Development Instructor - Operating Room - BMH

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Staff Development Instructor - Operating Room - BMH

The Staff Development Instructor serves as a learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, advocate for the professional development specialty and partner for practice transitions. Works collaboratively with all members of the healthcare team. Delivers education in an effective and efficient manner. Provides clinical orientation and continuing education to assigned department(s). Assures standardization and best practice in education.

Identified positions also act as a liaison to local schools to provide clinical placement for educational purposes.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must be able to demonstrate the competencies necessary to provide services appropriate to the age of the population served.

Minimum educational requirement based upon clinical area of specialty:

Nursing: BSN or BS with major in nursing required; MSN or MS with major in nursing preferred.

Five years of clinical experience with a focus in areas of specialty desired.

Experience in teaching and certification highly desired.

Licensed in area of specialty in good standing with the State of Michigan.

Must have a valid driver’s license for those roles requiring system coverage.

BLS required within orientation period; BLS Instructor status required within one year of hire. Advanced life support Instructor status determined by department needs.

Must be able to operate and perform basic computer programs associated with documentation and record keeping in the department.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in a clean, well lighted & temperature controlled environment. The employee may occasionally be exposed to infectious disease from blood/air borne pathogens. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions. The employee regularly required to talk or hear, stand, walk, sit, lift up to 50 pounds. Vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Must demonstrate excellent human relation skills, including verbal and written communication, problem solving, and assertiveness.

Must have a customer service orientation.

Must demonstrate leadership and organization skills including the ability to work independently and take initiative.

Must demonstrate a positive attitude.

Must be able to work in and cope with the changing environment.

Must demonstrate flexibility.

Must demonstrate team-building skills.

• Use the educational design process to bridge the knowledge, skills, and/or practice gaps identified through a needs assessment.

• Actively work to transform processes at micro, meso, and macrosystem levels through the inspiration, initiation, adaptation and sustainment of and adaptation to change using project management and improvement processes.

• Advance the profession by contributing to the professional development of others and supporting life‑long learning as individuals develop across practice, professional and educational settings.

• Influence the interprofessional practice and learning environments, the NPD specialty, the profession of nursing, and healthcare.

• Promote the generation and dissemination of new knowledge and the use of evidence to adhere to advance NPD practice, guide clinical practice and improve patient care.

• Actively support, promote, and demonstrate nursing professional development as a nursing practice specialty.

• Support the transition of nurses and other healthcare team members across learning and practice environments, roles, and professional stages.

• Serves an expert resource on ECC issues and protocols to the Training Center Coordinator, Instructor’s and clinical staff
• Conducts Instructor courses for Training Center while adhering to the AHA guidelines
• Monitors Course Directors and Training Center Faculty and completes required documentation
• Responsible for the scheduling of all Instructors in all the Life Support programs and…