Clinical Practice Specialist RN Generalist Delnor

Description

This role serves as an education generalist supporting inpatient units, critical care, and the Emergency Department. Responsibilities include designing and developing eLearning programs grounded in adult learning principles, facilitating preceptor education courses, leading education and training efforts for new product implementations, and serving as the Site Nurse Planner responsible for coordinating and awarding ANCC contact hours for continuing nursing education activities.

The Clinical Practice Specialist reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

The Clinical Practice Specialist leads efforts to ensure quality clinical practice and professional development at the front-line.

• Develops and implements education opportunities for staff identified through needs assessments, departmental and system goals and new/expanded clinical programs.
• Supports staff to seek/maintain specialty certification including monitoring progress and completion.
• Participates in review of unit/division dashboard through LDOC and assesses for opportunities to improve in quality and practice areas; develops corresponding action as needed with key unit/division stakeholders.
• Monitors & trends quality report data with operational manager for clinical quality/safety issues and develops associated action plans as needed.
• Leads/facilitates inter-professional teams for unit/division based and house-wide clinical process improvement.

• Plans, implements, evaluates division specific learning activities to improve safety (i.e. simulations with support of Professional Practice and Development team members.
• Unit-based clinical policy and procedure review/updating.
• Provides input into staff evaluations as related to clinical competence (quality and practice).
• Rounds on unit with intention of coaching and mentoring.
• Identifies gaps in staff knowledge/skills and remediates.
• Participates in Staff RN Peer Review process.

• Identify opportunities/mentor/implement EBP projects, including unit/division order sets and practice guidelines.
• Identify, mentor and/or participate in nursing or inter-professional clinical research projects.
• Assist in interpreting research findings and developing strategies for implementation of results into evidenced based clinical practice guidelines.

• Attend Unit Based Staff Meetings.
• Attend Unit Based Shared Leadership meeting (POC) and Clinical Nurse Leadership Council (CNLC).
• Attend Unit Leadership (LDOC) Meetings.
• Off-unit committee/project team participation as appropriate.

• New product evaluation to make recommendations to value-based purchasing committee.
• Make recommendations for improvements in clinical efficiency in partnership with operational manager.
• Uses organizational and unit/department resources efficiently.
• Manages work schedule efficiently, completing tasks and assignments on time.

• Leads content review/revision for unit based orientation annually.
• Actively Participates in new employee orientation (PCS Orientation and unit based orientation).
• Participates in monitoring new hire goal progress and in touch points/check-ins.
• Utilizes internal/external resources to develop and implement unit’s annual competency and annual education plan and maintains record of completion.
• Collaborates with unit manager to evaluate, on an ongoing basis, progress towards staff completion of education plan.

• Provide informal unit-based education based on unit learning…