Professional Development Specialist RN - Main Comp Med Stepdown - Part Time - Nights Job Cincinnati area,Ohio USA,Nursing

Job Description
Job Description

The Professional Development Specialist (PDS) is a self-directed, professional registered nurse with advanced knowledge and expertise specific to his/her clinical area. The PDS serves as an educator, change agent, researcher, servant leader role model and mentor. The PDS role is developed in relationship to responsibilities and specialty population of practice. The PDS will be centrally based/department based and may have additional responsibilities within the department as the need arises.

Responsibilities

Follows Standards of Practice

Standard 1:
Assessment of Practice Gaps

The nursing professional development specialist analyzes issues, trends and supporting data to determine the needs of individuals, organizations, and communities in relation to health care.

Standard 2:
Identification of Learning Needs

The nursing professional development specialist collects data and information to validate an identified gap in professional practice and to determine the specific knowledge, skill, or practice deficit or opportunity.

Standard 3:
Outcomes Identification

The nursing professional development specialist identifies desired outcomes of the educational plan.

Standard 4:
Planning

The nursing professional development specialist establishes a plan that prescribes strategies, alternatives, and resources to achieve expected outcomes.

Standard 5:
Implementation

The nursing professional development specialist implements the identified plan.

Standard 5a:
Coordination

The nursing professional development specialist coordinates educational initiatives and activities.

Standard 5b:
Facilitation of Positive Learning and Practice Environments

The nursing professional development specialist employs strategies to facilitate positive learning and practice environments.

Standard 6:
Evaluation

The nursing professional development specialist evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.

Standard 7:
Ethics

The nursing professional development specialist integrates ethics in all areas of practice.

Standard 8:
Education

The nursing professional development specialist maintains current knowledge and competency in nursing and professional development practice.

Standard 9:
Evidence-based Practice and Research

The nursing professional development specialist acts as a champion of scientific inquiry, generating new knowledge and integrating best available evidence into practice.

Standard 10:
Quality of Nursing Professional Development Practice

The nursing professional development specialist systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing professional development practice.

Standard 11:
Change Management

The nursing professional development specialist acts as a change agent within all settings.

Standard 12:
Leadership

The nursing professional development specialist provides leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession.

Standard 13:
Collaboration

The nursing professional development specialist collaborates with interprofessional teams, leaders, stakeholders and others to facilitate nursing practice and positive outcomes for consumers.

Standard 14:
Professional Practice Evaluation

The nursing professional development specialist evaluates personal practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, and relevant statutes, rules, and regulations.

Standard 15:
Resource Utilization

The nursing professional development specialist considers factors related to quality, safety, effectiveness and cost regarding professional development activities and expected outcomes.

Standard 16:
Mentorship/Advancing the Profession

The nursing professional development specialist advances the profession and the specialty through mentoring and contributions to the professional development of others.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Onboarding:

Assessment

Communicates with new employee before start date to make introductions, identify learning style, provides an overview of the orientation process and attempt to alleviate fears and apprehensions.

Diagnosis

Collaborates with the Clinical Manager when a new hire is finalized and hire date is established. There will be discussion regarding new employee's previous work history, clinical background and possible learning needs.

Identification of Educational Outcomes

Prepares a competency-based unit orientation for new hires based on objectives and needs of orientee.

Planning

Prepares a clinical orientation schedule for each new employee based on the employee's previous work experience and clinical background.

Collaborates with manager to identify a compatible preceptor and determine the anticipated length of orientation.

Implementation

Works closely with Orientation Team to ensure new employees have attended all classroom orientation before being oriented to the clinical department.

Schedules and facilitates "class day" for a new employee that is scheduled on the unit to acclimate the new staff member to the physical environment, department standards, performance expectations, and…