MedStar Health

Not-for-profit health system delivering patient care

Nursing Professional Development Assistant Director

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeWashington, DC, USA$102.6k - $197k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A master's degree in Nursing or Nursing Education from a nationally accredited nursing program is required.
Three to four years of progressively more responsible roles in nursing are required.
Experience in nursing education or professional development is required.
A Registered Nurse license in the District of Columbia or a compact state is required.
Nursing Professional Development certification from a nationally recognized nursing organization is required within one year, or Certified Nurse Educator certification from a nationally recognized nursing organization is required within one year.
Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation certification for healthcare providers, including Basic Life Support and Neonatal Resuscitation Program, from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross is required within 90 days.
Additional unit or specialty certifications may vary by department or business unit.
Excellent problem-solving skills to exercise independent judgment are required.
Business acumen and leadership skills are required.
Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact effectively with all levels of management, internal departments, and external agencies are required.
Working knowledge of various computer software applications is required.

Responsibilities

Provide daily leadership for Nursing Professional Development Specialists/Nurse Educators in their educator, change agent, consultant, evidence-based practitioner, and leader roles.
Develop and support educational programs that foster clinical personnel's professional development in conjunction with nursing practice and informatics peers.
Guide and recommend best-practice development with Patient Care Service departments.
Assist with department initiatives in staff development, education, competency management, associate supervision, conflict resolution, and compliance with external regulatory and accreditation standards.
Serve in the Nursing Professional Development Specialist capacity 50% of the time, including assessing, planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating learning and development programs that enhance associate performance and professional development or support the organization's mission, vision, and values.
Demonstrate clinical expertise, leadership, communication skills, and knowledge of education theory and principles to develop learning programs and achieve educational outcomes.
Design, implement, and evaluate designated learning and educational programs and consultative services.
Assess associates' learning needs through formal and informal data collection to determine specific education needs.
Apply teaching techniques that promote critical thinking and evidence-based practice, incorporating adult learning theory.
Engage in onboarding and orientation of new associates; plan and conduct orientation for new personnel, including Nursing Professional Development Specialists, to support effective transition to the practice environment and competency assessment requirements in accordance with departmental objectives and regulatory and accreditation standards.
Support newly licensed nurses' transition to practice using the MedStar New to Practice Nurse Residency Program model.
Identify learning needs and knowledge or skill gaps requiring remediation, and collaborate with Nurse Leaders to promote critical thinking, problem-solving, and competent patient care delivery.
Develop and coordinate education plans, ensure appropriate resources are available, and evaluate and document responses to teaching, including mandatory regulatory requirements, quality and safety, performance improvement, and clinical advancement.
Coordinate continuing education activities to expand knowledge and, where appropriate, support certification acquisition and maintenance using provider-unit and other resources.
Facilitate clinical nursing specialty certification review programs.
Provide expertise for competency development and competence assessment programs across the nursing department.
Oversee planning and execution of competency validation programs for nursing department associates.
Apply adult learning principles to assess staff learning and competency needs.
Coach nursing associates and provide feedback to enhance professional nursing practice.
Differentiate practice gaps from performance or system issues and address them accordingly.
Develop evaluation plans and use evidence-based evaluation systems to determine the effectiveness of educational activities and learning programs.
Involve other Nursing Professional Development Specialists in the evaluation process.
Prepare and disseminate learning-activity evaluation results and revise learning programs based on objective evaluation data.
Review clinical quality and safety performance data and contribute to plans that address patient-population-specific needs and enhance outcomes.
Provide career counseling, mentoring, and coaching to associates, including Nursing Professional Development Specialists.
Meet identified learning needs, foster lifelong learning, and support career advancement across nursing specialties.
Evaluate own practice against nursing professional development and practice standards, guidelines, statutes, rules, and regulations.
Pursue ongoing learning and educational opportunities to enhance own practice knowledge, skills, and competencies.
Promote Pathway to Excellence and Magnet Recognition standards through daily practice.
Incorporate evidence into learning programs and clinical education, especially in content development and the use of evidence-based learning models and evaluation systems.
Participate in research, evidence-based practice, and/or performance-improvement activities as appropriate.
Maintain knowledge of evidence, current trends, and innovations in nursing practice, clinical instruction, nursing education, staff development, simulation, and learning technologies.
Take action to support National Patient Safety Goals, nursing-sensitive indicators, regulatory requirements, including District of Columbia Health and The Joint Commission, and other identified quality metrics.
Participate in and disseminate information from committees involving the community, health system, entity, unit, or department related to learning programs, projects, and collaborative governance council activities.
Collaborate with internal and external departments, experts, and leaders to obtain information needed to develop relevant learning programs.
Serve as a liaison with academic partners and clinical student placements.
Participate in collecting and analyzing data to measure the success of and improvement areas in educational offerings, bridge programs, and other initiatives.
Assist in developing strategies to enhance the nursing department's performance and competencies.
Serve as a key liaison between the Director of Nursing Professional Development and Nursing Professional Development Specialists/Nurse Educators to ensure effective communication and alignment of educational initiatives.
Ensure that NPD Specialists/Nurse Educators' concerns, feedback, and needs are communicated to the Director in a timely manner and that the Director's decisions or updates are clearly relayed to NPD team members.

Desired Qualifications

Leadership or supervisory experience is preferred.

