Supervisor, Education & Training - Nursing Professional Development

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Healthwe help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning.

It’salso about how we support one another and why we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Our Maternal Child Services team is responsible for the 36 bed Labor and Delivery, Mother/Baby, and High Risk Antepartum areas, 7 bed triage, and 2 Operating Rooms. We are also designated a Baby Friendly Institution.

Supervisor, Nursing Professional Development (NPD) serves as the educational nursing lead for the orientation, onboarding, and transition process. A nurse leader who serves in the role of a practitioner, educator, leader, researcher, and consultant. As a knowledgeable practitioner, the Supervisor, NPD demonstrates positive behavior and the ability to perform ongoing clinical assessment of the patient, serve as a resource, and assist in establishing and implementing a plan of care and evaluating the outcome of that care, utilizing the nursing process.

As an educator, the Supervisor, NPD demonstrates behavior which includes assessing the orientation and educational needs of all levels of nursing team members, establishing and implementing educational plans, evaluating orientation and educational progress and outcomes and making recommendations for successful orientation, onboarding and transition. As a leader, the Supervisor, NPD is responsible for ensuring that the mission, vision, and values of the HMH System are integrated with all aspects of the orientation and nursing professional development structures and processes.

As a researcher, the Supervisor, NPD utilizes the research process to promote quality patient care and applies evidence-based practices related to nursing professional development, orientation, and education. As a consultant, the Supervisor, NPD collaborates and partners with nursing team members and leaders to maximize the effectiveness of all aspects of the nursing professional development enterprise.

Essential Job Functions:

• Create, plan, and lead the implementation of the organization’s orientation, onboarding and transition programs
• In collaboration with the network and site education and unit nursing leaders, manages the assignment and completion of all orientation, onboarding, and transition requirements. Communicate promptly any concerns and partner with nurse leaders on the resolution.
• Assists in the creation and implementation of continuing education and annual competency.
• Contributes to the evaluation of orientation/onboarding/transition progress of team members at three-month or at the end of the orientation period.
• Functions as an expert clinical resource in assisting team members in new or complex patient care assessment, interventions and evaluations
• Promotes safe and efficient clinical practice, including the accurate administration of medications according to the Ten Rights and Four Checks of Medication Administration.
• Facilitates positive communications. May participate and lead unit huddles and leader rounding with team members.
• Resolves conflicts and facilitates constructive resolutions and positive outcomes if possible.
• Participates with and models the importance of team member recognition.
• Models cultural competence, social justice and fairness, and capitalizes on generational diversity to foster highly effective work groups.
• Where applicable and necessary, escalates nursing labor/management issues.
• Identifies areas…