Nursing Professional Development Specialist - Medical Surgical Population - West Valley Medical Center
UCLA
Application
Details
Posted: 24-Sep-24
Location: West Hills, California
Salary: Open
Categories:
General Nursing
Internal Number: 142763817
Description
Nursing Professional Development Practitioner/Specialist is a registered nurse whose practice is clinical nursing education and who oversees required education, competency, training, and professional development for the Med-Surg population-specific nursing staff at West Valley Medical Center in the UCLA Health system. Encompasses the delivery of clinician (primarily nursing), professional/leadership development, policies, activities, assessment tools, and systems. Promotes excellence in patient care, through skill acquisition in evidence-based nursing practice and clinical inquiry. Collaborates with nursing leadership (Unit Director, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and Nursing Professional Development Specialists) to deliver educational programs and secure resources based on needs assessments and adult learning theory. Meets the diverse requirements of the nursing units, patient populations, regulatory and accreditation and strategic goals of the organization/health system. The Clinical Nurse Educator
Salary Range: $124,600 - $289,400 annually
Qualifications
Required:
CPR: BLS
Current CA RN
MSN in Nursing Education or MSN with post certificate in Nursing
Education
3 years of recent acute care experience
Advanced knowledge of developing and delivering clinical nursing
education and training material for orientation, class training and
skills/competency learning and leadership development
Advanced interpersonal skills to participate in the development and
delivery of new education and training programs and to develop positive
working relationships with nursing staff and leadership
Advanced organizational and project management skill to lead a team,
prioritize tasks, and see projects through from inception to completion on
schedule
Advanced skills in written and verbal communication to convey the
most complex clinical, technical, and education and training information
in a clear and concise manner to produce high quality reports,
documentation, and presentations
Advanced knowledge of a broad spectrum of professional nursing
practices and issues and in-depth knowledge in a clinical nursing
specialty area
Advanced knowledge of methodology for conducting evidence-based
research, data collection, analysis, and reporting
Advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills to manage
multiple levels of information and responsibilities
Advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills to quickly
assess highly-complex and urgent problems to develop and expedient path of
resolution
Preferred:
Certified within area of specialty preferred
*Position can be filled as CNE3 if
candidate is completing educational requirement
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