Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Facilitator RN - TriService Nursing Research Program

About The Position

The Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Facilitator will directly support EBP efforts. The primary focus of the role is on training, mentoring, and encouraging evidence-based EBP efforts among staff at a military treatment facility in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. This includes helping staff select appropriate EBP topics, develop a strong PICO(T) question, form inter-professional teams, review and synthesize published literature, select appropriate outcome measures, analyze and evaluate the outcomes, and disseminate the results of the project.

This position will be required to work full time on-site at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) in Portsmouth, VA. A thorough government background check will be administered.

About The Program

The TriService Nursing Research Program (TSNRP) program supports gold standard science through Evidence-Based Practice projects and military nursing research on areas relevant to operational military readiness and military nursing practice. TSNRP is the only Department of Defense (DoD) program to enable armed forces nurses to conduct military nursing research. The program located at Uniformed Services University (Bethesda) provides TSNRP EBP Facilitators that mentor EBP projects with the goal of optimal patient outcomes, and project sustainment at military treatment facilities and operational settings.

Salary Range

$90,000 - $105,000. Salaries are determined based on several factors including external market data, internal equity, and the candidate’s related knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (at a minimum) required or Advanced Nursing Degree (preferred)
• Active registered nursing license (RN) required
• Completion of formal, 3-credit, graduate-level Evidence-Based Practice course or equivalent
• Experience conducting Evidence-Based Practice projects
• Expected to function autonomously and develop long-term goals
• Requires a foundation of clinical knowledge, organizational function, data analysis abilities, and strong written and verbal communication skills
• Must be detail oriented and able to follow through on all assigned tasks
• Demonstrates effective skills in all forms of communication
• Ability to adapt to flexible work schedules and frequent interruptions
• Visa sponsorship not available
  
  
  

Responsibilities

• Acts as a role model and mentor to the various hospital and medical staff departments in facilitating and supporting EBP activities, both via the provision of available resources as well as direct support of the EBP process
• Will directly support EBP teams and goals
• Questions clinical practices for the purpose of improving the quality of care
• Describes clinical problems using internal evidence
• Participates in the formulation of clinical questions using PICOT format
• Searches for external evidence to answer focused clinical questions
• Participates in critical appraisal of preappraised evidence
• Participates in the critical appraisal of published research studies to determine their strength and applicability to clinical practice
• Participates in the evaluation and synthesis of a body of evidence gathered to determine its strength and applicability to clinical practice
• Collects practice data systematically as internal evidence for clinical decision making in the care of individuals, groups, and populations
• Integrates evidence gathered from external and internal sources in order to plan evidence-based practice changes
• Implements practice changes based on evidence and clinical expertise and patient preferences to improve care processes and patient outcomes
• Evaluates outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations to determine best practices
• Disseminates best practices supported by evidence to improve quality of care and patient outcomes
• Participates in strategies to sustain an evidence-based practice culture
• Serves as a mentor to staff for EBP projects
• Develops, implements and maintains processes that support EBP efforts
• Actively leads at least one ongoing EBP project
• Identifies centrally available clinical and business data to support EBP projects
• Assists with development and implementation of EBP training
• Assists appropriate clinical staff and nursing committees to incorporate EBP principles
• Exhibits responsibility and accountability for assigned work, works independently
• Must balance multiple tasks/projects while meeting organizational standards