Nursing Professional Development Specialist ( Med Surge)

Nursing Professional Development Specialist ( Med Surge)

SCOPE OF POSITION :

Uses clinical knowledge and adult learning principles and techniques to provide educational services and events to clinical personnel that foster clinical competency hospital-wide. Collaborates with unit / department directors, assistant directors, and clinical instructors to identify learning needs and to plan, develop, deliver, and evaluate educational programs directed toward the achievement of excellence in clinical care and practice. Reports to Director of Education.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Plans and develops educational activities, resource guides, and other tools using adult learning principles and various teaching methods (e.g., classroom instruction, computer-based learning, demonstrations, simulations, and case studies, handouts, newsletters) to facilitate and enhance the achievement of individual, departmental, and institutional competency and training goals related to clinical care and practice.
• Creates and maintains positive working relationships with stakeholder groups. Participates in opportunities to network with customer groups including school faculty and members of professional organizations.
• Maintains knowledge of Joint Commission standards and institutional / departmental standards, ensuring compliance with applicable standards. Responds to regulatory requirements by assisting in the creation of systems and processes to address performance deficiencies. Creates and delivers targeted educational events to correct deficiencies.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to establish and distribute training schedules to all customer groups.
• Uses and / or initiates research with the goal of enhancing performance and educational outcomes.
• Develops, administers, and interprets results from appropriate program evaluation tools to determine effectiveness of training programs and events. Revises course curriculum based on program evaluation results.
• Utilizes the HealthStream e-learning system to, author courses, create tests, assign classes as appropriate, enroll students, grant credit and / or grade classes, and run relevant completion reports for self and stakeholders.
• Provides support to decentralized Clinical Instructors.
• Maintains clinical and educational competence.
• Accountable for special projects as identified and assigned.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS :

THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION COVERS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DUTIES PERFORMED BUT DOES NOT EXCLUDE OTHER OCCASIONAL WORK ASSIGNMENTS NOT MENTIONED, THE INCLUSION OF WHICH WOULD BE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE FACTOR DEGREES ASSIGNED TO THIS JOB.

REVISED DATE : 09 / 28 / 2022

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