Clinical Professional Development Specialist

North Mississippi Health Services; Tupelo (MS); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

North Mississippi Health Services is seeking a Clinical Professional Development Specialist to lead continuing education for clinical staff. The role involves assessing educational needs, developing innovative curricula, and ensuring regulatory compliance to advance patient care.

The specialist will present CE programs, tailor content to learner needs, and collaborate with unit educators to integrate centralized training across NMHS facilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and delivering continuing education for clinical staff.
• Ability to adapt curricula to diverse learning needs and modalities.
• Familiarity with regulatory standards for nursing and clinical education.

Responsibilities

• Transmits knowledge and skills to healthcare staff using varied instructional methods.
• Presents CE and in-service training aligned with assessed needs and customization.
• Assesses educational needs to improve knowledge and patient care quality.
• Plans and implements clinical education programs to enhance staff skills.
• Develops innovative curriculums and materials for new practices and theories.
• Maintains program materials and deployment strategies for multiple learning formats.
• Ensures compliance with Mississippi/Alabama CNE and approvals.
• Collaborates with unit educators to integrate centralized training with unit needs.
• Facilitates communication within NMHS to share resources and best practices.
• Supports change initiatives and promotes problem-solving to improve outcomes.
• Applies research methods to evaluate education programs and outcomes.

Skills

Curriculum design

Clinical training

Needs assessment

Job description

Posting Description

We believe a career is more than just a career — it's a calling. Our teammates' \"True North\" is what calls them to health care; it’s their passion. At North Mississippi Health Services, we believe in helping you leverage and connect that passion with a much greater purpose that impacts people you know and love.

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JOB SUMMARY

The Clinical Professional Development Specialist at North Mississippi Health Services plays a crucial role in facilitating the growth and learning of healthcare staff by presenting and customizing continuing education programs. They assess the educational needs of clinical staff, develop innovative curriculums, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

JOB FUNCTIONS

• PRESENTATION/EDUCATOR: Transmits knowledge, skills and attitude in a progressive learning environment to facilitate growth and learning using a variety of instructional methods, learning opportunities and teaching/learning resources.
• PRESENTATION/EDUCATOR: Present CE and in service training programs congruent with assessed needs. Customize curriculum presentations to meet individual learner needs.
• PLAN/IMPLEMENT: Assesses needs for clinical related educational programs to increase the knowledge and skills of staff for provision of high quality, evidence based, patient care.
• PLAN/IMPLEMENT: Assesses learner skill development and plan interventions for re‑remediation and follow‑up in teaching environments.
• CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: Creates innovative educational offerings for the introduction of new theories, skills and techniques for use in advancing clinical practice.
• CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: Develops effective curriculums, program materials and deployment strategies for various learning modalities/styles.
• PROGRAM MAINTENANCE: Meets standards for CNE and other multidisciplinary approval for Mississippi and Alabama.
• RESOURCE ASSET: Effectively partners with unit and /or departmental educators to compliment unit‑specific training with centralized programs.
• RESOURCE ASSET: Establishes effective lines of communication within the NMHS system to provide assistance and share/network resources.
• RESOURCE ASSET: Capable of initiating change, facilitating the change efforts of others and/or enabling others to change.
• RESOURCE ASSET: Promotes the use of problem‑solving skills by others in assessing the nature of the problem, prioritizing its components, planning problem‑solving strategies, implementing the planned solution and evaluating outcomes.
• RESEARCH: Applies principles of research design in performing surveys, designing evaluation and conducting research for program design.
• RESEARCH: Utilizes research to determine evidence‑based practice to increase knowledge of staff and improve patient outcomes.
• RECORD KEEPING: Accountable for NMMC standards of education documentation and regulatory agency requirements.
• FACILITATION: Collaborates with various schools to provide clinical experiences for students in the NMHS system.