Clinical Nurse Lead, RN

Job description

Clinical Nurse Lead, RN

The Clinical Nurse Lead, RN provides frontline clinical leadership across designated AllCare primary care clinics, advancing consistent, high-quality, patient-centered care through staff development, workflow standardization, and operational excellence. This role serves as a key clinical resource for nursing and medical assistant teams, supporting policy implementation, competency development, clinical coordination, and practice readiness. This position requires a current Georgia RN license and offers an opportunity for continued leadership growth within the organization. For strong candidates, this role may serve as a developmental pathway into expanded leadership opportunities within quality, case management, and ambulatory clinical operations.

This is an opportunity to join a growing and dynamic team looking to improve how healthcare is provided for providers and staff as well as the quality of care delivered to patients!

Clinical Leadership & Staff Development

Provide day-to-day clinical leadership across MA and nursing workflows

Train, coach, and support clinical staff on core skills, workflows, and documentation standards

Lead onboarding, competency validation, remediation, and ongoing training

Support consistency across clinics through reinforcement of standard work and best practices

Provide dotted-line oversight of Medical Assistant Specialists

Clinical Operations & Care Coordination

Support providers and clinics with inbox management, triage, test results, prior authorizations, and complex case coordination

Oversee lab workflows, including specimen handling, external lab coordination, and result follow-up

Drive care gap closure and timely completion of labs and preventive care

Participate in clinic communication rhythms (huddles, updates, workflow rollouts)

Quality, Safety & Compliance

Promote patient safety, infection prevention, and regulatory compliance

Oversee vaccine storage, handling, and temperature monitoring (including excursion resolution)

Monitor emergency readiness, equipment, and supplies

Ensure proper handling of biohazards, exposure incidents, and expired medications/supplies

Support CLIA-waived testing compliance, quality control, and documentation

Clinical Standards, Audits & Continuous Improvement

Maintain and update clinical policies, workflows, standing orders, and training materials

Conduct audits (room readiness, supplies, infection control, skill checklists)

Monitor trends (abnormal results, specimen rejections, workflow gaps) and escalate risks

Use data, audits, and feedback to drive improvements and share best practices

Cross-Functional Partnership

Partner with providers, Medical Director, operations, and quality leadership

Serve as a primary resource for clinical policies, workflows, and practice standards

Escalate issues appropriately and ensure alignment across clinical and operational priorities

Additional Responsibilities

Support special projects and broader clinical operations initiatives as needed

Qualifications

Required

Active, unrestricted RN license with authorization to practice in the State of Georgia.

Minimum of three (3) years of clinical experience in primary care, family medicine, internal medicine, ambulatory care, or a comparable outpatient setting.

Demonstrated ability to lead or support clinical staff, influence change, and support consistent clinical practice in a team-based environment.

Strong communication skills with the ability to address workflow questions, support training needs, and escalate concerns appropriately.

Experience with phlebotomy, specimen collection, point-of-care testing, and outpatient clinical workflow support.

Comfortable working with EHR systems, quality workflows, and clinic documentation standards.

Preferred Qualifications

Prior experience in a clinical lead, charge nurse, preceptor, clinic based training experience, compliance or supervisory role.

Experience partnering with operations leaders or practice leaders in a multi-site or growing clinic environment.

Experience leading quality improvement initiatives, competency programs, or clinical workflow standardization.

Experience with vaccine programs, laboratory coordination, result follow-up workflows, or ambulatory quality measures.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

This role works primarily in a primary care or ambulatory clinic setting and may require standing, walking, bending, reaching, and assisting with routine clinical procedures for extended periods. The position may involve exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other clinical hazards, requiring consistent use of standard precautions and personal protective equipment.

Worksite address

atlanta, GA, 30383, US

Who can apply

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