Nursing Professional Development Practitioner - Med-Surg

Description : Job Summary :

Serves as entry level professional nursing and patient care services employee development role that leverages the application of principles of adult learning in broad-based program development and implementation.

Leverages foundational clinical and professional development knowledge in assessing, monitoring, and prioritizing the educational and professional development needs of a unit or department;

supports the development and delivery of clinical educational programs, including specialty training, new graduate / hire training, continuing education for staff, and training for upgrades and changes to KPHC.

Coordinates nursing competence & professional development programs for the assigned clinical units / departments / area(s).

Conducts ongoing assessments of proficiencies for PCS staff and management and provides feedback and formal action plans management.

Essential Responsibilities :

• Incorporates principles of adult learning in implementation of education programs.
• Identifies and evaluates high quality, culturally diverse instructional materials in all types of media and formats.
• Adjusts content and teaching strategies to meet learner needs.
• Identifies individuals who do not meet established competency expectations and recommends a formal action plan to PCS leadership
• Maintains flexibility when managing multiple roles and responsibilities.
• Interprets and communicates across multiple disciplines.
• Promotes a safe and healthy work environment.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of trends and advances in the field of Nursing and Healthcare Informatics, as well as new developments in hardware and software technology.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of nursing practices, regulatory standards, and organizational priorities.
• Collaborates staff and leadership in areas of clinical expertise (e.g. workflow and clinical use recommendations), provides information on current clinical practice, and addresses clinical questions.
• Ensures optimization efforts are identified and implemented to support clinical decision making that supports high quality and safe patient care.

Basic Qualifications :

Experience

• Minimum two (2) years of nursing experience.
• Minimum one (1) year of experience in nursing clinical education which includes teaching, precepting or supporting educational programs.

Education

• Bachelors degree in nursing or a related field
• Graduate of accredited school of nursing.

License, Certification, Registration

• Registered Nurse License (California) required at hire
• Basic Life Support

Additional Requirements :

• Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, federal, state, and local requirements.
• Demonstrated knowledge in KP HealthConnect including functionality and expertise in workflows (or for external hires,
• similarly integrated medical record).
• Demonstrated knowledge of medical center policy and procedure requirements, specialty training and competency
• requirements.
• National Certification required within one year of hire

Preferred Qualifications :

• N / A
30+ days ago