basket messaging and communicate all relevant information required to coordinate care.
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Complete and coordinate all relevant tests and procedures required for individual clinic specialties.
20% Job Responsibility: Demonstrate a commitment to quality patient care, environment, and professional development.
Facilitates departmental and/or organizational educational opportunities.
Success Criteria:
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Recognize learning needs and obtain guidance to acquire appropriate education and/or training.
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Proactively contribute recommendations to improve patient care and clinic operations.
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Encourage, advocate, and assist team with Safety reporting (Sheild), investigations and resolution.
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Collaborate with manager to support education and team actions plans to meet Accountable Care Organizational goals.
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Coordinate and manage care by applying analytical reasoning, reflection, rational problem-solving skills, using evidence-based information and clinical judgment.
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Assist with the development of personal objectives.
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Evaluate practice through discussion with appropriate staff and self-evaluation.
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Accept and utilize constructive feedback to improve performance.
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- Assists with the coordination of competency-based orientation for licensed and unlicensed staff in the Unit.
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Responsible for selection and roll-out of annual clinical competencies.
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Uses formal and informal methods to teach
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Identifies and participates in opportunities to share skills, knowledge, and strategies for patient care and system improvement with colleagues and other healthcare providers. ·
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Assures that areas of responsibility adhere to relevant safety, regulatory, certification and/or accreditation standards (OSHA, JCAHO, DHEC, etc). MUHA vs. MUSCP clinics
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Demonstrate effective use of computer-based information for decision support, continuous quality improvement and professional development.
10% Job Responsibility: Identify and understand the roles, scope, and responsibilities of the clinic staff.
Success Criteria:
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Utilize appropriate channels of communication for problem solving.
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Contribute to unit development by supporting change and offering suggestions.
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Demonstrate an awareness of cost effectiveness.
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Demonstrate a professional commitment to patients and staff by adhering to clinic procedures, MUSC policies, and scope of practice.
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Verify accurate documentation in EMR to enhance revenue collections.
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Serves as a resource to various populations for the for the purpose of influencing the delivery of healthcare and the formation of policy.
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As needed, participates in direct patient care to maintain clinical skills
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Resource to manager/lead/charge nurse and RN III
20% Job Responsibility: Provide leadership to achieve desired outcomes.
Success Criteria:
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Promote shared governance structure and processes.
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Promote a positive, motivating environment supportive of staff retention.
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Demonstrate high standards of patient care and function as a role model for others.