Nursing Professional Development Specialist, Central Education

Department: Central Education

Schedule: 40 hours, Rotating Shifts

POSITION SUMMARY:

The role of the Nursing Professional Development Specialist for the Central Nursing Professional Development team 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.

This role will also support the Medical-Surgical Faculty Model as needed.

EDUCATION:

• Graduate of an accredited baccalaureate nursing program required; Master's Degree in Nursing required. Professional certification required within six months of hire.

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.

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.

• Previous experience as a Clinical Instructor strongly preferred.

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.

• National certification in Staff Development 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.