Post Licensure Specialist RN

Post-Licensure Specialist RN

Pay range: $110,760 - $166,150 annually, based on experience. This exempt position comes with a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, a 403(b) retirement plan, and a generous Earned Time Off (ETO) program.

Reports To Position: Clinical Education Leader

Department: Clinical Education

Date Last Reviewed: September 2025

Our Vision: Creating America's healthiest community, together

Our Mission: In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value

Our Values: Accountability, Caring and Teamwork

Departmental Summary: The Clinical Education Department is a system-wide support service that provides education, clinical practice support, and professional development opportunities for nursing, allied health, medical staff, and community partners at St. Charles Health System.

This integrated department delivers services across multiple domains, including:

• Clinical Practice & Professional Development (CPPD): Onboarding/Orientation, Competency Management, Continuing Education, Professional Role Development, Collaborative Partnerships, and American Heart Association Training Center.
• Medical Education: Graduate and undergraduate medical education, residency and fellowship programs, student clinical rotations, and partnerships with academic institutions.
• Continuing Medical Education (CME): Accredited continuing education programming for medical staff, ensuring alignment with national standards and maintenance of licensure requirements.
• Medical Library: Provision of evidence-based resources, research support, and clinical information services.
• Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Collaboration with community partners to strengthen the healthcare workforce pipeline in Central Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.

Position Overview: The Post-Licensure Specialist RN manages assigned programs, including the Nurse Residency Program, Nurse Fellowships, Charge Nurse Training, Preceptor Development, Allied Health Programs, and Nursing Continuing Education. The role also provides administrative support for CME programs overseen by colleagues and ensures consistent implementation and evaluation of all programs to advance Clinical Excellence across St. Charles.

This position does not directly manage other caregivers.

Essential Functions and Duties:

• Supports assigned Transition to Practice programs to meet clinical education needs of the organization.
• Collaborates with Clinical Education staff, the Nurse Residency Program Advisory Board, and Nursing and Allied Health leadership on curriculum.
• Coordinates entry of graduate nurse residents into programs, including assessment, orientation, and competency verification.
• Supports compliance with Vizient/AACN Residency Program standards and external accreditation requirements.
• Participates in Vizient/AACN calls, seminars, and work groups; assists in pursuing ANCC PTAP accreditation.
• Serve as an educational consultant working with intra- and inter-disciplinary teams to brainstorm, problem solve, and participate in projects relating to policy, procedure, program development and strategic planning.
• Contributes to strategic planning, committee appointments, ad-hoc projects, and educational activities as assigned by the Clinical Education department.
• Supports planning, development, and administration of continuing education programs that reflect community and SCHS needs and industry expectations.
• Provides logistical and technical support for educational events, including scheduling, materials, AV setup, tracking attendance, and evaluating content quality.
• Serves as liaison with regional schools and institutional libraries as needed.
• Serve as a liaison between Nursing Continuing Education and Provider Continuing Education to ensure alignment and smooth coordination of educational programs.
• Support the integration of CME-related activities for faculty requesting CME credit, collaborating with CME colleagues as needed.
• Assist in tracking participation and program evaluation for activities spanning both nursing and provider education.
• Help identify practice gaps and educational needs that span nursing and provider audiences.
• Provide administrative and on-site support for medical education programs, including simulation, procedural skills, and research-related events, while facilitating collaboration with CME staff.
• Support communication efforts to ensure nursing and provider audiences are informed of relevant educational opportunities.
• Monitor compliance and accreditation considerations in partnership with CME colleagues, ensuring proper documentation and adherence to standards.
• Stays current on regulatory requirements and supports quality assurance efforts across education programs.
• Serve as liaison with faculty, confirming participation, ensure learning objectives are clearly defined, and maintain complete records required for clinical faculty appointments with regional medical schools.
• May perform additional duties of similar complexity within the organization, as required or assigned.
• Supports Lean principles of continuous improvement with energy and enthusiasm, functioning as a champion of change.
• Provides and maintains a safe environment for caregivers, patients, and guests.
• Conducts all activities with the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality. Complies with all applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures, supporting the organization's corporate integrity efforts by acting in an ethical and appropriate manner, reporting known or suspected violation of applicable rules, and cooperating fully with all organizational investigations and proceedings.
• Delivers customer service and/or patient care in a manner that promotes goodwill, is timely, efficient, and accurate.

Education:

• Required: Bachelor's in Nursing from an accredited college or university.
• Preferred: Master's degree in nursing from an accredited college or university. Certificate in Nursing Education or equivalent preparation or experience in nursing education. Master's degree in nursing education from an accredited college or university.

Licensure/Certification/Registration:

• Required: Current license to practice as a registered nurse in the State of Oregon by the OR State Board of Nursing. Current American Heart Association (AHA) Provider BLS or obtain certification within 90 days of hire. ANPD specialty certification upon hire or agree to obtain when eligible.
• Preferred: N/A

Experience:

• Required: Four (4) years of progressively responsible acute care or critical nursing experience. Two (2) years' experience in a clinical leadership or education role. Education or experience in adult learning principles. Experience with various teaching methodologies, accrediting bodies for nursing excellence (ANCC), shared governance, clinical professional advancement systems required
• Preferred: Five (5) years' experience with education, program management, oversight of practice settings, or mentoring in a nursing or health care setting. Experience in a nursing leadership role, or nursing education role.

Personal Protective Equipment:

Must be able to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to perform the job safely.

Additional Position Information:

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• General Ability to apply the professional code of ethics and professional guidelines to clinical practice.
• Ability to apply Scope and Standards of Practice to role functions.
• Ability to plan, implement, evaluate, and revise professional development and continuing education programs for nursing and allied health staff at unit and organization-wide levels.
• Ability to evaluate and document the clinical competency of staff, identifying staff and unit's needs strengths, limitations, and opportunities.
• Ability to plan educational programs for staff with various levels of ability given available resources
• Ability to function as an educator, leader, consultant, facilitator, change agent, researcher, mentor, advocate, and champion for scientific inquiry.
• Knowledge of adult instructional methods and theories, learning concepts and evaluation.
• Knowledge of the current theories, principles, practices and standards, as well as emerging technologies, techniques, issues, and approaches in the nursing and allied health professions, particularly those applicable to the area of assignment/expertise, the culture of nursing and the health care system, as well as the responsibility and accountability for the outcome of practice.
• Knowledge of laws, rules and regulations, standards and guidelines of certifying and accrediting bodies that scope, impact and/or influence the practice of nursing and allied health professions; knowledgeable hospital and department/unit standards, protocols, policies, and procedures governing the provision of nursing and allied health care.
• Knowledge of medical terminology; principles and practices of health promotion, risk reduction, illness and disease prevention and management; medications and drugs, common dosages, their physical and physiological effects, and possible adverse reactions, as related to assigned area.
• Knowledge of medical and professional nursing ethics and patient privacy rights.
• Knowledge of computer systems and software used in functional areas.
• Knowledge of principles of project management and working effectively with teams.
• Works collaboratively with Supply Chain, ViP, Leadership & Culture, Safety, Human Resources, Infection Prevention, Clinical Informatics, Outreach, Regulatory, Compliance, Legal, AHEC, CME, Research as needs for clinical education