Staff Development Coordinator Emergency Services

Trinity Health • Athens, GA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Development Coordinator is the clinical expert in evidence-based nursing practice and patient care within a specialty care setting. The position functions both autonomously and in collaboration with other health care providers to manage, support, and coordinate the care of acute and/or critically ill patients. The Staff Development Coordinator will oversee clinical staff development in the St. Mary’s Health Care System Emergency Departments. They will collaborate with key stakeholders to design, coordinate, and implement new hire orientation curriculum that meets SMHS learner goals, objectives, and position specific competency requirements. This role involves assessing unit challenges, opportunities, and practice gap impacts to new hires, experienced staff transitioning roles, or interprofessional teams through active collaboration between the learner and the role of Staff Development Coordinator. The Coordinator will develop actions and processes in clinical, classroom, and/or online environments to address scope of practice through onboarding and orientation, competency management, role development, preceptor training, evidence-based practice, and collaborative partnerships. Additionally, the role provides leadership in advancing the practice of nursing to achieve quality and cost-effective patient outcomes, as well as leadership of multidisciplinary groups in designing and implementing innovative alternative solutions that address system problems and/or patient care issues. This includes providing leadership in advancing the practice of nursing to achieve quality and cost-effective patient outcomes and providing leadership of professional education and certification. The Coordinator will facilitate ongoing trauma-specific clinical training (such as TNCC, ATLS, and ATCN) for nursing and ancillary staff, provide clinical teaching and supervision, and direct patient assignments for new and experienced staff. Participation in performance evaluation and management, including verbal coaching and counseling, is also a key part of this role.

Requirements

• Current, active licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Georgia.
• Graduation from an NLM accredited school of nursing.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.
• Minimum of 5 years’ nursing and clinical education experience.
• Maintains BLS, ACLS, and PALS (or must obtain PALS or ENPC within 6 months of hire).

Nice To Haves

• Must obtain PALS or ENPC within 6 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Oversee clinical staff development in the St. Mary’s Health Care System Emergency Departments.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to design, coordinate, and implement new hire orientation curriculum that meets SMHS learner goals, objectives, and position specific competency requirements.
• Assess unit challenges, opportunities, and practice gap impacts to new hires, experienced staff transitioning roles, or interprofessional teams through active collaboration between the learner and the role of Staff Development Coordinator.
• Develop actions and processes in clinical, classroom, and/or online environments to address scope of practice through onboarding and orientation, competency management, role development, preceptor training, evidence-based practice, and collaborative partnerships.
• Provide leadership in advancing the practice of nursing to achieve quality and cost-effective patient outcomes.
• Provide leadership of multidisciplinary groups in designing and implementing innovative alternative solutions that address system problems and/or patient care issues.
• Provide leadership in advancing practice of nursing to achieve quality and cost-effective patient outcomes.
• Provide leadership of professional education and certification.
• Facilitate ongoing trauma-specific clinical training (such as TNCC, ATLS, and ATCN) for nursing and ancillary staff.
• Provide clinical teaching and supervision and directing patient assignment for new and experienced staff.
• Participate in performance evaluation and management including verbal coaching and counseling.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

What This Job Offers

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