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PALS Program Instructor, PRN

Children's National Hospital
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 1/23/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/22/2025

Responsible for teaching BLS, ACLS and / or PALS classes according to the AHA curriculum, mentoring new instructors, testing and remediating students.

Qualifications : Minimum Education

High School Diploma or GED (Required)

Minimum Work Experience

2 years Must have a current provider card in the discipline they wish to teach (BLS, ACLS and / or PALS) and have held it for 2 years (Required)

Required Licenses and Certifications

ACLS, BLS and / or PALS Instructor (Required)

Functional Accountabilities

Course Delivery

  • Delivers all core content consistent with AHA published guidelines, Instructor Manual, Lesson Plans, and agenda
  • Uses videos, checklists, equipment, and other tools as directed in the Instructor Manual
  • Allows adequate time for content delivery, skills practice, and debriefing
  • Promotes retention by reinforcing key points
  • Delivers course in a safe and nonthreatening manner
  • Relates course material to audience (prehospital or in-facility)
  • Effectively operates technology used in the course
  • Adapts terminology appropriate to location, audience, and culture
  • Accommodates students who have disabilities and other special needs
  • Provides timely and appropriate feedback to students
  • Uses principles of effective team dynamics during small group activities
  • Facilitates debriefings after scenarios to improve individual and team performance

Testing and Remediation

  • Tests students by using AHA course materials according to instructions in the Instructor Manual
  • Provides feedback to students in a private and confidential manner
  • Provides remediation by directing students to reference material and by providing additional practice opportunities
  • Retests students when indicated
  • Professionalism

  • Demonstrates professional behavior in physical presentation and teaching, including enthusiasm, honesty, integrity, commitment, compassion, and respect
  • Follows HIPAA, FERPA, and / or local guidelines maintaining confidentiality
  • Recognizes and appropriately responds to ethical issues encountered in training
  • Maintains student confidentiality when appropriate
  • Organizational Accountabilities

    Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)

    Organizational Commitment / Identification

  • Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met
  • Teamwork / Communication

  • Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
  • Partner with all team members to achieve goals
  • Receptive to others' ideas and opinions
  • Performance Improvement / Problem-solving

  • Contribute to a positive work environment
  • Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
  • Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
  • Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment
  • Cost Management / Financial Responsibility

  • Use resources efficiently
  • Search for less costly ways of doing things
  • Safety

  • Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
  • Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
  • Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
  • Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
  • Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
  • Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance
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