• • Works under the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice in Nursing Professional Development roles established by the Association of Nursing Professional Development (ANPD) to include: Educator, Consultant, Researcher, Facilitator, Change Agent, and Leader.
  • Adheres to all regulatory requirements (e.g. Ohio Revised Code, The Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Ohio Board of Health, etc.) and professional standards (e.g. Code of Ethics, ANA, ONS, AORN, AACN, and ASPAN) as applicable to the specific area of nursing practice.
  • Participate in formal and informal orientation, education, and development of nursing/UAP/students including weekends and off-shift.
  • Collaborate on the development and implementation of nursing policy, procedure, and guidelines.
  • Maintains standards of practice relative to the specific clinical area (e.g. ENA, AORN, AACN, etc.)
  • Participates in department and system committees and/or task forces as assigned
• On-boarding and Orientation
  • Develop, coordinate, manage, facilitate, conduct, and evaluate on-boarding and orientation programs for nursing, UAPs, and students
• Competency Management
  • Develop, coordinate, manage, facilitate, conduct, and evaluate competency programs
• Continuing Education
  • Create, manage, implement, coordinate, and evaluate educational activities to meet identified practice gaps in knowledge, skill, and attitude of nursing, UAPs, and students
  • Collaborate with other professions to create, implement, coordinate, and evaluate inter-professional continuing education to meet identified practice gaps in knowledge, skill, and attitude
• Professional Role Development
  • Create, manage, implement, facilitate, and evaluate activities that promote professional nurse role development and role transition
  • Create, coordinate, facilitate, conduct, and evaluate activities that promote professional role development and transition
• Research/EBP/QI
  • Integrates best research evidence, educational and clinical expertise, and learner preferences into all programs (e.g. on-boarding, orientation, education, transition-to-practice, etc.)
  • Conduct, encourage, facilitate, and participate in research, EBP, and QI, including dissemination of findings
• Program Development
  • Oversees the systematic collection of data, information, knowledge, and evidence from a variety of sources
  • Forecasts potential needs based on environmental scanning
  • Assess and prioritizes macrosystem needs
  • Differentiates between practice gaps and performance/systems issues and determines appropriate interventions
  • Involves learners and key stakeholders in formulating expected measurable, context-specific outcomes based on organizational, stakeholders’ and learners’ values, goals, current evidence, and regulations
  • Revises outcomes based on trends, evidence, and changes in stakeholders’ expectations
  • Incorporates theories pertaining to learning, behavioral change, motivation, epidemiology, and other frameworks in designing educational materials and programs.
  • Exhibits system thinking through the planning process
  • Synthesizes evaluation data to guide decision-making and quality improvement about additional programing needs and current program modifications
• Quality Improvement (QI), Evidence-based Practice (EBP), and Research
  • Synthesizes and appraises the best available evidence to recommend practice changes
  • Applies principles of implementation science to maintain and sustain practice changes
  • Applies evidence based adult learning practices to program development and delivery
  • Participate in quality initiatives to improve patient quality and safety outcomes
  • Develops, measures and analyzes quality outcomes to demonstrate impact on nursing care delivery such as patient outcomes, nurse competency, and practice improvements
  • Recommends and implements research activities to align with the organizational strategic plan
  • Disseminates research, EBP, and QI findings through activities such as presentations, publications, and consultation
• Change Management
  • Continuously scans the environment for trends and issues that require change
  • Acts as adaptive expert implementing sustainable rapid cycle change
  • Leads or participates the implementation of change strategies
  • Fosters acceptance, adaption, and action toward change
  • Creates a climate for change
  • Participates and promotes organizational change
• Leadership
  • Creates a culture in which innovation and risk-taking are promoted and expected
  • Creates a just culture
  • Demonstrates value of nursing professional development to the organization through return on investment, enhance quality of care, and improved patient outcomes
  • Ensures nursing professional development department compliance with reporting to regulatory bodies
  • Designs project plans using project management tools and oversees implementation
  • Prepares for and seeks opportunities to serve on boards
  • Models expert practice to peers, inter-professional team members, , and learners
  • Advances the profession through publications, presentations, and other scholarly work
  • Collaborates with inter-professional colleagues on activities to advance the profession
• Professional Growth & Development
  • Seeks interaction, peer review, and feedback from colleagues
  • Maintains professional certification in nursing professional development
  • Role model professional behaviors including, but not limited to, involvement in professional organizations, engagement in lifelong learning activities, dissemination of information through publications and presentations, and advocacy

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.