About the Job

General Summary of Position

Provides daily leadership for the team of Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Specialists/Nurse Educators as they function within the roles of educator change agent consultant evidence-based practitioner and leader. Under the supervision of the Director of Nursing Professional Development and in conjunction with nursing practice and informatics peers develops and supports educational programs which foster the professional development of clinical personnel; guides and recommends development of best practices with Patient Care Service departments. Assists in the development of department initiatives in the areas of staff development education competency management supervision of associates conflict resolution and compliance with external regulatory and accreditation standards. The Nursing Professional Development Assistant Director also functions in the NPD Specialist capacity for 50% of the time exercising role responsibilities inclusive of assessment planning development implementation and evaluation of learning and development programs that enhance associates' performance promotion of professional development or otherwise support the mission vision and SPIRIT Values of MedStar Health and the Department of Nursing.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Demonstrates clinical expertise leadership communication skills and knowledge of education theory and principles necessary to develop learning programs and achieve optimal educational outcomes. Designs implements and evaluates designated learning and educational programs and consultative services. Assesses learning needs through formal and informal approaches to data collection to determine specific education needs of associates. Applies teaching techniques that promote critical thinking and evidence-based practice incorporating principles of adult learning theory.
Engages in the On-Boarding and Orientation of New Associates. Plans and conducts orientation of new personnel including Nursing professional Development Specialists to facilitate effective transition to the practice environment and meeting competency assessment requirements in conformance with departmental objectives regulatory requirements and accreditation standards. Supports the transition to practice for newly licensed nurses using the MedStar New to Practice Nurse Residency Program model.
Identifies and assesses learning needs and knowledge or skill gaps of associates and Nursing professional Development Specialists that require remediation and collaborates with Nurse Leaders to promote critical thinking problem solving and competent patient care delivery. Develops and coordinates execution of education plans ensures availability of appropriate resources and evaluates and documents responses to teaching with consideration of but not limited to mandatory regulatory requirements quality and safety performance improvement and clinical advancement.
Coordinates the development and provision of continuing education activities to expand current knowledge and where appropriate acquire and maintain certification using provider unit and other resources. Facilitate the offering of clinical nursing specialty certification review programs.
Provides expertise for competency development and competence assessment programs across the department of nursing. Oversees the planning and execution of competency validation programs for nursing department associates. Applies principles of adult learning to assess staff learning and competency needs. Coaches other nursing associates within the department and provides feedback to enhance professional nursing practice. Differentiates between practice gaps and performance or system issues and addresses them accordingly.
Develops evaluation plans and applies evidence-based evaluation systems to determine the effectiveness of educational activities and learning programs. Involves other Nursing Professional Development Specialists in the evaluation process. Prepares and disseminates the evaluation results of the learning activities and revises learning programs based on objective evaluation data. Reviews performance data on clinical quality and safety of care delivery and contributes to plans which address patient population-specific needs and enhance outcomes.
Engages in career counseling mentoring and coaching of associates including the Nursing Professional Development Specialists. Meets identified learning needs fosters lifelong learning and supports career advancement in a wide-range of nursing specialties. Evaluates own practice in relation to nursing professional development and practice standards guidelines and relevant statues rules and regulations. Pursues ongoing learning and educational opportunities to enhance own practice knowledge skills and competencies. Promotes Pathway to Excellence and Magnet Recognition standards through daily practice.
Incorporates evidence into learning programs and clinical education activities especially in content development and use of evidence-based learning models and evaluation systems. Participates in research evidence-based practice and/or performance improvement activities as appropriate. Maintains knowledge of evidence and current trends and innovations in nursing practice clinical instruction nursing education staff development and use of simulation and learning technologies. Takes action to support the National Patient Safety Goals nursing sensitive indicators regulatory requirements (i.e. DC Health TJC) and other identified quality metrics.
Participates in and disseminates information from committees involving the community health system entity and unit or department related to learning programs projects and collaborative governance council activities. Collaborates with other departments experts and leaders both internal and external to MedStar Health to obtain information needed to purse development of relevant learning programs. Serves as a liaison with academic partners and clinical student placements.
Participates in collecting and analyzing data to measure the success and areas for improvement in educational offerings bridge programs and other initiatives. Assists in developing strategies to enhance the performance and competencies of for the department of nursing.
Serves as a key liaison between the Director of Nursing Professional Development and NPD Specialists/Nurse Educators to ensure effective communication and alignment of educational initiatives. Ensures that NPD Specialists/Nurse Educators' concerns feedback and needs are communicated to the Director in a timely manner and that any decisions or updates from the Director are clearly relayed to the NPD team members.

Minimal Qualifications
Education

Master's degree in Nursing or Nursing Education from a nationally accredited nursing program required

Experience

3-4 years of progressively more responsible roles in nursing required
Experience in nursing education or professional development required
Leadership or supervisory experience preferred

Licenses and Certifications

RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in the District of Columbia required
NPD - Nursing Professional Development certification from a nationally recognized nursing organization within 1 Year required or
Cert Nurse Educator - CNE certification from a nationally recognized nursing organization within 1 Year required
CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (includes BLS and NRP) for healthcare providers from either the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross within 90 Days required
Additional unit/specialty certifications may vary by department or business unit

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Excellent problem-solving skills to exercise independent judgement
Business acumen and leadership skills
Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to effectively interact with all levels of management internal departments and external agencies.
Working knowledge of various computer software applications.

This position has a hiring range of

USD $102,606.00 - USD $196,996.00 /Yr.

About the Company

MedStar Health

Not-for-profit health system delivering patient care

MedStar Health is a not-for-profit health system serving Maryland and the Washington, D.C. region, with hospitals, ambulatory and urgent care centers, and a health research institute. It delivers medical care through a network of facilities and care teams, supported by ongoing education and research to inform everyday practice. It stands out through its Georgetown University academic partnership, large regional network, and emphasis on patient experience, education, and research. Its goal is to improve regional health by providing high-quality medical care and advancing medicine through education and clinical excellence.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Grant
Total funding: $29M
Headquarters: Columbia, MD
Founded: 1999

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