Nurse Prof Dev Specialist - Maternal Child - F/T Day

Responsibilities

• Creates teaching/learning strategies that promote application of knowledge, skills and attitudes to practice.
• Buils the infrastructure to facilitate lifelong learning.
• Analyzes competency assessment data to identify gaps in practice.
• Develops educational programs to achieve patient oriented outcomes.
• Develops, reviews and revises nursing procedures, competency performance checklists, teaching education material both directly and on a consultation basis.
• PARTNER FOR PRACTICE TRANSITIONS:
  • Plans orientation and competency requirements based on future needs of staff.
  • Incorporates the needs of diverse nurses with varying abilities into workforce planning.
  • Prepares staff to transition across clinical settings.
  • Manages the practice gaps between academia and service.
  • Creates seamless transitions in practice (TIP)
• CHANGE AGENT:
  • Applies change theory to support organizational innovation and change management.
  • Serves as project manager conducting needs assessment, gap analysis, planning, implementing and evaluating program outcomes.
  • Champions innovation.
• MENTOR:
  • Encourages lifelong learning.
  • Partners with staff to facilitate achievement of personal and professional goals.
  • Empowers individual nurses to identify their learning needs.
  • Develops relationships to increase growth capacity among learners.
  • Coaches staff with their professional growth and role transitions.
  • Partners with staff to achieve goals.
• LEADER:
  • Aligns activities with organizational goals.
  • Provides a voice in legislative, regulatory, and accrediting bodies.
  • Calculates return on investment for educational programming and project management.
  • Measures contributions to patient safety, patient satisfaction, and quality outcomes.
  • Participates in decision-making councils and Magnet work.
• CHAMPION OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY:
  • Uses research/EBP for clinical and nursing professional development practice change.
  • Facilitates, participates in and or conducts, and/or evaluates research.
  • Implements performance improvement activities as they relate to specific focus team structure, i.e., (Critical Care, Medical-Surgical, Orientation, Women & Children, Emergency, Trauma Services, Behavioral Health, Perioperative Services, Procedural, Ambulatory and Community).
  • Disseminates findings of inquiry.
  • Analyzes and displays quantitative and qualitative data.
  • Creates interventions to address gaps in knowledge, attitudes, and practice.
  • Disseminates new knowledge to the global nursing community.
• PATIENT SAFETY & QUALITY:
  • Participates in unit specific initiatives to improve patient care outcomes and drive nursing outcomes.
  • Chairs and or participates in hospital wide committees as assigned.

  Qualifications

  • Graduate Degree (Master's or greater) in Nursing or related field.
  • If the graduate degree is in a related field, must have a baccalaureate degree in nursing.
  • Graduate of an NLN/AACN accredited program in nursing.
  • Minimum of 3 or more years of current experience in Nursing in an acute care hospital.
  • Minimum of 5 or more years of current experience in Maternal Child Health (Postpartum, NICU, and Labor and Delivery).
  • Certification in OB or EFM is required.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proficient computer skills that may include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.
  • Magnet Recognition Program knowledge.
  • Must acquire and maintain competencies, certifications and continuing education in order to meet any facility accreditation or individual licensing requirements for areas assigned.
  • This may include Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).