Nursing Professional Development Specialist - Labor & Delivery
Company: Kaiser
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: May 3, 2024
Job Description:
External Candidates Eligible for Sign On Bonus Job Summary:
Promotes professional development through the application of
principles of adult learning in broad-based program development.
Leveraging expertise in Kaiser Permanentes electronic medical
record, KP HealthConnect (KPHC), responsible for identifying,
prioritizing, and evaluating, the educational and professional
development needs of a clinical area; 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 & professional development programs for Patient Care
Service Area for an assigned/defined clinical area. Conducts
ongoing assessments of proficiencies for PCS staff and management
and provide feedback and formal action plans management. Serves as
the KPHC expert and applies this knowledge into clinical and
operational workflows.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Clinical Educator: 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 implementation of
education programs. 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. Provides ongoing assessment of individual
performance in clinical and KPHC proficiencies for PCS staff and
management and reports to Director of Clinical Education, Practice,
and Informatics. Identifies individuals who do not meet established
competency expectations and recommends a formal action plan to PCS
Management.
- Program and Curriculum Development / Evaluation: Develops,
designs, evaluates, and manages professional development programs
based on principles of adult learning that foster the development
of competence in the nursing staff. Conducts ongoing evaluation of
the quality and effectiveness of educational activities to ensure
they maintain and enhance professional development and promote the
delivery of cost-effective high quality healthcare.
Develops/coordinates education plans related to orientation of new
staff to the organization, initial and ongoing competency
validation, core education to address patient population specific
nursing care, and core education for the development of beside
leaders.
- Clinical practice standards: Responds to changes in nursing
practice / nursing theory and develops programs to support those
changes. Conducts research into professional and community practice
standards, technology, clinical informatics, and clinical
innovations for improved patient care.
- Clinical informatics expert: Ensures that KPHC is leveraged for
the benefit of nursing practice and improved excellence in patient
care systems and processes. Assesses opportunities to support
clinical practices through the use of KPHC by analyzing clinical
workflow to determine current practices and and facilitating the
improvement of specific nursing practices and processes.
- Clinical practice and Informatics Interface: Maintains
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 upto-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.
- Partnerships / Leadership Duties: Participates in
interdisciplinary committees to integrate educational activities
into clinical care and clinical informatics / appropriate use of
KPHC into educational activities and clinical care. Addresses KPHC
and workflow issues through Regional Domains, local Domains and
Cross Functional Domain. Provides leadership for clinical IT
enhancements.
- Oversight: Provides investigation, recommendation,
prioritization and evaluation of clinical risk, and correction
plans for arising concerns and issues as a result of KPHC and
clinical education. Monitors, tracks, and follows up on such
concerns / issues. Escalates any patient safety issues identified
with workflow disruptions. Assures education, programs, and classes
meet budget guidelines.
- Strategic Communication: Maintains flexibility when managing
multiple roles and responsibilities. Interprets and communicates
across multiple disciplines. Promotes a safe and healthy work
environment.
- Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on
a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right
to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such
positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are
generally implemented only after notice is given to affected
employees. 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:
- N/A Preferred Qualifications:
- Doctorate of Nursing Practice or PhD in related field
preferred.PrimaryLocation : California,Santa Clara,Santa Clara
HospitalHoursPerWeek : 40Shift : DayWorkdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu,
FriWorkingHoursStart : 08:00 AMWorkingHoursEnd : 04:30 PMJob
Schedule : Full-timeJob Type : StandardEmployee Status :
RegularEmployee Group/Union Affiliation : NUE-NCAL-09 NUE Non Union
EmployeeJob Level : Individual ContributorJob Category : Nursing
Licensed & Nurse PractitionersDepartment : Santa Clara Homestead
Hospital - MedFac-Education & Training - 0201Travel : NoKaiser
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.
Keywords: Kaiser, Milpitas , Nursing Professional Development Specialist - Labor & Delivery, Healthcare , Santa Clara, California
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