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Nursing Professional Development Specialist (OR) - San Rafael, California

Compensation: $170,000 to $180,000 annually

Nexus HR is looking for a Nursing Professional Development Specialist for a premier healthcare organization in the San Rafael, CA area. The ideal Nursing Professional Development Specialist will have a minimum of three years of experience as a licensed OR nurse and experience as a Preceptor or trainer.

Client-highlighted qualifications - Experience in a union environment

About the Job

Our Client is a premier healthcare organization looking for a Nursing Professional Development Specialist to support OR/PACU team in San Rafael, California. Works with regional education/leadership team to ensure OR/PACU staff are update to date on latest best practices. Part of management team but does not have direct reports.

Promotes professional development through the application of principles of adult learning in broad-based program development. Leveraging expertise in the organization’s electronic medical record(EMR), responsible for identifying, prioritizing, and evaluating, the educational and professional development needs of a clinical area; develops and delivers clinical educational programs, including specialty training, new graduate/hire training, continuing education for staff, and training for upgrades and changes to the organization’s EMR. Coordinates nursing competence & professional development programs for Patient Care Service Area for an assigned/defined clinical area. Conducts ongoing assessments of proficiencies for PCS staff and management and provide feedback and formal action plans management. Serves as the EMR expert and applies this knowledge into clinical and operational workflows.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides educational opportunities that benefit nurses at all stages of their career development. Assists learners in the assessment of needs and identification of outcomes. Incorporates principles of adult learning in implementation of education programs. Identifies and evaluates high quality, culturally diverse instructional materials in all types of media and formats. Adjusts content and teaching strategies to meet learner needs. Provides ongoing assessment of individual performance in clinical and the organization's EMR proficiencies for PCS staff and management and reports to Director of Clinical Education, Practice, and Informatics. Identifies individuals who do not meet established competency expectations and recommends a formal action plan to PCS Management.

• Develops, designs, evaluates, and manages professional development programs based on principles of adult learning that foster the development of competence in the nursing staff. Conducts ongoing evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of educational activities to ensure they maintain and enhance professional development and promote the delivery of cost-effective high quality healthcare. Develops/coordinates education plans related to orientation of new staff to the organization, initial and ongoing competency validation, core education to address patient population specific nursing care, and core education for the development of beside leaders.

• Responds to changes in nursing practice / nursing theory and develops programs to support those changes. Conducts research into professional and community practice standards, technology, clinical informatics, and clinical innovations for improved patient care.

• Ensures that the organization's EMR is leveraged for the benefit of nursing practice and improved excellence in patient care systems and processes. Assesses opportunities to support clinical practices through the use of the organization's EMR by analyzing clinical workflow to determine current practices and facilitating the improvement of specific nursing practices and processes.

• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of trends and advances in the field of Nursing and Healthcare Informatics, as well as new developments in hardware and software technology. Maintains up-to-date knowledge of nursing practices, regulatory standards, and organizational priorities. Consults staff and leadership in areas of clinical expertise (e.g. workflow and clinical use recommendations), provides information on current clinical practice, and addresses clinical questions. Ensures optimization efforts are identified and implemented to support clinical decision making that supports high quality and safe patient care.

• Participates in interdisciplinary committees to integrate educational activities into clinical care and clinical informatics / appropriate use of the organization's EMR into educational activities and clinical care. Addresses the organization's EMR and workflow issues through Regional Domains, local Domains and Cross Functional Domain. Provides leadership for clinical IT enhancements.

• Provides investigation, recommendation, prioritization and evaluation of clinical risk, and correction plans for arising concerns and issues as a result of the organization's EMR and clinical education. Monitors, tracks, and follows up on such concerns / issues. Escalates any patient safety issues identified with workflow disruptions. Assures education, programs, and classes meet budget guidelines.

• Maintains flexibility when managing multiple roles and responsibilities. Interprets and communicates across multiple disciplines. Promotes a safe and healthy work environment.

Qualifications:

• Minimum three (3) years of clinical nursing experience

• Minimum six (6) months of experience coordinating or managing education program /curriculum design, development, and evaluation/assessment preferred

• Must have OR RN experience (inpatient, acute care) Must have experience as a Preceptor or trainer

• Must have experience as a Preceptor or trainer

• Experience in a union environment

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing Bachelors Degree in Nursing or Masters Degree in Nursing earned through a direct entry MSN

• Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) or PhD in Nursing preferred

• License, Certification, Registration

• Registered Nurse License (California) required at hire

• Active BLS certification

• Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, federal, state, and local requirements

• Demonstrated knowledge in Electronic Medical Records, including functionality and expertise in workflows

• Demonstrated knowledge of medical center policy and procedure requirements, specialty training and competency requirements

• National Certification required within one year of hire

• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment

• Able to work in San Rafael, CA

• Authorized to work in the US

Benefits:

• 401k

• Dental

• PTO

• Sick Time

• Paid Holidays

• Sign-on bonus

• Annual merit increase and annual bonus