RN Clinical Professional Development Practitioner - Southside Community Hospital- Part-Time

The RN Clinical Professional Development Practitioner is a registered nurse who influences professional role competence and professional growth of learners in a variety of settings. The RN Clinical Professional Development Practitioner supports lifelong learners in an inter-professional environment that facilitates continuous development and learning for the healthcare team. The RN Clinical Professional Development Practitioner uses tools, theories, skills, and knowledge of Professional Development to improve the practice of the healthcare team. The RN Clinical Professional Development Practitioner is responsible for promoting lifelong learning of the healthcare team through orientation/onboarding, competency management, education, professional role development, research/EBP/QI, and collaborative partnerships.

Required Qualifications:

• Demonstration of strong clinical skills
• A strong understanding of adult learning principles and practices
• Excellent coaching, precepting and mentoring skills
• A desire for lifelong learning
• The ability to identify learning needs and identify education opportunities for target audiences
• Expertise in measuring learning outcomes.
• Flexibility to adapt or change learning strategies based on outcomes
• Experience in helping nurses connect what they learn to their work
• Effective communication skills with nurses at all levels as well as nursing leadership
• Strategic problem solving skills
• A desire to work in teams

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors of Science in Nursing

Preferred Qualifications:

• Specialty Certification
• Masters of Science in Nursing

Travel Required

Travel may be required up to 15% of the time.

Work Environment:

The noise level in the work environment is usually [moderate].

The setting for this role will include office and healthcare settings. Exposure to controlled temperature environments, both hot and cold, is to be expected.

Workplace Exposure:

All procedures or other job-related tasks that involve an inherent potential for mucous membrane or skin contact with blood, body fluids or tissues, or a potential for spill or splashes of (blood or body fluids).

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate with others. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, demonstrate hand and finger dexterity in the course of their work, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

The expected physical workload is expected to be [Select one:

Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

This role is expected to use the following machines, tools, and equipment:

• Computer
• Basic nursing care equipment for the area in which they serve (differs based on specialty area)

• Functions in alignment within the roles of the Nursing Professional Develop Practitioner as defined by the Association for Nursing Professional Development – learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for inquiry, advocate for the NPD specialty and partner for practice transitions.
• Develops knowledge and competency in professional development practices.
• Responsible for Nursing Professional Development throughputs that support Organizational Mission and Vision.
• Creates education to close practice gaps, based on identified learning needs.
• Evaluates personal practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, and relevant statutes, rules, and regulations.
• Uses the best available evidence to guide practice decisions.
• Facilitates professional role development for self and others, including maintaining familiarity with nursing professional development resources to support practice.
• Actively works to assist in transformation processes at the unit/area level, utilizing project management and improvement processes.
• Collaborates with representatives of other professions and specialty areas to design, manage, implement, coordinate, and evaluate education.
• Keep up to date on knowledge related to state regulations and requirements for nursing continuing education and professional development.
• Document and keep records of professional development as required.
• Navigate educational technology, such as learning management system and simulation equipment.
• Assist in services to multiple nursing and ancillary departments across the organization including the ability to work irregular hours or travel as needed to conduct educational activities.

CPD Department Only:

• Responsible for competency management, education, role development, onboarding & orientation, inquiry, competency management, collaborative partnerships, role development, education.
• Supports the seamless transition to practice for the newly hired nurse as well as the nurse transitioning from one unit to another.
• Supports the creation and maintenance of clinical competencies.
• Provides learning opportunities to advance clinical competencies and decision-making skills of staff.
• Maintain familiarity with nursing professional development resources such as professional associations for the specialty focus areas for which you are assigned, in addition to the professional development specialty.
• Promotes and integrates the science of NPD specialty to continuously improve practice.

Virtual Learning Department Only:

• Proficient in operating multiple pieces of simulation equipment to execute complex simulations as well as troubleshoot technical problems as needed.
• Facilitate debriefing of the simulation experience by promoting participant reflective thinking and providing constructive feedback of the participant’s performance. Encourage participation of learners in debriefing to promote transfer of learning to clinical setting. Mentor and supervise new simulation faculty with debriefing techniques.

Other Functions:

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None