Nursing Professional Development Practitioner - Per Diem

Nursing Professional Development Practitioner - Per Diem

Join our team as a Nursing Professional Development Practitioner in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. This part-time position offers the opportunity to coordinate and supervise the delivery of educational activities on assigned units, promoting professional development for nurses throughout the organization.

Job Description

• Coordinates and supervises the delivery of educational activities on assigned unit.
• Collaborates with managers to supervise the orientation process.
• Develops educational programs and processes to promote professional development for nurses throughout the organization.
• Assists in the implementation and continuing support of the electronic medical record.
• Uses tools, skills, and knowledge to improve the healthcare practice of learners.
• Uses educational design process to bridge the knowledge, skills, and practice gaps identified through a needs assessment.
• Provides classroom instruction using innovative techniques and processes.
• Actively works to transform processes through inspiration, initiation, adaptation, and sustainment of change using project management and improvement processes.
• Provides leadership on unit councils and committees.
• Influences the inter-professional practice and learning environments in nursing and healthcare.
• Assists others in their professional role development, practice role transitions, and succession planning.
• Serves as a strong role model in professional practice as evidenced by strong relationships with staff and members of other departments, effective communications, appropriate resource utilization, and sound planning skills.
• Promotes the generation and dissemination of new knowledge and the use of evidence to advance the Nursing Professional Development practice, guide clinical practice, and improve patient care.
• Actively supports, promotes, and demonstrates nursing professional development as a nursing practice specialty.
• Develops, coordinates, manages, facilitates, conducts, and evaluates onboarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.
• Provides direct supervision to assigned personnel, assists with orientation and integration of new employees, and builds a sense of pride in employees while promoting good morale.
• Communicates significant issues on units to Operations Manager in a timely manner.
• Assists Operations Managers by carrying out the process improvement plan and/or educational plan with staff completing documentation of remediation.
• Actively supports the transition of nurses and other healthcare team members across learning and practice environments, roles, and professional stages.
• Coordinates the attendance of personnel at internal and external educational programs.
• Provides ongoing education based on educational needs assessment, unit needs, staff requests, and management requests.
• Develops, coordinates, manages, facilitates, conducts, and evaluates competency programs.
• Supervises annual unit-based skills assessment and competency completion.
• Designs educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, which may include continuing nursing education, inter-professional continuing education, and education for non-licensed healthcare personnel.
• Establishes, teaches, and evaluates professional development activities.
• Collaborates with Career Enhancement Program Staff in meeting the educational needs of Intermediate Staff.
• Participates in the active mentoring and coaching of Career Enhancement Program staff.
• Participation in research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement activities is expected.
• Participates in the formulation of nursing policies and goals as well as policies affecting other departments; communicates and interprets policies, procedures, and regulations to patients, visitors, and staff members as required.
• Promotes and supports concepts of positive guest relations.
• Collaborates with partners to share expertise in planning and decision-making to achieve desired results.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (Required)
• Master's Degree (Preferred)
• Minimum of 3 years of nursing experience (Required)
• Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania
• Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body

Our Purpose & Values

Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family, and our communities.

• Kindness: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• Excellence: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• Learning: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare caregivers for tomorrow.
• Innovation: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• Safety: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full-time and part-time positions from day one, including vision, dental, and domestic partners. We encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation, and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.