Role Description
The Clinical Operations Supervisor / Team Lead will provide frontline leadership for Registered Nurses supporting the Specialty Pharmacy Initial Clinical Engagement Program. This role is responsible for leading day-to-day clinical operations, supporting nurse performance, ensuring workflow adherence, reinforcing quality and compliance expectations, and helping the team deliver a high-quality patient and caregiver experience.
The program is focused on outreach to patients at the start of a new specialty therapy, including:
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Enrollment support
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Clinical assessments
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Therapy education
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Response to patient inquiries
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Referral to additional resources as directed by workflow
The frontline nurse role includes:
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Telephonic patient and caregiver education
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Clinical assessments
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Documentation
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Adverse event identification and escalation
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Physician outreach when clinically necessary
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Adherence to quality and production standards
The Team Lead will serve as the first level of operational and clinical support for nurses, helping to drive:
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Productivity
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Quality
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Documentation accuracy
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Adherence
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Attendance
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Engagement
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Compliance
This position will also support onboarding, training, nesting, precepting, coaching, calibration, quality reviews, and operational readiness as the program scales.
Qualifications
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Active, unrestricted U.S. Registered Nurse license required.
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RN license must be in good standing.
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Must have an active unencumbered license in the state of residence.
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Must be eligible to apply for or hold a compact license, as well as additional single-state licenses as program needs require.
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Minimum three years of clinical experience as a Registered Nurse preferred.
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Minimum one year of leadership, mentoring, coaching, precepting, Team Lead, Charge Nurse, Trainer, SME, or supervisory experience preferred.
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Experience in specialty pharmacy, telephonic nursing, clinical operations, case management, care management, disease management, utilization management, patient education, or healthcare contact center operations preferred.
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Experience supporting remote, hybrid, or geographically dispersed teams preferred.
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Experience with new hire training, precepting, peer-to-peer documentation review, or clinical coaching preferred.
Requirements
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Strong coaching, mentoring, employee development, and performance management skills.
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Ability to lead difficult conversations with professionalism, consistency, and accountability.
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Ability to support employee engagement, retention, team morale, and performance improvement.
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Strong understanding of telephonic clinical workflows, patient education, clinical documentation, quality expectations, and compliance requirements.
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Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving clinical operations environment.
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, reporting tools, workforce management applications, operational dashboards, and healthcare systems.
Benefits
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Builds and supports a high-performing team of telephonic Registered Nurses.
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Drives quality, productivity, adherence, documentation accuracy, and patient experience outcomes.
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Reinforces clinical workflow adherence, patient education standards, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
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Supports successful onboarding, nesting, competency validation, and transition to independent production.
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Identifies performance trends and provides timely coaching and action planning.
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Escalates risks early and helps maintain operational stability during ramp and growth.
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Partners effectively with Training, Quality, Compliance, Workforce, HR, IT, Recruiting, and Operations leadership.
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Supports program scalability while maintaining strong clinical quality, compliance, and patient-centered service.