Clinical Professional Development Specialist III - Progressive Care Units - RMC

Presbyterian System Services; Rio Rancho (NM); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Scholarships

Safety badge

Shift differentials

Malpractice insurance

Loan forgiveness

EPIC system

Job summary

Presbyterian System Services in Rio Rancho, NM, seeks an experienced educator and clinical practice expert to support staff development across the enterprise. The role covers design, delivery, evaluation, and interprofessional collaboration with a focus on improving patient outcomes and education effectiveness.

You will lead projects across informatics, research, and clinical practice, while mentoring staff and aligning with organizational missions and CARES commitments.

Qualifications

• State licensure to practice nursing in NM or a compact state.
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing; Master’s in nursing, nursing education, education, instructional design, business, leadership, informatics, administration or related field preferred.
• Specialty certification in nursing, informatics, education or equivalent preferred

Responsibilities

• Educator: design, deliver, and evaluate educational activities based on needs assessments and learning objectives.
• Performance Evaluator: analyze performance gaps and implement remediation plans.
• Clinical Practitioner: exemplify high standards of practice and coach others in evidence‑based care.
• Consultant/Collaborator: facilitate interprofessional problem solving and process improvements.
• Researcher: integrate evidence into practice and lead related projects.

Skills

Educator

Clinical practice

Instructional design

Nursing informatics

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Master's in Nursing or Education

Tools

EPIC

Job description

Location Address:
2400 Unser Blvd SE
Rio Rancho, NM 87124

Compensation Pay Range:
Minimum Offer $0.00
Maximum Offer $0.00

Summary

• Serves as educator, consultant, researcher, instructional and evaluation designer, clinical practice expert, and interprofessional collaborator supporting the clinical development needs of staff throughout the PHS enterprise
• Supports the educational components of the organizations clinical initiatives and practices

How you grow, learn and thrive matters here.

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system

Type of Opportunity: Full time

FTE: 1.00

Job Exempt: Yes

Work Shift: Weekday Schedule Monday-Friday (United States of America)

Responsibilities:

Educator:

• Provides educational activities based on learning needs assessments, utilizing the right instructional design, training delivery, learning technology, and evaluation methodology to provide learning opportunities with high impact.
• Independently drives learning / performance needs assessment
• Collaborates in the identification of target audience performance needs/gaps
• Defines the performance gap objectives and partners with management to achieve agreement on approach to bridge the gap
• Creates optimal, budget-conscious instructional design to achieve performance objectives
• Incorporates evidence-based data to structure instructional design and performance content
• Drives the implementation of educational content/program in collaboration with management and team members
• Builds the approach, deployment, collection, analysis and reporting of educational program effectiveness
• Designs new programs to meet organizational strategic objectives
• At the elbow support for team and clinical staff in informatics systems

Performance Evaluator:

• Applies a systematic process for analyzing human performance or practice gaps and develops and implements a plan to effectively close the gaps.
• Builds and implements Levels 1-4 evaluation tools to measure satisfaction, learning, and transfer to performance based upon performance objectives
• Partners with management to assess clinical performance gaps and build remediation action plans

Clinical Practitioner:

• Acts as a role model for high standards of practice, coaches to resolve practice issues or foster professional growth, and implements evidence-based practice changes to improve patient outcomes or enhance staff knowledge and skills.
• Role models and coaches in the moment at the point of care
• Role models highest specialty standards
• Mentors others in evidence-based-practice to enhance practice
• Organizes and deploys clinical practice leaders in partnership with management

Consultant / Collaborator:

• Engages intra- and interprofessional groups in practice or process/workflow-related problem-solving through data analysis, development of an action plan, consensus and commitment building, and incorporation and evaluation of changes.
• Works and mentors team members within Clinical Education team and nursing management to accelerate clinical performance
• Initiates and/or supporting changes in practice through the clinical governance process
• Participates and leads in local, state and/or national committees, specialty groups

Researcher:

• Incorporates a problem-solving approach to produce better patient and/or educational outcomes that incorporates the best evidence, is cost effective, acknowledges patient / learner knowledge, and results in more individualized, streamlined, effective and dynamic nursing care and/or education.
• Incorporates research into clinical practice; leads research projects
• Supports, builds, initiates new research to enhance practice
• May participate in the PHS Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Promise and CARES Commitment:

Supports, role models, champions, and integrates into assignments behaviors supporting The Promise and CARES Commitments

Specialty Role Focus:

Leads advanced clinical skills and critical thinking related to specialty practice if assigned to a specialty area and area of assignment

Qualifications:

• Licensure: State of New Mexico or Compact State Nursing License
• Bachelors Degree in Nursing required; Master s Degree in Nursing, Nursing Education, Education, Instructional Design, Business, Leadership, Informatics, Administration or equivalent degree required.
• Specialty certification in nursing, informatics, education or equivalent certification preferred

Professional Requirements/Emergency Response:

• Maintains current training in following:
• BLS
• ACLS, PALS, N