Clinical Professional Development Specialist

UPMC Horizon is hiring a Clinical Professional Development Specialist to join the Educational Services Team! This part-time role will work varying days and shifts Monday through Friday with travel between the UPMC Horizon and Jameson locations required. No on call, weekend, or holiday work is required. Candidates with obstetric experience, including labor and delivery, newborn, and postpartum care are encouraged to apply! The role includes key instructional responsibilities such as serving as a Neonatal Resuscitation Program Instructor and BLS Instructor.

Purpose:
The Clinical Professional Development Specialist has the authority, responsibility and accountability for delivery of clinical education curriculum to clinical staff. Orientation and ongoing clinical education are the main objectives of this position. The Clinical Professional Development Specialist ensures clinical staff in assigned area of responsibility receive ongoing training/education to provide high quality patient care and the UPMC Patient Experience to patients.

Responsibilities:
 

• Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by building teams and relationships through mentoring, support and positive communication working directly with frontline clinical staff. Conveys information and ideas clearly through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message. Serve as a formal and informal mentor for new clinical staff members and mentor new preceptors to be successful in their role.? Responsible for unit-based onboarding and orientation. Teach staff how to manage the care of patients including assessment, interdisciplinary planning, implementation, evaluation of patient care, teaching and discharge planning. Identify, communicate and respond to meet the learning needs of clinical staff. Serves as a resource/consultant for patients, nursing staff and other disciplines in area of specialty. Promotes patient education needs for frontline clinical staff. Participate in department-based Performance Improvement projects. Participate in professional and community organizations. Develops professional coaching and feedback skills to support and validate UPMC Experience initiatives not limited to Bedside Shift Report, Hourly Rounding, AIDET, etc. Training/education of clinical staff during non-traditional work hours may be required based on the needs of assigned unit. Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors. Performs other duties as assigned.