RN, Program Specialist, Nursing Education (Full-time, Day Shift)

Adventist Health•Hanford, CA

3d•$120,077 - $180,115•Onsite

About The Position

Promotes professional development through the application of adult learning principles. Maintains responsibility for identifying, prioritizing and evaluating the educational and professional development needs of their clinical area; develops and delivers clinical educational programs, including specialty training, new graduate/hire training, and continuing education for staff. Manages nursing competence and professional development programs. Conducts ongoing assessments of proficiencies for staff and provides feedback and creates formal action plans.

Requirements

Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification or Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Required
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Required
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Required
AHA-ACLS or ARC-ALS: Required

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN): Preferred
Nursing experience: Preferred
Master's Degree in Nursing (MSN): Preferred

Responsibilities

Develops, designs, evaluates and manages professional development programs based on principles of adult learning that fosters development of competence in the nursing staff.
Conducts ongoing evaluation of quality/effectiveness of educational activities to ensure they maintain/enhance professional development.
Formulates/coordinates education plans for orientation of new staff, initial and ongoing competency validation, education to address patient population-specific care and development of bedside leaders.
Responds to changes in nursing practice/nursing theory and develops programs to support changes.
Conducts research into professional and community practice standards and clinical innovations for improved patient care.
Performs educational needs appraisal of individual departments, including assessment of needs.
Formulates education plan and implements individualized educational strategies.
Evaluates knowledge and practice of employees.
Participates in interdisciplinary committees to integrate educational activities into clinical care including creating hospital policy, planning curriculum and teaching techniques, implementing and evaluating education.
Investigates clinical practice concerns as they arise and evaluates clinical risk and develops corrective action plan.
Escalates patient safety concerns, as needed.
Supervises development of new graduates/hires and recommends whether the new employee meets the organizational expectations.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.