Nursing Professional Development Generalist - AH Levine Children's Hospital - Neonatal

Department: 35129 Carolinas Medical Center - LCH: Education Status: Full time Benefits Eligible: Yes Hours Per Week: 40 Schedule Details/Additional Information: This role involves some flexibility with time to support our 24/7 nursing teammate education. Pay Range: $41.10 - $61.65 Nursing Professional Development Generalist to support Neonatal teammates at Levine Children's Hospital including NICN, NPCN and those caring for neonate population in other spaces at LCH. This position will assist with design and implementation of onboarding, orientation, competency, and ongoing education for these areas in collaboration with the LCH Education Cabinet to support all teammates at LCH. Job Description: Primarily focus is to support site level and system initiatives as needed. Develops, coordinates, and implements the activities for new employee orientation, training programs, and continuing education for all nursing staff. Applies advanced knowledge of nursing in the delivery of evidenced based nursing and educational interventions along specialty or department lines. Designs, implements, and evaluates educational programs that reflect organizational vision and values, current healthcare trends in partnership with NPD Specialists. Utilizes the educational design process to bridge the knowledge, skills, and/or practice gaps identified through a needs assessment. Contributes to the professional development of others and supports life-long learning as individuals develop across practice settings. Major Responsibilities: Supports the orientation process by developing, coordinating, facilitating, conducting and evaluating orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel. Assists with competency management, which includes using tools that capture objective and subjective data regarding an individual’s knowledge base and actual performance. Designs educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences in consultation with a Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Specialist. Utilizes best practice standards including adult learning principles in the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of educational activities in order to facilitate the achievement of desired outcomes (for learners). Provides strategies to facilitate a continuous process of lifelong learning which may include role transition, role integration, skill acquisition, and mastery as learners advance from novice to expert in their professions and specialties. Collaborates with system and operational leadership to meet the education needs of the site and nursing departments. Adjusts materials and teaching strategies appropriate to the situation and the learner’s developmental level, learning needs, readiness, ability to learn, language preference, and culture. Implementation reflects awareness of scope of practice of different employees and disciplines. Uses assisted aids/technologies as needed to meet learners needs. Evaluates and analyzes the impact of programming on learners, organizational resources, and patient outcomes and makes adjustments in consultation with an NPD Specialist as needed. Establishes and implements appropriate evaluation tools and methodologies to identify needs or gaps in the knowledge, skills, and competencies of nursing personnel to advance the practice of nursing in consultation with an NPD Specialist as needed. Develops and supports education needs based on specialty or department in collaboration with regional and system teams. Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards. Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required: Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices, and Education Required: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing. Experience Required: Typically requires 3 years of experience in front line nursing. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required: Excellent written and oral communications including strong presentation/speaking skills. Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, planning and problem solving skills. Critical thinking and analytical skills. Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: Generally exposed to a normal office environment. Must have functional speech, hearing, and senses to allow effective communication. Position requires travel, may be exposed to road and weather hazards. Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job. This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties. Our Commitment to You: Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including: Compensation Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job Incentive pay for select positions Opportunity for annual increases based on performance Benefits and more Paid Time Off programs Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs Educational Assistance Program Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview. 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