Professional Development Specialist RN (part time)

Responsibilities

• Provides and promotes service in a professional, courteous manner towards patients, visitors, and other staff members.
• Serves as a primary contact for area schools and colleges requiring clinical affiliation.
• Affords assistance to the decentralized clinical education team with educational programs, certification and competency evaluation.
• Fulfills the role of a mentor, role model and clinical resource, and provides feedback to the nursing leadership team for staff member and program evaluations.
• Facilitates programs which include staff development and enrichment, orientation / onboarding of new staff, student nurse clinical experiences, competency development, accreditation preparation, workforce planning and supporting new and existing clinical s
• Collaborates with the Director of Nursing Professional practice in the budget associated with AHA costs.
• Affords assistance with monitoring compliance of AHA credentials.
• Assigns clinical placement to local schools and colleges.
• Reports all trends to the Director of Nursing Professional Practice and Nursing Leadership.
• Collaborates with department Nurse Managers to develop and coordinate unit based and online education plans.
• Approves and monitors compliance with contact hour programming.
• Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• This position requires a minimum formal education of a Master’s degree, matriculated in a Masters in Nursing program.
• RN License in Connecticut required.
• Nursing Board Certification is required within one year of hire.
• Basic life Support (BLS) instructor and Advanced Life Support Instructor (ACLS) by the American Heart Association.
• Five years of recent acute care experience and demonstrates strong clinical and hands on skill.
• Skilled in EKG interpretation.
• Able to independently facilitate emergency drills using clinical simulation.
• Leadership experience and has Knowledge of regulatory requirements.
• Excellent communication skills, computer skills including word and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of adult learning principle.
• Ability to insure that educational activities are implemented and evaluated.

Qualifications

• Minimum Experience: five years
• Desired: Previous teaching experience preferred.
• Certification in Nursing Professional Development (NPD).
• Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) Instructor.

Skills

• Anatomy experience and chemotherapy certification preferred.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$45.93 - $85.29 Hourly

Schedule

Not specified.