Clinical Nurse Educator - Professional Development Practioner

Job Title: Clinical Nurse Educator - Professional Development Practitioner

Full Time - 1st Shift

Job Description:

The Professional Development (PD) Practitioner is responsible for new employee onboarding/orientation, competency management, education, role development, collaborative partnerships and inquiry. The PD practitioner identifies the learner, an individual or a group of individuals in healthcare practice with a gap in knowledge, skills and/or practice who actively engages in professional development activities while assuming responsibility and accountability for learning. These individuals may include organizational staff and/or members of the inter-professional team, which ultimately incorporates the healthcare consumer/partner; (patient, person, client, family, group, community or population).

The roles of the PD practitioner include:

• Learning facilitator: uses the education design process and adult learning principles to bridge the knowledge, skills and/or practice gaps identified through learning needs assessment and evaluation of outcomes.

• Change Agent: works to transform processes at micro, meso, and/or macro system level to use change management strategies and theories to drive desired outcomes.

• Mentor: contributes to the professional development of others and supports ongoing professional learning as individuals develop across practice, professional and educational settings.

• Leader: influences the inter-professional practice and learning environments, the professional development specialty, and healthcare, through lateral leadership, a form of "eye-to-eye leadership," by collaborating with peers on complex problem solving or creative innovation.

• Champion for Inquiry: promotes a spirit of inquiry by generating and disseminating new knowledge based on the evidence resulting in improved quality of care for healthcare consumer/partner.

• Advocate for PD specialty: actively supports, promotes, and demonstrates professional development as a practice specialty.

• Partner for practice transitions: supports the transition of nurses and other healthcare members across practice and learning environments, roles and professional stages.

Requirements:

• Registered nurse licensed in the state of Kentucky

• BSN required, MSN preferred

• Certification in Nursing Professional Development preferred

• Basic Life Support (BLS)

• Instructor status in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support ACLS/Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) preferred

• 3 years of acute care experience preferred

• 1 year of critical care or ED experience preferred

• Familiar with principles of adult learning

• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite

• Prior teaching experience preferred

Benefits:

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program

• Company paid Maternity and Paternity leave.

• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)

• PTO Sell Back Program

• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)