Clinical Professional Development Specialist III - Progressive Care Units - RMC

Presbyterian Healthcare Services • Rio Rancho, NM

16d • Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Professional Development Specialist III serves as an educator, consultant, researcher, instructional and evaluation designer, clinical practice expert, and interprofessional collaborator supporting clinical development needs throughout the Presbyterian Healthcare Services enterprise. The role supports the educational components of organizational clinical initiatives and practices.

The specialist assesses learning and performance needs; designs and delivers effective, budget-conscious educational programs; and evaluates whether learning transfers into practice. The role also supports clinical staff with informatics systems, coaches and mentors staff at the point of care, promotes evidence-based practice, helps address clinical performance gaps, and collaborates on practice and workflow changes. The position may lead advanced clinical skills and critical-thinking development related to its specialty assignment.

This is a full-time, exempt position with a weekday Monday–Friday schedule. The listed location is 2400 Unser Blvd SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124.

Requirements

• State of New Mexico or Compact State nursing license.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
• Master’s degree in Nursing, Nursing Education, Education, Instructional Design, Business, Leadership, Informatics, Administration, or an equivalent degree.
• At least 3 years of clinical care expertise in the clinical specialty.
• Maintain current BLS and ACLS training; PALS, NRP, TNCC, and other emergency response certifications may be required depending on the area of assignment.

Nice To Haves

• Specialty certification in nursing, informatics, education, or an equivalent certification.

Responsibilities

• Assess learning and performance needs and collaborate with stakeholders to identify target-audience gaps and agree on approaches to address them.
• Define performance objectives and design budget-conscious instruction, training delivery, and learning technology to meet those objectives.
• Develop and implement educational programs in collaboration with management and team members, including programs aligned with organizational strategic objectives.
• Build methods to deploy educational programs and collect, analyze, and report on their effectiveness.
• Provide at-the-elbow support to teams and clinical staff using informatics systems.
• Develop and implement evaluation tools to measure satisfaction, learning, and transfer to performance.
• Partner with management to assess clinical performance gaps and develop remediation action plans.
• Model high standards of clinical practice, coach staff at the point of care, and mentor others in evidence-based practice.
• Organize and deploy clinical practice leaders in partnership with management.
• Collaborate with interprofessional groups to solve practice, process, and workflow problems through data analysis, action planning, consensus building, and evaluation of changes.
• Work with and mentor Clinical Education team members and nursing management to accelerate clinical performance.
• Initiate or support practice changes through the clinical governance process and participate in or lead local, state, or national committees and specialty groups.
• Incorporate research into clinical practice, lead research projects, and support or initiate research to enhance practice.
• Support, role model, champion, and integrate behaviors that uphold The Promise and CARES Commitments.
• Lead advanced clinical skills and critical thinking related to specialty practice when assigned to a specialty area.

Benefits

• Tuition and certification reimbursement and scholarship opportunities.
• Staff Safety wearable badge for nurses to call for help when safety is a concern.
• Differentials for night and weekend shifts, higher education, certifications, and eligible lead roles.
• Malpractice liability insurance.
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department.
• Wellness program with free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, and wellness challenges.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior