Nursing Professional Development Practitioner Emergency Department

AdventHealth•Deland, FL

50d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Practitioner functions as a learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for inquiry, advocate for NPD specialty and partner for practice transitions as they guide the learner toward desired outcomes. The NPD Practitioner continuously uses environmental scanning to intentionally assess opportunities and challenges within and externally to the organization, and identifies opportunities based on global and national healthcare trends, legislative changes, needs of collaborative partners, educational gaps, emerging technologies, and the clinical staff members desire for growth. The NPD Practitioner actively interacts with learners to contribute to nursing professional development processes and ensures the achievement of measurable outcomes, influences professional role competence and growth of learners in a variety of settings. The NPD Practitioner plays a pivotal role in strengthening the nursing workforce, serving as a role model, mentoring current and future generations of nurses.

Requirements

Bachelor's of Nursing
2 years of nursing experience in a hospital setting
Registered Nurse (RN) License

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree
Experience in Emergency Department setting
Experience as preceptor
Previous teaching experience in formal/informal settings
1 years of experience as an NPD Practitioner

Responsibilities

Serves as a resource for clinical inquiry process, including identification of potential projects, and/or subject matter expertise. Demonstrates a spirit of inquiry to support professional curiosity including research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement initiatives using the organizations preferred structure, i.e. PDSA (plan, do, study, act). Works with others to identify problems and solutions and collaboratively create and assists in the implementation of the changes planned. Creates a supportive environment for nursing research, scientific inquiry, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice. Disseminates evidence-based practice findings through educational programs, courses, and other activities. Other duties as assigned.
Creates, plans, implements, and coordinates orientation for individuals new to the nursing unit/department using the ANPD standards of practice including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation with the NPD Practice model using inputs, throughputs, and outcomes to ensure a systematic approach to onboarding orientation. Adjusts implementation strategies as needed based on the learners developmental level, learning needs, readiness, ability to learn, language, and cultural preferences. Engages learners in planned educational activities through use of effective facilitation skills.
Creates, plans, implements, and coordinates activities related to training of new graduates, experienced nurses, and ancillary staff new to the unit/department based on collection of data that is used systematically and purposefully to ensure relevant and evidence-based learning for each clinician. Develop/coordinates education plans related to initial and ongoing competency validation. Activities include coaching of new nurses, facilitation of learning, using simulation, and tools that capture objective and subjective data about the individuals knowledge base and actual performance. Utilizes clinical problems to promote inquiry/investigation and improvement, follows through with competency assessment of new/changed skills and concepts. Creates the safest environment possible for conducting assessment and observation of practice. Collects data to evaluate and refine competency management activities. Role models competent practice and facilitates a positive learning environment. Performs needs assessment, gap analysis, environmental scanning and identifies high risk and problem prone related practices.