Nursing Professional Development Practitioner - Perioperative Services

San Juan Regional Medical Center • Farmington, NM

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Nursing Professional Development Practitioner is a dedicated clinical expert and positive role model who inspires and motivates members of the healthcare team to optimize patient care outcomes. Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.

Requirements

• Registered nurse licensure in New Mexico
• BSN within five (5) years of hire
• Clinical experience in acute care
• Demonstrated leadership, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Working knowledge of adult learning principles
• Self-motivation and accountability
• Team orientation
• Advanced certifications as required according to the “Life support certification for patient care providers” policy for specific department

Nice To Haves

• Masters Degree in Nursing (Education focus)
• Five (5) years clinical experience

Responsibilities

• Learning Facilitator
• Change Agent
• Mentor
• Leader
• Champion for inquiry
• Advocate for NPD specialty
• Partner for Practice Transition
• Onboarding/Orientation
• Competency management
• Education
• Nurse Residency Program
• Professional development
• Functions as a clinical resource to assist nursing staff, physicians, and other ancillary staff as appropriate.
• Collaborates with unit leadership to assess, plan, and implement pertinent protocols and practices.
• Audits and evaluates staff competency in care delivery using approved methods of verification. Provides results to appropriate leadership.
• Maintains the ability to provide safe direct care to a group of patients and perform all RN nursing duties.
• Maintains clinical competency and knowledge of current trends in area of specialty. Evaluates and disseminates current literature to nursing staff, physicians, etc.
• Follows patient safety-related policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Demonstrates proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes.
• Identifies, and reports correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk.
• Reports potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors, and/or near misses in a timely manner.
• Encourages patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they do not understand or “may not seem right”.
• Works within assigned units but collaborates with other Clinical Educators to provide hospital-wide education as needed.
• Actively participates in providing input for staff evaluation and goal setting.
• Provides input as relevant with performance improvement plans and/or corrective action.
• Supports the Director of Nursing Professional Development and unit leadership in assessing, goal setting, and monitoring progress with new staff members and their clinical coaches.
• Identifies and assesses the need for changes in services provided to improve quality and/or improve efficiencies, based on patient satisfaction core measures and results.
• Actively participates in the Nursing Professional Development Committee.
• Organizes work schedule to provide the necessary education for all staff on all shifts.
• Implements SJRMC’s Service Standards in their daily work: Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship.
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

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