Nursing Professional Development Consultant

At The Wise Seeker we are looking for a Nursing Professional Development Consultant to work for one of our clients located in US: one of Americas leading health care providers and notforprofit health plans.

Location: Clackamas

Sector: Healthcare

Tasks

1. Follows an organized process to plan develop implement and evaluate professional development programs for staff members that meet the organizations strategies and goals.
2. Conducts educational needs assessments; documents and reports findings.
3. Develops and delivers high quality cost effective educational programs with content that is evidence based follows standards of care and standards of practice and is in alignment with Kaiser Permanente policies and procedures.
4. Develops materials education processes and programs that are based on adult learning principles and take into account the novicetoexpert framework for skill development and knowledge acquisition.
5. Evaluates professional development programs by monitoring goal/objective attainment stakeholder satisfaction and cost effectiveness.
6. Uses evaluation results to help assess and plan for future programs and services.
7. Partners with nursing leadership to develop an evidencebased orientation training and competency assessment program for new hired transferring and incumbent employees.
8. Refers to regulatory standards scope and standards of practice job description Kaiser Permanente policies and procedures and professional organization recommendations to select content for competency assessment.
9. Selects appropriate validation methods to evaluate competence.
10. Works in partnership with nursing leadership to develop and implement annual competency assessment program.
11. Analyzes data to determine deficits in the competence of individuals or groups.
12. Identifies high risk problem prone changed or new equipment/processes that need to be addressed.
13. Nursing management is responsible for determining staff competence; the NPD Consultant provides feedback on competency evaluation to the individual and nursing leader.
14. Understands healthcare issues and systematically analyzes change initiatives.
15. Differentiates between performance/systems issues versus development needs.
16. Involvement in activities at community state and national levels.
17. Maintains knowledge of change management theories principles and processes.
18. Maintains a knowledge base of the Joint Commission OSHA and other regulatory standards.
19. Serves as a resource to individuals and groups to identify issue and possible internal and external resources.
20. Participates in review of research and/or evidence based practices.
21. Incorporates research and/or evidence based learning into educational activities and practice.
22. Pursues certification in Nursing Professional Development and clinical specialty practice.

Requirements

1. Minimum two (2) years of education experience.
2. Minimum three (3) years of clinical experience in specialty.
3. Bachelors degree in nursing.
4. Registered Nurse License (in the state where care is provided)
5. Basic Life Support within 1 months of hire

Benefits

1. Generous Vacation Holiday & Sick Leave
2. Low to nocost Medical (including prescriptions) Vision Mental Health & Dental Care
3. Retirement Plans
4. Educational Opportunities & Tuition Reimbursement
5. Disability & Life Insurance Coverage
6. Wellness & Employee Assistance Programs
7. Health Care Dependent Care & Transit Flexible Spending Account Options
8. Salary: USD $113.800 $171.800 / yr