Newport News, Virginia

Overview
The Nursing Professional Development Practitioner serves as a consultant, change agent, and facilitator in assessing learning needs and in planning, implementing, and evaluating educational activities for the staff and patients of the assigned areas with a core focus on Facility and associated departments. The practitioner plans and implements teaching strategies for all levels of facility personnel. As a Clinical Expert, the Practitioner must demonstrate knowledge of the participant's readiness to learn and ensure the provision of competent services in the provision of a comprehensive range of services in accordance with standards of excellence, age-specific and cultural sensitivity established by Riverside Health System and facility goals and strategic plans. Performs other duties as assigned.

What you will do

• Collaborates with leadership, human resources, physicians and team members to effectively assess learning needs. Develops and Implements education plan successfully pertinent to needs identified.
• Coordinates/develops, prioritizes, implements and communicates orientation and educational opportunities for team members, leadership and non-employees as aligned with RHS strategic mission, vision and values. Utilizes resources, assessment and feedback tools to develop educational offerings calendar to meet established educational goals for the facility.
• Leads/coordinates team member competency validation program and facility orientation in collaboration with HR and facility leadership to ensure the highest quality of care is performed by all team members in accordance with RHS policies/procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Effectively and efficiently utilizes information systems/software to input, develop, track, trend, retrieve and report required data on-time
• Shows commitment to learning new knowledge and skills to enhance service, maintain competency and achieve organizational goals by incorporating research, current clinical literature and engaging subject matter experts. Serves as a consultant to leadership and team members to ensure goals are achieved.
• Demonstrates responsibility for managing costs pertaining to employee health and staff development. Actively takes steps to stay within budget parameters.
• Actively seeks out opportunities to involve physicians and team member in organizational learning goals by effectively identifying subject matter experts to provide educational series/in-services. Consults with Medical Director for employee health and staff development programs appropriately.

Qualifications

Education

• Masters Degree, Nursing (Preferred)
• Bachelors Degree, Nursing (Required)

Experience

• 3-4 years RN experience in acute care setting (Preferred)
• 2 years Experience with teaching in a clinical or formal setting (Preferred)

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) (Required)
• CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Required)

To learn more about being a team member with Riverside Health System visit us at https://www.riversideonline.com/careers.