Assists in identifying potential areas of program development, developing strategic implementation plan, identifying, implementing and coordinating program development objectives from the clinical and nursing perspective, continuous monitoring and implementation of the most efficient and effective patient care systems, designing and implementing of clinical research and quality improvement projects. Ability to assess and interpret data about the patients status in order to identify each patient''s age specific needs and to provide the care needed by the adolescent, young adult, middle adult and geriatric patient groups serviced.