Nursing Development Generalist - ER

At Our Lady of Lourdes, every moment in the Emergency Department matters—and so does the support we give to the nurses who care for patients in their most urgent times of need. We're seeking a compassionate ER Nurse Educator who will inspire, mentor, and prepare nurses to deliver exceptional, mission-driven care. In this role, you'll combine your emergency expertise with your passion for teaching, guiding nurses through orientation, continuing education, and skill development. By helping our caregivers grow, you'll be directly impacting the lives of patients, families, and our community when they need us most.

At Our Lady of Lourdes, we offer you much more than just a job in the healthcare industry. We offer career opportunities for people who have a calling to share their gifts and talents as part of our healing ministry. As a Catholic hospital, we are here to create a spirit of healing.

Job Summary : The Nursing Professional Development Generalist plans and develops appropriate training, utilizing behavioral objectives, lesson plans, and testing methodology in order to ensure that the organization's personnel receive the necessary education in order to perform their duties.

• Education / Training Program
• Provides introductory education and training to all new employees so they may perform their jobs, as well as promoting a positive work environment.
• Develops continuing education for the staff in an effort to enhance the quality of care within the organization.
• Plans and coordinates training activities utilizing educational processes that incorporate adult learning principles.
• Develops and designs appropriate behavioral objectives, lesson plans, teaching tools, training schedules, testing methodology and evaluation tools in order to ensure personnel receive appropriate training for their level of expertise.
• Develops self-study modules to be utilized for orientation as well as yearly competencies.
• Modifies education programs, as needed, based on evaluation data.
• Quality
• Develops programs, processes and documentation systems to maintain accreditation status as a provider and sponsor of high quality nursing continuing education activities.
• Maintains appropriate documentation of educational records and statistics in order to ensure continued accreditation as a provider of continuing education.
• Develops and evaluates competency based performance criteria based on the goals of each department and the organization as a whole.
• Promotes the quality and efficiency of his / her own performance by remaining current with the latest trends in healthcare. Participates in job-related seminars, workshops, conferences and affiliations with professional organizations.
• Collaboration & Partnership
• Promotes and maintains effective communications with all departments within the organization.
• Assists staff in identifying their learning needs and planning learning activities to meet those needs based on technical skills, interpersonal relations skills, and critical thinking skills.
• Other Duties as Assigned
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

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