SummaryUnder the general direction of the Practice Manager and with clinical guidance from the Clinical Manager, the Ambulatory Clinical Leader serves as a clinical and administrative leader within the ambulatory care practice. This shared leadership role is structured as 50% administrative and 50% direct clinical care, balancing direct patient care responsibilities with leadership, coaching, and practice management activities.
The Ambulatory Clinical Leader provides guidance and mentorship to nursing staff, and other clinical team members, ensuring adherence to organizational policies, standardized clinical workflows, and system-wide clinical standards. The role supports practice-level performance, quality initiatives, patient safety, competency development, and staff engagement.
The Ambulatory Clinical Leader fosters consistent adoption of clinical standards, promotes professional practice excellence, and helps optimize operational efficiency, access, and patient experience at the practice level as well as other clinical/operational duties as defined in collaboration with the practice manager and resource provider.
EducationBachelor degree in Nursing or related field, or Associate Degree in Nursing with commensurate experience outlined below.
Certification, Registration & LicensureLicensure required: Current New Hampshire State Registered Nurse license.
Certification required: Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers
certification, or equivalent course credentialed by American Heart Association.
Refer to Management of Mandatory Required Certification, Competencies and Education/Training Policy for department specific certifications.
ExperienceBachelor Degree in Nursing and minimum of three years as a Registered Nurse, or Associate Degree in Nursing and minimum of five years as Registered Nurse. Medical Office Experience preferred.
Responsibilities- Recruits, retains and develops clinical staff and manages performance.
- Coordinates educational and training programs for all clinical staff.
- Develops and implements clinical protocols and work flows and supervises compliance with regulations required by the DNV, OSHA, CLIA and other regulatory bodies.
- Implements clinical processes to maximize quality care, efficiency and productivity.
- Acts as a conduit for department and organizational communication among staff, providers, and others.
- Participates in and supports departmental and organizational change.
- Provides clinical care to patients.
- Documents into the patient electronic medical record.
- Takes responsibility for individual performance goals.
Physical and Work RequirementsThe physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 - 50 pounds.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to bend, hear, and speak. The employee is frequently required to kneel, perform activities that require fine motor skills, reach, sit, squat, and walk. The employee is occasionally required to climb, do repetitive motion, smell, and stand.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to bodily fluids. The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens, moving mechanical parts, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, bloodborne pathogens, chemotherapeutic agents, radiation, and slippery surfaces.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
