Nursing Professional Development Specialist - Critical Care

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

As a Nursing Professional Development Specialist of Critical Care, you support our mission to provide world-class care by educating caregivers in the latest evidence-based practices. In this role, you will assist in planning, implementing and evaluating orientations and maintaining the ongoing, professional development of Nurses. Your efforts are essential to our groundbreaking and innovative healthcare programs, helping pave the way for the future of comprehensive medical services across the Ohio region. You will also gain access to professional development resources to strengthen your skills, learn new techniques and complete additional certifications.

A caregiver in this position works days from 7:00AM – 3:30PM, with flexible scheduling available.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Design, direct, implement and evaluate educational offerings based on knowledge, skills and learning levels of nursing staff.
• Identify learning needs and desires of nursing personnel.
• Develop and utilize appropriate evaluation systems to determine the effectiveness of educational activities.
• Consult with individuals within the Nursing Institute and Ambulatory Nursing, CCF and the community regarding professional nursing practice and roles.
• Assist in the development of department specific orientation and competencies as required.
• Make recommendations regarding employment, performance appraisals, promotions and terminations.
• Develop and maintain a cataloging system for tracking and retrieval of all available teaching-learning resources.
• Collaborate with clinical instructors, preceptors and project managers in setting educational goals for the individual student.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Current state licensure as Registered Nurse (RN)
• Two years of recent nursing experience with demonstrated clinical expertise, such as an ICU Clinical Nurse, Preceptor or BCLS/ACLS Instructor
• Demonstrated knowledge of education methodology, such as needs assessment, curriculum development, instructional design, and principles of adult learning
• Presentation skills

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Master's Degree
• Certification in specialty

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Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion; manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• Requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.
• Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.
• Note: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Must have Critical Care experience and position will be for all MICU and stepdown unit

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

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