Nurse Prof Dev Specialist - Per Diem Days

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.
• Partners 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.
• Serves as a change agent, supporting staff as a facilitator or leader through the change process and sustainability.
• Mentor: Encourages lifelong learning.
• Pairs 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.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

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.
• 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).