Staff Development Instructor: Bronson Emergency Department - Kalamazoo

About the role

The Staff Development Instructor serves as a learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, advocate for the professional development specialty, and partner for practice transitions. Works collaboratively with all members of the healthcare team. Delivers education in an effective and efficient manner. Provides clinical orientation and continuing education to assigned department(s). Assures standardization and best practice in education. Identified positions also act as a liaison to local schools to provide clinical placement for educational purposes.

Qualifications

• Minimum Educational Requirement: Based Upon Clinical Area Of Specialty Nursing: BSN or BS with major in nursing required; MSN or MS with major in nursing preferred. Five years of clinical experience with a focus in areas of specialty desired. Experience in teaching and certification highly desired.
• Licenses, Registrations, Certifications: Licensed in area of specialty in good standing with the State of Michigan. Must have a valid driver’s license for those roles requiring system coverage. BLS required within orientation period; BLS Instructor status required within one year of hire. Advanced life support Instructor status determined by department needs.

Skills

Must be able to operate and perform basic computer programs associated with documentation and record keeping in the department.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Interpersonal Requirements

Must demonstrate excellent human relation skills, including verbal and written communication, problem solving, and assertiveness. Must have a customer service orientation. Must demonstrate leadership and organization skills including the ability to work independently and take initiative. Must demonstrate a positive attitude. Must be able to work in and cope with the changing environment. Must demonstrate flexibility. Must demonstrate team-building skills.

Qualifying Statement

The above duties and responsibilities are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by employees assigned to this job. They are not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities associated it. To fully perform this job successfully, an individual must meet the minimum qualifications, meet the accompanying physical demands, and be able to work in the described environment. However, reasonable accommodations will be made to hire and/or retain individuals who are qualified under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Performance Standards

• Be Respectful: Seeks first to understand, recognizes, appreciates and includes all people, treats people with courtesy and kindness, assumes good intentions, maintains a safe, clean and quiet environment, works collaboratively with co-workers and departments/units/system locations while developing positive working relationships throughout the organization and system.
• Be Accountable: Supports the team, does what they agree to do, gives and receives feedback, communicates clearly, protects privacy and confidentiality, uses resources wisely, provides support to carry out organizational goals, manages the paperwork, including education or lesson plans, attendance documents, and orientee files accurately and on time, takes accountability for own actions/decisions, and supports constructive solutions.
• Be Well: Takes care of self, brings joy and passion into the workplace, learns, grows and gives back, shows interests and empathy to all, recognizes and celebrates success, adheres to and promotes the standards of professional development specialist to include: Assessment, Identification of Issues and Trends, Outcomes Identification, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation, demonstrates professional development (i.e. membership/involvement in a professional organization, certification achievement, formal education, NPAL advancement, etc.), develops educational offerings/programs based on WNA/ANCC standards for continuing education.
• Be a Problem Solver: Participates in team huddles, speaks Up, identifies and embraces problems, thinks creatively, develops and follows standard work, pays attention to detail, contributes innovative ideas to quality improvement/problem solving efforts and bases strategies on best available evidence, demonstrates flexibility in meeting needs of the department, coworkers and units and able to consider new ideas and ways of doing things to meet those needs.