Nursing Professional Development Practitioner

Full-time, 36 hours/week (Four 9 hour shifts) Days/Variable Onsite Department Responsibilities: Akron ED (with another NPD) Boston Heights, Beachwood, Mansfield, and Montrose Urgent Cares Akron and Canton CARE Centers ED/Urgent Care Floats After Hours Summary: The NPD Practitioner will adhere to the Scope and Standards of NPD practice to improve the practice of staff. Responsibilities: * The NPD practitioner advances the profession by contributing to the professional development of others, supporting collaborative relationships and supporting life-long learning. * Uses the educational design process to bridge the knowledge, skills and practice gaps identified through needs assessment. * Influences the inter-professional practice and learning environments, the NPD specialty, and the profession of nursing and healthcare through collaboration with leadership in planning and decision making to achieve desired results. * Actively works to transform processes at all levels through inspiration, initiation, adoption and sustainment of and adaptation to change using project management and improvement processes. * Promotes the generation and dissemination of new knowledge and the use of evidence to advance NPD practice, guide clinical practice and improve patient care. * Actively supports, promotes, and demonstrates nursing professional development as a nursing practice specialty through promotion of research, EBP, and QI. * Supports the transitions of nurses and other healthcare team members across learning and practice environments, roles and professional stages. * Other duties as required. Other information: Technical Expertise * Experience in project management with interdisciplinary team is required. * Experience in data analysis and presentations is required. * Experience working with all levels within an organization is required. * Experience in healthcare is preferred. * Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required. Education and Experience * Education: Education: Master's degree in Nursing or BSN and in process of attaining Master's degree in Nursing within three years. Completion of Nurse Education track of MSN program is preferred. * Certification: Registered Nurse licensure is required; BLS certification is required; ACLS or PALS certification may be required by area of service. Nursing Professional Development certification preferred. * Years of relevant experience: 5 or more years is preferred. * Years of experience supervising: None. Full Time FTE: 0.900000 Status: Onsite Akron Children's Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individual with Disabilities. EEO is the law, please click/copy paste the link below to learn more: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc self print_poster.pdf