Professional Development Generalist | Psychiatry

Qualifications

• Education
• Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited school of Nursing
• Master’s degree in education field preferred
• Experience
• Four years nursing clinical experience
• Nursing professional development experience preferred
• Licenses and Certifications
• Required:
• RN - Registered Nurse - Texas State Licensure - Texas Board of Nursing_PSV Compact Licensure – Must obtain permanent Texas license within 60 days (if establishing Texas residency)
• BLS - Basic Life Support or Instructor (AHA) - American Heart Association
• Magnet ANCC-recognized Certification (HM) within 6 months
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or Instructor (AHA)
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support or Instructor (AHA)

Essential Functions

• People Essential Functions
• Promotes a positive workplace environment which is conducive to ongoing professional learning, to advance individual, departmental, organization, or system-level goals.
• Engages in collaborative partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, including through Shared Governance participation, to drive professional development initiatives and achieve optimal results.
• Serves as a clinical resource utilizing effective communication skills. Utilizes peer-to-peer accountability towards improvement of department score for employee engagement.
• Service Essential Functions
• Participates in the delivery of core, entity-wide learning activities, and may collaborate with other practitioners or interdisciplinary team members.
• Reports professional development initiative outcome measures to relevant stakeholders and engages in action planning, as necessary, to meet learner needs, and entity-based goals.
• Participates in program instruction which may include orientation, practice transition, and role development.
• Quality/Safety Essential Functions
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives, as identified through assessment data and knowledge of key quality indicators.
• Participates in initial and ongoing competency assessments, utilizing a variety of validation methods, and guided by appliable standards and evidence.
• Integrates applicable evidence, policies, procedures, regulatory guidance, instructional technology, and adult learning theory into educational offerings.
• Finance Essential Functions
• Initiative-taking to independently manage time effectively and prioritizes daily tasks to meet address needs and achieve goals.
• Positively impacts quality and finance outcomes through efficient utilization of resources and makes appropriate recommendations. Reports variation in anticipated needs or expected resource utilization.
• Growth/Innovation Essential Functions
• Promotes a spirit of inquiry by applying evidence-based practice and research in patient care. Participates and collaborates in clinical inquiry projects.
• Acts to address learners’ growth opportunities to ensure patient care meets and/or exceeds the standards of care.
• Completes and updates My Development plan (MDP) on an ongoing basis to build nursing professional development knowledge and skill.

Supplemental Requirements

• Work Attire
• No uniform
• Yes, scrubs
• Yes, business professional
• No other (department approved)
• On Call
• No
• May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area
• Yes
• May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area
• No

Company Profile

Houston Methodist Hospital is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 1 hospital in Texas and one of America’s “Best Hospitals.” As a full-service, acute-care hospital located in the Texas Medical Center and the flagship hospital of Houston Methodist, it has evolved into one of the nation’s largest nonprofit teaching hospitals and a leader in innovative medical research with a comprehensive residency program. Two of Houston Methodist’s primary academic affiliates are among the nation’s leading health care organizations: Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Houston Methodist also has affiliations with Texas A&M University and the University of Houston. Houston Methodist Hospital offers unparalleled care for thousands of patients from around the world.

Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.