Job Information
Fairview Health Services System Professional Development Specialist RN - OR in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overview
M Health Fairview is looking for a System Professional Development Specialist for our OR team.
The Professional Development Specialist improves the professional practice and role competence of nurses and other healthcare personnel by facilitating ongoing learning, change, and role competence and growth with the intention of improving population health through indirect care.
This position will work 64hrs every two weeks and it is an exempt position. 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
Responsibilities Job Description
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.
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.
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.
Supports and partners with nursing practice professionals, nursing operations, and other stakeholders with the shared goal of achieving the organization’s mission and vision.
Qualifications
Required
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
Experience
3 or more years of nursing experience, perferabiliy in the OR
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 aligned to your area of practice
ANPD Certification
EEO Statement
EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status