Staff Development Specialist

Office of Shared Administration • Lewis, WV

12d • Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Staff Development Specialist plans, organizes, coordinates, and conducts training for new employee orientation, annual training, and workshops. The role coordinates, schedules, and develops training programs and/or conducts training sessions. It includes assessing agency training needs; developing assessment mechanisms; gathering and consolidating data; preparing summaries of training needs; and providing comments and recommendations. The specialist reviews and recommends or compiles and composes materials for training activities, programs, and video products. The position also participates in planning and delivering the code blue drill process and completes related reports, coordinates the hospital's online annual training program, arranges facilities and equipment for training sessions, maintains training documentation, and prepares evaluations. Other related duties may be assigned.

Mandatory overtime may be required based on hospital operational needs. The campus is tobacco-free. Applicants selected must complete pre-employment drug screening, including chemical urinalysis and breath analysis, and a background check. Employees are subject to drug testing for probable cause under agency and bureau policies.

William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital is a 200-bed acute psychiatric care facility in Weston, West Virginia, owned and operated by the West Virginia Department of Health Facilities. It is accredited by The Joint Commission and certified by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services. The hospital serves patients admitted through civil commitment and forensic patients ordered through the judicial system. It collaborates with West Virginia University's Department of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry to support patients' transition back to the community after discharge.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• No experience required.
• Additional experience may substitute for required education on a year-for-year basis or as determined by the Office of Shared Administration Equivalency Chart.
• Successfully complete pre-employment chemical urinalysis and breath analysis drug screening.
• Successfully complete a background check.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, coordinate, and conduct new employee orientation, annual training, and workshops.
• Coordinate, schedule, and develop training programs and/or conduct training sessions.
• Assess agency training needs, develop assessment mechanisms, gather and consolidate data, summarize needs, and provide comments and recommendations.
• Review and recommend, compile, or compose materials for training activities, programs, and video products.
• Participate in planning and delivering the code blue drill process and complete reports.
• Coordinate the hospital's online annual training program.
• Obtain facilities and equipment needed for training sessions.
• Maintain training documentation and prepare evaluations.
• Perform related duties as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time