Emergency Room Nursing Professional Development Practitioner

About the role

Creates, plans, implements, and coordinates orientation for individuals new to the nursing unit/department using the ANPD standards of practice including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation with the NPD Practice model.

Responsibilities

• Adjusts implementation strategies as needed based on the learner’s developmental level, learning needs, readiness, ability to learn, language, and cultural preferences.
• Engages learners in planned educational activities through use of effective facilitation skills.
• Develops, plans, implements, and coordinates activities related to training of new graduates, experienced nurses, and ancillary staff new to the unit/department based on collection of data that is used systematically and purposefully to ensure relevant and evidence-based learning for each clinician.
• Creates, plans, implements, and coordinates activities related to clinical practice and lifelong career development.
• Utilizes clinical problems to promote inquiry/investigation and improvement, follows through with competency assessment of new/changed skills and concepts.
• Performs needs assessment, gap analysis, environmental scanning and identifies high risk and problem prone related practices.
• Designs engaging, interactive, state of the art educational activities/plans rooted in adult learning principles; implements and coordinates activities related to clinical practice and lifelong career development.
• Integrates regulatory standards to meet the requirements for continuing education contact hours, when appropriate.
• Develops, incorporates, and implements evidence-based plans in collaboration with content experts, representatives of target audiences, and other stakeholders to support interprofessional/team coordination of care across the continuum.
• Aids in the identification of learning needs, strengths, and opportunities for students and practicing nurses and develops learning activities to grow skill sets based on learning needs.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of educational activities.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of word processing, data management, email, and presentation applications.
• Effective professional communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of the American Nurses Association (ANA)/Association of Nursing Professional Development (ANPD) scope and standards for Nursing Professional Development.
• Self-directed, creative, and demonstrates initiative to fulfill the seven roles of the NPD practitioner: learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for inquiry, advocate for the NPD specialty and partner for practice transitions.

Skills

• Knowledge of applicable regulatory standards (e.g., CMS, OSHA) for professional specialty served.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's of Nursing [Required]
• Master's of Nursing [Preferred]
• 2+ years nursing experience [Required]

Benefits

• Benefits from Day One: Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off from Day One
• 403-B Retirement Plan
• 4 Weeks 100% Paid Parental Leave
• Whole Person Well-being Resources
• Mental Health Resources and Support
• Pet Benefits

Schedule

• Full time
• Shift Day (United States of America)