Practice Leader, Neonatal Critical Care

The Practice Leader (PL) for the Neonatal Critical Care, is a Registered Nurse (RN) responsible for upholding excellence in the provision of nursing care through the implementation of professional scope and standards, organizational vision, mission and values, and strategic and operational priorities. As an expert clinician within nursing practice, supports the development and sustainability of the practice environment to achieve nurse and patient outcomes. The PL is accountable for leading the nursing practice environment by supporting clinical nurses engaged in direct patient care, driving practice advances and innovations at the system, unit, service line levels by ensuring the use of evidence and best practice for education and competency, informatics and technology, research, professional development, professional practice foundations and model quality and safety. An important focus of the PL is understanding organizational goals and designing, implementing, and evaluating practice change initiatives that advance these goals.