System Professional Development Specialist Nursing RN - Birthplace

Fairview Health Services•Linwood Township, MN

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a System Professional Development Specialist Nursing RN for the Birthplace. The position is primarily onsite at Lakes Hospital in Wyoming, Minnesota, with Northland Hospital as a secondary site and occasional travel to the St. Paul central training hub to teach classes. This is a 0.8 FTE position, working 64 hours per two-week pay period, primarily on variable eight-hour day shifts four days per week. The specialist is a high-level clinical nursing expert who identifies educational needs, develops curricula, and delivers education to nursing and healthcare personnel, with the goal of improving professional practice, role competence, and measurable patient outcomes. The role facilitates ongoing learning, change, and professional development and contributes to workforce strategies and patient care through leadership and collaboration. The specialist uses educational design and adult learning principles to address knowledge, skills, and practice gaps; analyzes data to design education and competencies; and develops competency validation processes. The position supports change management, mentors and develops staff, assesses factors affecting nursing competency and outcomes, assists with regulatory requirements, promotes evidence-based practice and nursing specialty development, supports practice transitions, and collaborates with stakeholders to improve patient-care processes and outcomes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
Three years of perinatal nursing experience.
Experience teaching, coaching, precepting, or training.
Minnesota Registered Nurse (RN) license.
Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification from the American Heart Association, required for those supporting Maternity/NICU.

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.
Use educational design and adult learning principles to address identified knowledge, skills, and practice gaps, including creating 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 to facilitate changes in clinician practice and team behaviors.
Contribute to the professional development of others through role modeling and, as appropriate, precepting and mentoring.
Conduct and communicate system-level assessments of factors affecting nursing competency, training, and outcomes.
Assist with assessments and plans to meet regulatory requirements related to nursing practice.
Promote inquiry, dissemination of knowledge, and use of evidence to advance clinical education, practice, and quality of care.
Use the organization’s evidence-based practice model to identify quality evidence and implement best practices.
Support nursing professional development within the specialty, promote nursing certification, and advance the organizational professional governance model.
Support nurses and allied nursing staff through transitions between practice and learning environments, roles, and professional stages; develop individualized learning plans.
Consult and collaborate with staff, leaders, nursing practice professionals, nursing operations, and other stakeholders to improve patient-care processes and outcomes.
Teach classes at the St. Paul central training hub as needed and travel there occasionally.