Nursing Professional Development Specialist- OB Team

Job Description:

Nursing Professional Development Specialist‑OB Team (260005C1)

• Works under the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice in Nursing Professional Development roles established by the Association of Nursing Professional Development (ANPD) to include:
  Educator, Consultant, Researcher, Facilitator, Change Agent, and Leader.
• Adheres to all regulatory requirements (e.g. Ohio Revised Code, The Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Ohio Board of Health, etc.) and professional standards (e.g. Code of Ethics, ANA, ONS, AORN, AACN, and ASPAN) as applicable to the specific area of nursing practice.
• Participates in formal and informal orientation, education, and development of nursing/UAP/students including weekends and off‑shift.
• Collaborates on the development and implementation of nursing policy, procedure, and guidelines.
• Maintains standards of practice relative to specific clinical areas (e.g. ENA, AORN, AACN, etc.).
• Participates in department and system committees and/or task forces as assigned.

• Develop, coordinate, manage, facilitate, conduct, and evaluate on‑boarding and orientation programs for nursing, UAPs, and students.

• Develop, coordinate, manage, facilitate, conduct, and evaluate competency programs.

• Create, manage, implement, coordinate, and evaluate educational activities to meet identified practice gaps in knowledge, skill, and attitude of nursing, UAPs, and students.
• Collaborate with other professions to create, implement, coordinate, and evaluate inter‑professional continuing education to meet identified practice gaps in knowledge, skill, and attitude.

• Create, manage, implement, facilitate, and evaluate activities that promote professional nurse role development and role transition.
• Create, coordinate, facilitate, conduct, and evaluate activities that promote professional role development and transition.

• Integrates best research evidence, educational and clinical expertise, and learner preferences into all programs (e.g. on‑boarding, orientation, education, transition‑to‑practice, etc.).
• Conducts, encourages, facilitates, and participates in research, EBP, and QI, including dissemination of findings.

• Oversees the systematic collection of data, information, knowledge, and evidence from a variety of sources.
• Forecasts potential needs based on environmental scanning.
• Assesses and prioritizes macrosystem needs.
• Differentiates between practice gaps and performance/systems issues and determines appropriate interventions.
• Involves learners and key stakeholders in formulating expected measurable, context‑specific outcomes based on organizational, stakeholders’, and learners’ values, goals, current evidence, and regulations.
• Revises outcomes based on trends, evidence, and changes in stakeholders’ expectations.
• Incorporates theories pertaining to learning, behavioral change, motivation, epidemiology, and other frameworks in designing educational materials and programs.
• Exhibits system thinking through the planning process.
• Synthesizes evaluation data to guide decision‑making and quality improvement about additional programming needs and current program modifications.

• Synthesizes and appraises the best available evidence to recommend practice changes.
• Applies principles of implementation science to maintain and sustain practice changes.
• Applies evidence‑based adult learning practices to program development and delivery.
• Participates in quality initiatives to improve patient quality and safety outcomes.
• Develops, measures and analyzes quality outcomes to demonstrate impact on nursing care delivery such as patient outcomes, nurse competency, and practice improvements.
• Recommends and implements research activities to align with the organizational strategic plan.
• Disseminates research, EBP, and QI findings through activities such as presentations, publications, and consultation.

• Continuously scans the environment for trends and issues that require change.
• Acts as adaptive…