Staff Development Instructor - RN (Gracedale Nursing Home)

Staff Development RN Position

The Staff Development RN position performs health care training, provides direct instruction, and assists with in-service program development and administration. Responsibilities include the coordination of an in-service educational program, including managing the training needs and provisions with other institution staff, as well as conducting training sessions. This position reports directly to the Staff Development Director and exercises limited supervision during orientation and training over the following job classifications: Unit Clerk, Certified Nurse Aide (CNA), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), and Registered Nurse (RN).

Essential duties of the position include developing, scheduling, and presenting in-service courses for professional, technical, and ancillary personnel of the nursing service, including ongoing courses of study and singular topics. Conducting formal nurse's aide programs, reviewing new employee performance, holding conferences, evaluating progress, making basic assessments of skills acquisition, manipulating employee's orientation schedule, providing ongoing evaluation of nursing staff, presenting general orientation sessions, presenting training and retraining sessions on various topics, assisting floor nurses, identifying books and other instructional materials, designing, writing, copying, and producing handouts and other training materials, developing or assisting in the design of examinations, coordinating schedules and training efforts, recommending programs, schedules, make-up sessions, and other activities, maintaining a comprehensive electronic tracking system, and preparing reports of activities and results for use by facility administration, State or other regulatory agencies.

Required minimum qualifications include graduation from an accredited school of nursing, at least two (2) years of satisfactory full-time experience in professional nursing as a Registered Nurse (RN), one (1) year in long-term care preferred, at least one (1) year of full-time, or full-time equivalent, professional work experience in an educator role preferred, possession of a current and unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in Pennsylvania, and completion of Feeding Program training. Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) candidates may be hired if they meet the following requirements: currently attending an accredited school with one (1) year remaining until Registered Nurse (RN) license is obtained, proof of current enrollment status must be provided to Human Resources upon hire, must possess a current and valid Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license in Pennsylvania, and must provide documentation to Human Resources, within one (1) year of hire, of graduation and proof of Registered Nurse (RN) license in Pennsylvania.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities include thorough knowledge of nursing and other patient care goals, objectives, principles, and practices commonly employed in residential nursing facilities, knowledge of organizational, functional, and operational structure commonly found in residential nursing facilities, knowledge of facility patient care and administrative policies and procedures and general job requirements pertaining to the design and structure of orientation sessions, knowledge and utilization of current, effective training strategies, basic knowledge of in-service education requirements promulgated by the State and other licensing authorities, basic knowledge of adult education principles and practices, ability to instruct individuals and groups, ability to identify training needs and to design and implement educational programs in response, ability to maintain a flexible schedule in order to perform training duties across all shifts, ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, trainees, employees, county officials, and the general public, ability to operate a personal computer and secure information from established data processing, spreadsheet, word processing, database, and graphics programs, ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English to perform the duties of this position, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both verbally and in writing.

Tools and equipment include telephone, personal computer/laptop (including word processing and other specialized software), fax machine, copy machine, overhead projector, video equipment, VCR/DVD players, and implements used for writing, i.e. pens, markers.

Physical demands include standing, walking, sitting, talking, or hearing, agility and strength sufficient to lift, support, and maneuver heavy patients of limited physical capacity, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, taste or smell, lift and/or move twenty-five (25) to fifty (50) pounds, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment characteristics include multi-tasking in office, patient care, and classroom-type environments, usually quiet in the office, but moderately loud in the classroom, lab areas, and patient care areas.

Selection guidelines include formal application, rating of education and experience, interview, reference check, and job related tests. FLSA status: FLSA NON-EXEMPT (ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME) DESIGNATION: CAREER SERVICE PAY GRADE: CS/GR27 UNION STATUS: NON-UNION Updated July 2025