Professional Development Specialist -Nursing Education and Professional Development
Company: Children's National
Location: Washington
Posted on: April 24, 2024
Job Description:
Minimum Education
M.S. Nursing or Masters of Education or related field, with
baccalaureate degree in nursing (Required)
Minimum Work Experience
5 years related and progressive acute care and management
experience (Required)
Required Skills/Knowledge
Will successfully complete the hospital and nursing orientation at
CNMC.
Accountable for providing services in a manner that is sensitive to
diversity.
Demonstrates skills consistent with providing CPR Instruction and
other clinical programs.
Required Licenses and Certifications
Registered Nurse in District of Columbia (Required)
Licensure/certification in specialty required as applicable
(Required)
Functional Accountabilities
Professional Practice
- Support/participate in Shared Leadership.
- Contribute to CNMC's Magnet Journey .
- Ensure nursing practice is based on evidence of best
practice.
- Participate in performance improvement activities (division or
unit level).
- Participate in community activities.
Education
- Collaborate with department manager/director and staff to plan,
develop, implement and evaluate educational programs for the CNMC
nurse.
- Design, implement and maintain systems to document clinical
competency and participation in education programs.
- Manage continuing education programs.
- Develop plans and present educational programs consistent with
the educational needs assessments.
- Use knowledge base of teaching and learning theories to develop
curriculum design, test and measurement evaluation.
Facilitator
- Facilitate the ongoing competency assessment for nursing staff
related to orientation, in-service education and/or continuing
education.
- Use adult learning principles to contribute to professional
development activities.
- Serve as a role model for other educators and facilitate team
building.
- Serve as faculty/coordinator for centralized nursing
orientation and other in-service programs for professional and
para-professional nursing staff.
Leadership
- Collaborate with the Director/Manager for Professional
Development and other organizational leaders to promote AHA
guidelines across healthcare disciplines.
- Participate in assigned organizational committees.
- Design, coordinate, and evaluate interventions which advance
CNMC's mission, support the strategic plan, and deliver designated
outcomes.
- Serve as consultant in instructional design and evaluation.
- Collaborate with hospital committees and shared nursing
leadership council to review and revise nursing practice
guidelines, policies and procedures in keeping with current
evidence based practice.
Change Agent
- Collaborate with members of organizational team to review,
revise, and develop appropriate tools to meet CNMC's and other
accreditation agency's competency assessment standards.
- Implement processes to monitor organizational competency
assessment.
- Collaborate with nursing leadership to develop intervention
plans based on needs assessment, mission and strategic plan.
- Collaborate with the health care community (academic partners,
DOH, Board of Nursing) to strengthen professional nursing practice
at CNMC.
Research
- In collaboration with the Director/Manager , engage research/PI
process as principal investigator , collaborator or evaluator.
- Evaluate the outcomes of educational endeavors and track
learner's outcomes.
- Responsible to ensure review and revision of clinical practice
guidelines, policies, and procedures in keeping with recent
research, theory and innovation.
- Assess, measure and report performance using appropriate
methodologies and strategies.
Organizational Accountabilities
Organizational Commitment/Identification
- Partner in the mission and upholds the core principles of the
organization
- Committed to diversity and recognizes value of cultural ethnic
differences
- Demonstrate personal and professional integrity
- Maintain confidentiality at all times
Customer Service
- Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until
needs are met
T eamwork/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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