What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nursing Professional Development Practitioner: Emergency Services position at Akron Children's?
Full-time, 36 hours/week
Days
Onsite
Summary
The NPD Practitioner will adhere to the Scope and Standards of NPD practice to improve the practice of staff.
Responsibilities
Technical Expertise
FTE: 0.900000
Status: Onsite
Days
Onsite
Summary
The NPD Practitioner will adhere to the Scope and Standards of NPD practice to improve the practice of staff.
Responsibilities
- The NPD practitioner advances the profession by contributing to the professional development of others, supporting collaborative relationships and supporting life-long learning.
- Uses the educational design process to bridge the knowledge, skills and practice gaps identified through needs assessment.
- Influences the inter-professional practice and learning environments, the NPD specialty, and the profession of nursing and healthcare through collaboration with leadership in planning and decision making to achieve desired results.
- Actively works to transform processes at all levels through inspiration, initiation, adoption and sustainment of and adaptation to change using project management and improvement processes.
- Promotes the generation and dissemination of new knowledge and the use of evidence to advance NPD practice, guide clinical practice and improve patient care.
- Actively supports, promotes, and demonstrates nursing professional development as a nursing practice specialty through promotion of research, EBP, and QI.
- Supports the transitions of nurses and other healthcare team members across learning and practice environments, roles and professional stages.
- Other duties as required.
Technical Expertise
- Experience in project management with interdisciplinary team is required.
- Experience in data analysis and presentations is required.
- Experience working with all levels within an organization is required.
- Experience in healthcare is preferred.
- Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required.
- Education: Education: Master’s degree in Nursing or BSN and in process of attaining Master’s degree in Nursing within three years. Completion of Nurse Education track of MSN program is preferred.
- Certification: Registered Nurse licensure is required; BLS certification is required; ACLS or PALS certification may be required by area of service. Nursing Professional Development certification preferred.
- Years of relevant experience: 5 or more years is preferred.
- Years of experience supervising: None.
FTE: 0.900000
Status: Onsite
