Director Nursing Education & Professional Development (Full Time, Days) Stratford, NJ

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Job Description

Essential Functions

• Interacts with co-workers leaders and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.

• Integrates Evidence-Based Practice clinical expertise patients their family/designated care partner(s) preferences and cultural beliefs and values for delivery of optimal healthcare.

• Makes decisions on developing professional practice across -his/her divisional campuses/region.
• Maintains accountability for fiscal matters of the Nursing Professional Development team.
• Creates strategies that develop standardized processes and practices to improve efficiency maximizing continuity of patient care while maintaining professional standards within disciplines and across patient care centers.

• In conjunction with senior leadership establishes role accountabilities and expectations performance standards and methods for measuring/monitoring of standards for nursing in collaboration with enterprise Nursing SVPs and CNOs.

• Develops strategies that inform and support standard approaches to nursing (all roles) onboarding in acute care settings
• Establishes mechanisms to continually evaluate and respond to short- and long-term operational and fiscal needs.

• Demonstrates expert skill in facilitation and consensus-building: Demonstrates ability to work with all levels of staff including administrators executive leaders physicians and peers. Highly effective working in interprofessional collaborative teams.

• Understands broader group goals: Expert comprehension of nursing contributions to institution-wide initiatives in acute care settings and health system level. Serves as a main point of contact for senior leaders across the region regarding topics of nursing practice/operations. Supports the development pursuit and achievement of organizational goals.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary leadership team members to develop and execute initiatives addressing the learning needs of professional nurses to meet the needs of the diverse patient population across the region.
• Creates and implements a shared vision for Nursing Professional Development throughout the Region that ensures communication and collaboration across facilities.
• Conducts ongoing assessments of the state of NPD operations within the divisional campuses within a region and develops strategic plans that foster integration and standardization of best practices to support professional development and improve performance and system efficiencies.
• Leads divisional campuses/regional initiatives to facilitate professional growth of professional development teams through the promotion of academic advancement and attainment of certification.
• Advances the nursing profession by increasing nurse-led evidence-based practice projects and research studies throughout the region and supports dissemination of the work through publications and conference presentations at the regional and national level.
• Contributes to an annual report to chronicle divisional campus/regional progress made toward implementing goals and initiatives.
• Exhibits expertise on practice and regulatory compliance: Expert knowledge and application of national state and institutional nursing regulations education clinical training licensure certification and scope of practice. Advocates for top of license practice.

Competencies (Knowledge Skills and Abilities Required):

Patient-and Family-Centered Practice

Knowledge of how to convey respect and collaborate with designated care partners in care and care planning. Able to educate and mentor staff in patient and family centered practice.

Cultural Awareness

Knowledge of people with diverse backgrounds and the ability to convey respect and connect effectively. Able to educate and mentor staff in cultural awareness and practices.

Effective Communication

Understanding of effective communication concepts tools and techniques ability to effectively transmit receive and accurately interpret ideas information and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. Appropriately and respectfully delegates to other team members. Able to educate and mentor staff in effective communication skills.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Education:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required; MSN or related health care related degree required. PhD or DNP strongly preferred.

Displays effective interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrates competency in teaching/learning process organizational skills and computer literacy.

AND

Experience:

Ten years of nursing experience required to include five years experience of hospital clinical practice and demonstrated leadership management capabilities. Five years of progressive experience in nursing professional development.

Minimum Certifications Registration or License Requirements:

Current RN licensure in state of practice

AHA BLS certification.

Nursing Professional Development certifications: NPD-BC NE-BC NEA-BC or equivalent is a desired or preferred certification

Salary Range

The actual hiring rate will be determined based on candidate experience skills and qualifications. This position is eligible for an annual incentive.

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Primary Location Address

Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.