System Professional Development Specialist RN - Procedural - Fairview Health Services

M Health Fairview is looking for a System Professional Development Specialist - RN to support the Procedural team. 

The Professional Development Specialist RN improves the professional practice and role competence of nurses and other healthcare personnel by facilitating ongoing learning, change, and growth with the intention of improving population health through indirect care. This position will cover the St. John's hospital located in Maplewood, MN. 

This is a 0.8FTE (64 hours every two weeks. We offer a generous benefits package including medical, dental, paid time off, retirement options, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment program.  Check out more of our benefits information here: www.fairview.org/noncontract

Job Expectations: 

• Learning facilitator. Uses the educational design process and adult learning principles to bridge the knowledge, skills, and/or practice gaps identified through learning needs assessment and evaluation of outcomes, including the development of initial and ongoing competency validation processes.  
• Change agent. Actively works to transform processes at micro, meso, and/or macro system levels. The NPDS uses change management strategies and theories to drive desired outcomes.  
• Mentor. Advances the profession by contributing to the professional development of others and supporting ongoing professional learning as individuals develop across practice, professional, and educational settings.  
• Leader. Influences and advocates for interprofessional practice and learning environments, the education specialty, the profession of nursing, and healthcare.  
• Champion for inquiry. Promotes a spirit of inquiry, the generation and dissemination of new knowledge, and the use of evidence to advance clinical education, guide clinical practice, and improve the quality of care for the patient, family, and/or community (the health care consumer/partner).  
• Advocate for Nursing Specialty. Actively supports, promotes, and demonstrates nursing professional development within a nursing practice specialty, including the promotion of nursing certification.   
• Partner for practice transitions. Supports the transition of nurses and allied nursing staff across practice and learning environments, roles, and professional stages.  
• Collaborator. Supports and partners with nursing practice professionals, nursing operations, and other team members with the shared goal of achieving the organization’s mission and vision.  

Required

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Experience

• 3 or more years of nursing experience
• Experience in teaching, coaching, precepting, or training

License/Certification/Registration

• Current MN RN License
• BLS certification 

Preferred

Education

• Master’s Degree in Nursing or healthcare related field

Experience

• 1 or more years education experience 

License/Certification/Registration

• Recognized ANCC certification in Nursing Specialty