Nursing Professional Development Consultant

Company: Kaiser
Location: Castle Rock
Posted on: March 12, 2023

Job Description:

--Salary Range: --$49.42/hour - $58.13/hour--Assists in identifying, planning and implementing training programs and curriculum using an evidence-based approach to promote the ability of staff in delivering high quality, patient centered and cost-effective healthcare while maximizing scope of practice for ambulatory care team members. Programs and curriculum will be designed to optimize the knowledge and skills of team members so that they can competently deliver core nursing services, proficiently support clinicians in managing their practice and prepare for new models of care delivery or changes in practice. Supports nursing team, including senior leadership in providing transformational leadership to achieve performance against national quality benchmarks.--Essential Responsibilities:

• This position, knows and complies with all Kaiser Permanente quality, safety, and emergency policies and procedures. Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice in every interaction with patients, colleagues, providers, and leadership. Ensures patient safety in the preparation and provisioning of care related to but not limited to medications, procedures, infection prevention, fall prevention, including consistent use of two patient identifiers and procedural time outs. Reports safety hazards, accidents and incidents, and unsafe working conditions promptly.
• Develops and delivers high quality, cost effective educational programs with content that is evidence based and follows standards of care and practice and is in alignment with Kaiser Permanente policies and procedures.
• Develops material, education tactics, and programs that are based on adult learning principles and take into account novice-to-expert framework of skill development and knowledge acquisition.
• Implements instructional and curriculum design skills; ensures methodology selected is appropriate for topic and audience and assists others in instructional design.
• Coordinates, manages and assures continuum of education from orientation through annual required updates to include continuing education for nursing and unlicensed support staff in ambulatory care to include scheduling and coaching various presenters/trainers; evaluating presentations; providing feedback to presenters/trainers; and implementing suggestions for improvement of programs.
• Analyzes regional educational needs and priorities using a shared decision-making model to include key operational care delivery leaders, lead clinicians, labor leaders and appropriate frontline staff.
• Assists nurse managers in identification of performance gaps in maintaining standards, work environment factors, standard performance evaluation criteria/processes and effective training strategies to impact and maintain performance outcomes.
• Assists in developing, providing and facilitating department train-the trainer sessions and providing peer leadership to trainers and other nursing professional development consultants as appropriate.
• Delegates, in collaboration with operational care delivery, (Managers, Medical Office Administrator's, Area Administrators) regional trainings to service area/dept.
• Leads regional redesign work and professional development projects; actively communicates with all key stakeholders and ensures training and development projects achieve intended milestones and goals according to defined timelines.
• Performs other duties as assigned.--Basic Qualifications:Experience
  • Minimum three (3) years of clinical experience in acute care, ambulatory care, or case/population management.
  • Minimum one (1) year leadership experience (Nursing Supervisor or Manager).
  • Minimum one (1) year of education experience.Education
    • Bachelor's degree in nursing required.License, Certification, Registration
      • Registered Nurse currently licensed in the state of Colorado.Additional Requirements:
        • Demonstrated knowledge of professional nursing principles, practices, and procedures as applied to the care of patients in different settings, strong customer focused skills, strong interpersonal skills and ability to successfully resolve conflict.Preferred Qualifications:
          • Certified Nurse Educator (CNE); Project Management.
          • Master's degree in nursing preferred.Job Schedule: Job Category: Nursing Licensed & Nurse Practitioners

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