Clinical Nurse Leader - Ambulatory Surgery Subspecialties

If you became a Clinical Nurse Leader to drive meaningful change, improve quality outcomes, and influence patient care beyond the bedside, this is the role you've been working toward. UVA Health offers a true Clinical Nurse Leader opportunity where your expertise is dedicated to advancing evidence-based practice, improving clinical workflows, and elevating the patient experience across multiple ambulatory specialties.

This position is uniquely designed for a Clinical Nurse Leader who wants to work at the top of their education and training. You will focus on leading initiatives that strengthen care delivery, improve outcomes, support regulatory excellence, and create lasting impact across multiple ambulatory clinics and specialties.

This is a dedicated Clinical Nurse Leader position
, an opportunity that is increasingly difficult to find in today's healthcare environment. In many organizations, CNL responsibilities are absorbed into Nurse Manager or Assistant Nurse Manager roles, limiting the ability to fully focus on quality, evidence-based practice, and systems improvement. At UVA Health, the Clinical Nurse Leader role is intentionally structured to allow you to concentrate on the work that defines the profession.

Working closely with nursing leadership, clinic leaders, and interdisciplinary partners, you will serve as a catalyst for improvement across multiple ambulatory specialty clinics. While not a direct patient care role, your influence will be felt throughout the patient experience by driving improvements in care delivery, clinical quality, and operational effectiveness.

In an average day, you may:

• Lead quality improvement initiatives from concept through implementation and outcome measurement.

• Evaluate clinical practices, standards, and outcomes to identify opportunities for improvement.

• Support regulatory, accreditation, and compliance initiatives across ambulatory clinics.

• Promote and implement evidence-based practice that strengthens care quality and consistency.

• Observe workflows and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and patient experience.

• Partner with clinic teams, specialty providers, and Nursing Professional Development leaders to advance strategic initiatives.

• Analyze data and outcomes to guide decision-making and support sustainable improvements.

• Support multiple ambulatory clinics and specialties while maintaining a systems-level perspective.

This role is ideal for a Clinical Nurse Leader who wants to influence care on a broader scale, build meaningful relationships across teams, and see their work translate into measurable improvements for patients, providers, and clinical operations.

For many Clinical Nurse Leaders, this role represents the opportunity they envisioned when pursuing their CNL education and certification.
This is not a bedside nursing position, staffing role, or traditional management position. It is a dedicated systems-improvement role where you can fully utilize Clinical Nurse Leader competencies to improve care delivery and patient outcomes.

At UVA Health, you will join a nationally recognized academic health system that values nursing leadership, innovation, quality improvement, and professional growth. You will be surrounded by colleagues who understand the importance of evidence-based practice and who are committed to advancing healthcare through collaboration and continuous improvement.

Highlights of this opportunity include:

• A true dedicated Clinical Nurse Leader role focused on quality, outcomes, and patient experience improvement.

• The opportunity to positively influence care across multiple ambulatory specialty clinics.

• High autonomy and ownership of meaningful improvement initiatives.

• Collaboration with…