System Professional Development Specialist Nursing RN - Critical Care

Fairview Health Services•Burnsville, MN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a System Professional Development Specialist Nursing RN specializing in Critical Care. The position is based primarily at Ridges Hospital, with a secondary site at Southdale Hospital. It is a 0.9 FTE position (72 hours per two-week pay period), primarily working variable 8-hour day shifts. The Professional Development Specialist (PDS) is a high-level nursing clinical expert who identifies educational needs, develops curricula, and delivers education to nursing and healthcare personnel, with measurable patient outcomes. The role improves professional practice and role competence by facilitating ongoing learning, change, and development. The PDS contributes to organizational workforce strategies and patient care, serves patients and families, and collaborates with others in the PDS role. The PDS facilitates learning through educational design, adult learning principles, competency development, and evaluation. The role supports organizational change, mentors and develops staff, provides leadership and consultation, promotes inquiry and evidence-based practice, advocates for nursing specialty development and certification, supports practice transitions, and collaborates with nursing and other stakeholders to improve patient-care processes and outcomes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
Three years of Critical Care nursing (RN) experience.
Experience in teaching, coaching, precepting, or training.
Minnesota Registered Nurse (RN) license.
Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification from the American Heart Association.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Nursing or a healthcare-related field.
One year of education experience.
Recognized ANCC certification in a nursing specialty aligned with the area of practice.
ANPD certification.

Responsibilities

Identify learning and educational needs; develop curricula and deliver education to nursing and healthcare personnel, with measurable patient outcomes.
Use educational design and adult learning principles to address knowledge, skill, and practice gaps, including developing initial and ongoing competency validation processes.
Acquire and analyze data from multiple sources to guide competency and education design.
Use change-management strategies and evidence-based communication and education approaches to facilitate changes in clinician practice and team behaviors.
Support professional development through role modeling and, as appropriate, serving as a preceptor and mentor.
Conduct and communicate system-level assessments of factors influencing nursing competency, training, and outcomes.
Assist with assessments and plans to meet regulatory requirements related to nursing practice.
Promote inquiry, generation and dissemination of knowledge, and use of evidence to advance clinical education, guide practice, and improve care quality and outcomes.
Use the organization’s evidence-based practice model to identify high-quality evidence and implement best practices.
Promote nursing professional development and certification within a nursing specialty, and support the organizational professional governance model.
Support nurses and allied nursing staff through transitions across practice and learning environments, roles, and professional stages; develop individualized learning plans.
Partner with nursing practice professionals, nursing operations, and other stakeholders to advance the organization’s mission and vision.
Provide consultation and facilitation to staff, leaders, and others to influence patient-care processes and outcomes.