Nursing Professional Development Specialist, Critical Care - Boston, United States - Boston Medical Center

    Boston Medical Center
    Boston Medical Center Boston, United States

    1 month ago

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    Description

    Position: Nursing Professional Development Specialist

    Department: Critical Care

    Schedule: 40 Hours, Days

    POSITION SUMMARY:

    The role of the Nursing Professional Development Specialist for Critical Care encompasses employee orientation, development, coordination and implementation of a variety of education programs; assessment and maintenance of staff competency and involvement in quality improvement and research utilization to enhance patient care.

    EDUCATION:

    • Graduate of an accredited baccalaureate nursing program required; Master's Degree in Nursing required. Professional certificationrequired.
    • Licensed to practice professional nursing as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts required.
    • Basic Cardiac Life Support certification required; BCLS/ACLS instructor certification preferred.

    EXPERIENCE:

    • Demonstrated expertise in clinical nursing practice and three to five years of progressively responsible clinical experience.
    • Previous teaching experience strongly preferred; demonstrated ability to apply principles of adult learning required.
    • Analytical ability to solve clinical nursing issues and conduct quality improvement / research utilization projects.
    • Advanced interpersonal and writing skills in order to develop and conduct educational programs, presentations, communicate with interdisciplinary team, and perform leadership responsibilities.
    • National certification in Staff Development strongly preferred.
    • Basic computer proficiency inclusive of ability to access and enter data from computerized information systems Organizational skills to set priorities and efficiently complete assigned work.
    • Ability to effectively supervise and evaluate the clinical competence of probationary employees.
    • Effective written and verbal communication skills appropriate to the patient and staff populations served.
    • Physical ability to meet the core job responsibilities in accordance with practice setting demands for the patient populations regularly served.
    • Multilingual skills (beyond that of English) appropriate to the patient populations served by the medical center preferred.
    • Ability to manage frequent stress due to critical patient issues, changing organizational climate, and personnel issues.

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