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Job 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
CC 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 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:
Assess and interpret findings for vital signs, and other required body measurements.
Assess and document findings from positive required screenings completed for the individual patient population.
Evaluate and document patients' responses to plan of care, pain, medication usage, follow-up tests, procedures, and treatments.
Coordinate care with interdisciplinary team members.
Demonstrate knowledge of hospital policies, procedures, nursing standards, and legal issues in areas of specialty.
Administer medicine to patients and adheres to rules, regulations and policies related to medication administration and documentation.
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.
Follow unit and organizational policies and procedures to complete indicated clinical procedures.
Assist in the development of an action plan to increase compliance and implement actions to correct identified deficiencies.
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:
Document teaching in EMR following policy.
Participate in updating clinic specific education materials.
Provide and document education specific to the reason for visit/patient problem, including given in clinic medications.
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:
Adhere to unit protocols used for phone triage.
Utilize EMR phone templates to document patient calls, plan of care, prescription refills and response to call.
Remain within scope of practice and appropriately refer call to provider for response or signature.
Maintain efficiency with call response time and request for medication refills and other patient requests.
Monitor in basket messaging and communicate all relevant information required to coordinate care.
Complete and coordinate all relevant tests and procedures required
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Worksite address
charleston, SC, 29408, US
Who can apply
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