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Nursing Professional Development Specialist (40 Hours, Days)
Boston Medical Center
Boston , MA 02298
Posted 7 days ago
Position: Nursing Professional Development Specialist
Department:Nursing Education (Faculty)
Schedule: Full-Time, 40 Hours, Days
POSITION SUMMARY:
The role of the Nursing Professional Development Specialist encompasses employee orientation, development, coordination and implementation of a variety of education programs; assessment and maintenance of staff competency and involvement in quality improvement and research utilization to enhance patient care.
The primary focus of this position will be to support the Medical-Surgical Residency Program including Faculty Model training of new graduate nurses.
EDUCATION:
Graduate of an accredited baccalaureate nursing program required; current matriculation in or a Master's Degree in Nursing required.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:
- Licensed to practice professional nursing as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts required.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support certification required; BCLS/ACLS instructor certification preferred
- National certification in Staff Development strongly preferred.
EXPERIENCE:
Demonstrated expertise in clinical nursing practice and three to five years of progressively responsible clinical experience.
Previous teaching experience strongly preferred; demonstrated ability to apply principles of adult learning required.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
- Analytical ability to solve clinical nursing issues and conduct quality improvement / research utilization projects.
- Advanced interpersonal and writing skills in order to develop and conduct educational programs, presentations, communicate with interdisciplinary team, and perform leadership responsibilities.
- Experience as a clinical instructor and/or preceptor strongly preferred.
- Basic computer proficiency inclusive of ability to access and enter data from computerized information systems Organizational skills to set priorities and efficiently complete assigned work.
- Ability to effectively supervise and evaluate the clinical competence of probationary employees.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills appropriate to the patient and staff populations served.
- Physical ability to meet the core job responsibilities in accordance with practice setting demands for the patient populations regularly served.
- Multilingual skills (beyond that of English) appropriate to the patient populations served by the medical center preferred.
- Ability to manage frequent stress due to critical patient issues, changing organizational climate, and personnel issues.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans