Position: Nursing Professional Development Specialist

Department: Critical Care

Schedule: 40 Hours, Days

POSITION SUMMARY:

The role of the Nursing Professional Development Specialist for Critical Care encompasses employee orientation, development, coordination and implementation of a variety of education programs; assessment and maintenance of staff competency and involvement in quality improvement and research utilization to enhance patient care.

EDUCATION:

• Graduate of an accredited baccalaureate nursing program required; Master's Degree in Nursing required. Professional certificationrequired.
• Licensed to practice professional nursing as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts required.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support certification required; BCLS/ACLS instructor certification preferred.

EXPERIENCE:

• Demonstrated expertise in clinical nursing practice and three to five years of progressively responsible clinical experience.
• Previous teaching experience strongly preferred; demonstrated ability to apply principles of adult learning required.
• Analytical ability to solve clinical nursing issues and conduct quality improvement / research utilization projects.
• Advanced interpersonal and writing skills in order to develop and conduct educational programs, presentations, communicate with interdisciplinary team, and perform leadership responsibilities.
• National certification in Staff Development strongly preferred.
• Basic computer proficiency inclusive of ability to access and enter data from computerized information systems Organizational skills to set priorities and efficiently complete assigned work.
• Ability to effectively supervise and evaluate the clinical competence of probationary employees.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills appropriate to the patient and staff populations served.
• Physical ability to meet the core job responsibilities in accordance with practice setting demands for the patient populations regularly served.
• Multilingual skills (beyond that of English) appropriate to the patient populations served by the medical center preferred.
• Ability to manage frequent stress due to critical patient issues, changing organizational climate, and personnel issues.