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Nursing Professional Development PractitionerMaitland, FL

AdventHealth, Maitland, Florida, United States, 32751

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Nursing Professional Development Practitioner

At AdventHealth Orlando, what started as a converted farmhouse in rural Central Florida has grown into Central Florida's major tertiary health care facility. Patients come from the Southeast, the Caribbean, and even as far as South America for our proven expertise and compassionate health care. With a variety of Orlando hospital jobs, we invite you to start or elevate your career with a new job at AdventHealth Orlando. We constantly seek out Orlando nurses, medical assistants, nurse assistants, patient care, and health administration professionals who share our passion for whole-person health care. Every day, our team members show up to work, unified by one shared mission: Extending the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. As a faith-based health care organization, our story is one of hope as we strive to heal and restore the body, mind, and spirit. Though our facilities are spread across the country, this unwavering belief binds us together. Across every office, exam, and patient room, we're committed to providing individualized, holistic care. This is our Christian mission, and it inspires us to help make communities healthier and happier. The Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Practitioner functions as a learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for inquiry, advocate for NPD specialty, and partner for practice transitions as they guide the learner toward desired outcomes. The NPD Practitioner continuously uses environmental scanning to intentionally assess opportunities and challenges within and externally to the organization, and identifies opportunities based on global and national healthcare trends, legislative changes, needs of collaborative partners, educational gaps, emerging technologies, and the clinical staff members desire for growth. The NPD Practitioner actively interacts with learners to contribute to nursing professional development processes and ensures the achievement of measurable outcomes, influences professional role competence, and growth of learners in a variety of settings. The value you'll bring to the team: Orientation: Creates, plans, implements, and coordinates orientation for individuals new to the nursing unit/department. Monitors and reports compliance with required documentation for orientation. Evaluates unit/department orientation process based on health care trends, learning needs, and organizational goals. Research/Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)/Quality Improvement (QI): Serves as a resource for clinical inquiry, including identification of potential projects, and/or subject matter expertise. Demonstrates a spirit of inquiry to support professional curiosity including research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement initiatives using the organizations preferred structure, i.e. PDSA (plan, do, study, act). Works with others to identify problems and solutions and collaboratively create and assist in the implementation of the changes planned. Creates a supportive environment for nursing research, scientific inquiry, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice. Disseminates evidence-based practice findings through educational programs, courses, and other activities. Professional Role Development: NPD Practitioner may assist others in their professional role development, practice role transitions, and succession planning. Assists staff to identify areas for individual growth, including opportunities for advancement. Provides resources for role transition. Promotes certification and advanced formal education. Continuing Nursing Education: Designs engaging, interactive, state of the art educational activities/plans rooted in adult learning principles; implements and coordinates activities related to clinical practice and lifelong career development. Integrates regulatory standards to meet the requirements for continuing education contact hours, when appropriate. The expertise and experiences you'll need to succeed: Minimum qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Two years of nursing experience Current, valid Florida State of Nursing license as a registered professional nurse Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Certification Advanced Life Support Provider Certification, per specialty Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs such as Outlook, Word, Power Point, and Excel Preferred qualifications: Master's degree in nursing or related field Prior experience as a preceptor/educator Previous teaching experience in formal/informal settings Experience in specialty area applying for Certification as Nursing Professional Development Educator Certification in clinical or educator specialty Basic or advanced life support instructor, depending on specialty (Instructor certification overrides Provider certification) This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations, and ordinances.