RN Clinical Learning and Development Specialist

About the role

The Clinical Learning & Development Specialist serves as a staff development coordinator/clinical educator in long-term care settings. The work is diverse, meaningful and provides an opportunity to directly impact care delivery through education and training.

Responsibilities

• Perform skills check-offs (e.g., transfers, bathing, catheter care support)
• Identify skills gaps and provide retraining or coaching
• Regulatory standards (CMS, Joint Commission)
• Audit readiness and survey preparation
• Track and report training completion and compliance metrics
• New equipment or procedures
• Regulatory changes

Requirements

• Graduate from a nationally accredited nursing program
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing required
• A minimum of one year of hands-on clinical experience required based on licensure
• Demonstrated involvement in clinical process improvement initiatives or education activities preferred
• Compact (NLC) state
• Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for health care providers within the first 60 days employment
• Professional nursing certification in specialty area is encouraged when eligible

Qualifications

• Graduate from a nationally accredited nursing program required, including, but not limited to, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA).
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing required.
• A minimum of one year of hands-on clinical experience required based on licensure.
• Demonstrated involvement in clinical process improvement initiatives or education activities preferred.
• Compact (NLC) state.

Skills

• Ability to assess, plan, coordinate, teach and/or evaluate nursing education and training within assigned area/location(s).
• Ability to develop alternative methodologies for education based on adult learning principles.
• Ability to lead and coordinate nursing education at the bedside to support evidence-based practice, nursing initiatives and achieve excellence in nursing and quality outcomes.
• Ability to assist with skills validations and ongoing competencies.

Benefits

Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance.

Pay

$29.50 - $44.50 per hour

Schedule

Full time, 8 Hours - Day Shifts, Monday - Friday, Days, No holidays or direct care shifts required