Nursing Prof Dev Generalist

Position Overview

Clinical Nurse Specialist – 34003 Aurora West Allis Medical Center (Full Time, 36 hrs/week)

• Supports orientation process by developing, coordinating, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.
• Assists with competency management, using tools that capture objective and subjective data regarding an individual’s knowledge base and performance.
• Designs educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences in consultation with a Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Specialist.
• Utilizes best practice standards and adult learning principles in planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating educational activities to facilitate desired outcomes for learners.
• Provides strategies to facilitate a continuous process of lifelong learning, including role transition, integration, skill acquisition, and mastery as learners advance from novice to expert.
• Collaborates with system and operational leadership to meet the education needs of the site and nursing departments.
• Adjusts materials and teaching strategies appropriate to the situation and the learner’s developmental level, learning needs, readiness, ability to learn, language preference, and culture, incorporating assistive aids and technologies.
• Evaluates and analyzes the impact of programming on learners, organizational resources, and patient outcomes, making adjustments in consultation with an NPD Specialist as needed.
• Establishes and implements evaluation tools and methodologies to identify needs or gaps in knowledge, skills, and competencies of nursing personnel, advancing nursing practice in consultation with an NPD Specialist.
• Develops and supports education needs based on specialty or department in collaboration with regional and system teams.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to patient age groups, understanding principles of growth and development across the lifespan.

• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the member practices.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.

• Typically requires 3 years of experience in front line nursing.

• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, planning, and problem‑solving skills.
• Critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

• Generally exposed to a normal office environment.
• Must have functional speech, hearing, and senses for effective communication.
• Position requires travel; may be exposed to road and weather hazards.
• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.

• Paid Time Off programs.
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and short‑ and long‑term disability.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.