What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Professional Development position at Stillwater Medical?
Are you passionate about creating engaging education and training opportunities for health care professionals? Join our team as the Director of Professional Development! Your role will be pivotal, not only in building strong relationships with our area educational partners but also in providing system-wide staff growth and development strategy to support our award-winning healthcare team. Join us in making a meaningful difference every day.
Key attributes for success in this position:
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Unwavering commitment to exceptional patient care
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Active listener, with good communication skills, who can problem solve and think outside the box
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Versatility and flexibility
Why choose Stillwater Medical?
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Competitive wages
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Excellent benefits
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Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work - since 2012
JOB SUMMARY:
The Director of Professional Development provides strategic educational and organizational development vision and goals for Stillwater Medical. Significant responsibilities include but are not limited to formulating and administering policies and programs, managing human, financial, and physical resources. Responsible for oversight of personnel training in the areas of mandatory and continuing education. Ensure that courses are available to assist employees in meeting their educational goals. Assess clinical and operational requirements and the laws and regulations of the healthcare industry and system needs. Promotes and supports system-wide staff growth and development and collaborates with administration, department managers and team to implement both centralized and department-based continuing education activities. Maintain working relationship with educational institutions. Provides leadership and support to the organization’s goals and tactics to promote standards of excellence.
QUALIFICATIONS:
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Bachelors required.
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Masters preferred.
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Healthcare experience preferred.
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Critical thinking, service excellence and good interpersonal skills.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
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Must be able to talk and hear in order to converse with others in person and over the telephone.
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Good vision, or correctable with glasses/contacts, to prepare and read reports and to fulfill both major and minor tasks.
