Clinical Professional Development Specialist

UPMC•Greenville, PA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

UPMC Horizon is hiring a Clinical Professional Development Specialist to join the Educational Services Team! This full-time role will primarily work Monday through Friday with weekend flexibility to meet the needs of the department and unit staff. This position will also travel between the UPMC Horizon and UPMC Jameson locations.

Requirements

Bachelors degree required
Minimum of 2 years of clinical experience required
CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

Nice To Haves

Masters degree preferred
Relevant teaching experience preferred
UPMC approved certification preferred

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.