Nursing Professional Development Specialist

Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Indian River has been recognized as one of the top regional hospitals in South Florida. Indian River Hospital is in sunny Florida’s Treasure Coast where it is committed to providing optimal family-centric and community-focused care. At Indian River Hospital, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers. You will work with state-of-the-art technology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.  

As a Nursing Professional Development Specialist, you will plan, implement and evaluate nursing orientation as well as the ongoing professional development of nurses at Indian River Hospital. In this role, you will collaborate with hospital leadership and the other Nursing Professional Development Specialists on the team to coordinate our program, which is supporting the nurses in improving care and safety for our patient population. This is a great opportunity for an experienced nurse, preferably one with geriatric experience, who is ready to branch out and grow within the nursing education field.  

A caregiver in this position works PT days from 8:00AM – 4:30PM. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Plan and evaluate Nursing orientation as well as ongoing professionals' development of nurses for all on-site nursing programs. 

• Design, direct, implement and evaluate educational offerings based on knowledge, skills and learning levels of nursing staff. 

• Identify learning needs and desires of nursing personnel. 

• Develop and utilize appropriate evaluation systems to determine the effectiveness of educational activities. 

• Consult with individuals within the Nursing Institute and Ambulatory Nursing, CCF and the community regarding professional nursing practice and roles. 

• Assist in the development of department specific orientation and competencies.  

• Assist departments in orientation of caregivers. 

• Develop and maintain a cataloging system for tracking and retrieval of all available teaching-learning resources. 

• Collaborate with clinical instructors, preceptors and project managers in setting educational goals for the individual student. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) OR Master’s Degree in Nursing (MSN) with a non-nursing Bachelor’s degree 

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) 

• Two years of recent nursing experience with demonstrated clinical expertise including clinical nursing experience, preceptor or BCLS or ACLS instructor 

• Demonstrated knowledge of education methodology such as needs assessment, curriculum development, instructional design and principles of adult learning 

• Presentation skills 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Master’s Degree 

• Two years of instructor or teaching experience 

• Requires full range of motion; manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• Requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible. Note: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required. 

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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