Staff Development Nurse - Medical Surgical - Full Time - Nights

Nebraska Methodist Hospital•Omaha, NE

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Development Nurse is responsible for developing, organizing, implementing, and coordinating new employee orientation and onboarding. The role includes providing staff with evidence based unit specific education across the health system to ensure annual and ongoing skills and competencies are met. Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission. Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.

Requirements

Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing required.
Successful completion of annual mandatory education requirements.
Minimum 3 years clinical nursing experience required.
Current valid Registered Nurse (RN) license, valid compact multistate license, or a temporary permit while awaiting licensure required.
Computer knowledge with abilities in word processing required.
Strong interpersonal skills necessary to effectively communicate and interact with patients, family members, hospital personnel, and co-workers.
Ability to multi-task and prioritize work assignments.
Ability to learn, retain and utilize computer skills that are required for department and hospital or clinic information system.

Nice To Haves

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from an accredited school of nursing preferred.
Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire.
Specialty certification required within 2 years of hire into position.
Specialty certification required within 1 year of hire into position for MFH Medical Surgical.
Certification(s) in areas of specialty preferred.
From National Certification Corporation (NCC) within 1 year of eligibility.
ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate Course preferred for Medical Surgical.
Oncology Certified Nurse Certification (OCN) preferred for Medical Surgical.
American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) preferred.
Knowledge of databases preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and lead the clinical orientation and progression of new hires to the unit. Coordinate clinical practice based learning with preceptor. Facilitate General Hospital Orientation. Not applicable to MFH Medical Surgical Facilitate, evaluate and validate new hire clinical progression and competency. Develop action plans for success when needs are identified during orientation. Perform documentation audit for 6 month probationary and annual evaluation of employees.
Identify, plan and implement staff development initiatives to enhance knowledge, validate competency and encourage personal and professional growth. Perform and participate in ongoing educational and competency needs assessments. Participate in developing and disseminating action plans/change initiatives that address individual, unit and organizational learning and competency needs to improve the quality of care. Collaborate with unit leadership to monitor completion of learning/competency requirements. Support and mentor unit staff in personal and professional development opportunities utilizing Benner’s Novice to Expert model. MFH Medical Surgical: Serve as a resource for unit staff to obtain specialty certification
Participate in ongoing initiatives to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of clinical orientation and ongoing competency. Facilitate use of evidence based practice and adult learning principles when developing educational initiatives. Collaborate with unit leadership to develop and implement unit based skills and competencies. Engage in and evaluate trials of educational and competency initiatives. Develop and update online learning modules. Develop and update clinical skill critical elements. Not applicable to MFH Medical Surgical MFH Medical Surgical: Develop and coordinate learning through use of simulation lab
Serve as clinical role model for staff through expert knowledge and application of the nursing process and critical thinking skills. Assist, support and mentor staff in individualizing the nursing plan of care based on assessment findings and evidence based practice standards. Review, modify and disseminate changes related to documentation and care planning within the Electronic Health Record.
Accountable for the delivery of quality care to patients and families according to the individualized needs of the patient. Maintain skills and competencies in the delivery of direct patient care. Support clinical development of direct care staff by working a minimum of two shifts per month with a patient care load on the unit.
MFH Medical Surgical: Facilitate unit specific opportunities for student nurse clinicals and preceptorships.
MFH Medical Surgical: Participate in hospital and system committees as directed by leadership