Nursing Professional Development Specialist - Postpartum Services
Primary Location Santa Clara, California
Worker Location Onsite
Facility Santa Clara Hospital
Job Number 1321796 Date posted 11/20/2024
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Description:
Essential Responsibilities:
Job Summary:
Serves as mid-level, experienced professional nursing and patient care services employee development role that leverages the application of principles of adult learning in broad-based program development, implementation, and evaluation. Leverages expertise in identifying, prioritizing, and evaluating, the educational and professional development needs of a clinical service line or entire medical center. Develops and delivers clinical educational programs, including specialty training, new graduate/hire training, continuing education for staff, and training for upgrades and changes to KPHC. Coordinates nursing competence and professional development programs for multiple or complex Patient Care Services clinical area(s). Conducts and analysis ongoing assessments of proficiencies for PCS staff and management and provides feedback and formal action plans management under the supervision and guidance of the Nursing Professional Development Director and Leadership team.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Provides educational opportunities that benefit nurses at all stages of their career development.
- Assists learners in the assessment of needs and identification of outcomes.
- Incorporates principles of adult learning in advancing professional nursing practice.
- Identifies and evaluates high quality, culturally diverse instructional materials in all types of media and formats.
- Adjusts content and teaching strategies to meet learner needs.
- Identifies individuals who do not meet established competency expectations and recommends a formal action plan to PCS leadership.
- Responds to changes in nursing practice and? nursing theory and develops programs to support those changes.
- Assesses and evaluates professional and community practice standards, technology, clinical informatics, and clinical innovations for improved patient care.
- Maintains flexibility when managing multiple roles and responsibilities.
- Interprets and communicates across multiple disciplines.
- Promotes a safe and healthy work environment.
- Maintains and advocates up-to-date knowledge of trends and advances in the field of Nursing and Healthcare Informatics, as well as new developments in hardware and software technology.
- Maintains and advocates up-to-date knowledge of nursing practices, regulatory standards, and organizational priorities.
- Consults staff and leadership in areas of clinical expertise (e.g. workflow and clinical use recommendations), provides information on current clinical practice, and addresses clinical questions.
- Ensures optimization efforts are identified and implemented to support clinical decision making that supports high quality and safe patient care.
Secondary Functions:
- ACO support.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- Minimum three (3) years of nursing experience.
- Minimum one (1) year of experience coordinating or managing education program /curriculum design, development and evaluation/assessment
- Minimum one (1) year in staff professional development and/or clinical training/teaching.
Education
- Masters degree in nursing or related field required. Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
License, Certification, Registration
- Registered Nurse License (California) required at hire
- Basic Life Support
Additional Requirements:
- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, federal, state, and local requirements.
- Demonstrated knowledge in KP HealthConnect including functionality and expertise in workflows (or for external hires,
- similarly integrated medical record).
- Demonstrated knowledge of medical center policy and procedure requirements, specialty training and competency
- requirements.
- National Certification required within one year of hire
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum six (6) months of experience coordinating or managing education program /curriculum design, development
- and evaluation/assessment preferred
- Doctorate of Nursing Practice or PhD in related field preferred
Primary Location: California,Santa Clara,Santa Clara Hospital
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-NCAL-09|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: Santa Clara Homestead Hospital - MedFac-Education & Training - 0201
Pay Range: $76.83 - $99.42 / hour
Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.
Travel: No
On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital).
Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.
At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Submit Interest
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Submit Interest
