Nursing Professional Development Specialist - Emergency Department
Location
Middletown, CT | United States
Job description
Professional Development Specialist - Emergency Department (3 sites)
Part time 32 hours
Want to become part of an award winning organization? Middlesex Health has been voted one of the top workplaces in the State of Connecticut and has received Magnet recognition for an unprecedented 6th time. We are just a few miles away from the beach, shopping, and fine eateries with easy access to New York City and Boston. Apply today to take advantage of this unique opportunity.
The Nursing Professional Development Specialist acts as a facilitator of learning, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, and a partner for practice transition to improve healthcare outcomes. Facilitates collaborative partnership and promotes evidence-based practice and quality improvement initiatives.Meets the standards in accordance with established hospital, State, Federal, Joint Commission standards.
Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- ANPD (Association for Nursing Professional Development) certification required within two years
- Advanced experience in Emergency Services
Preferred Qualifications: - Master of Science in Nursing
- Demonstrated knowledge of education methodology such as needs assessment, curriculum development, instructional design and principles of adult learning.
- Must possess excellent communication, teaching, group facilitation and presentation skills, teamwork and flexibility is needed adapting to changes in work environment and accepting supervisory feedback.
- Ability to work at a fast pace and to prioritize multiple assignments/projects and respond to Needs minimal sustained direction in assessing needs, directing staff and carrying out departmental and professional responsibilities.
- Able to be flexible with time. Working hours may exceed eight hours per day and is based on what is needed to accomplish work at hand.
Benefits of Working at Middlesex Health:
When you choose Middlesex Health to further your career, you have chosen a health care system that strives for excellence in patient care as well as employee satisfaction. In fact, we firmly believe they go hand-in-hand.
Middlesex Health is committed to offering employees a comprehensive, competitive and affordable benefit package. We also continuously seek to improve and expand the benefits available to our employees. In addition to our paid time off, some of these benefits include:
Tuition and continuing education assistance:Middlesex Health provides financial support for training and education.
Retirement plan:The Middlesex Health Retirement Savings & Investment Plan allows eligible employees to make voluntary, pre-tax contributions and receive limited matching contributions from the health system every pay period, along with an automatic core contribution from the health system each year.
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