Clinical Professional Development Specialist (RN) - Surgical Services (Lititz)

UPMC; Lititz (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

UPMC Lititz is seeking a Clinical Professional Development Specialist to lead the education program for surgical services, including Perianesthesia and Operating Room staff in the inpatient setting.

The role emphasizes mentoring, onboarding, and ongoing staff development to ensure high-quality patient care and a strong UPMC patient experience. Requires clinical experience and teaching aptitude in a flexible, team-oriented environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of clinical experience required.
• Relevant teaching experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains productive relationships with frontline clinical staff.
• Conveys information clearly to individuals or groups to engage and educate.
• Mentors new clinical staff and preceptors for success.
• Responsible for unit-based onboarding and orientation.
• T each staff how to manage patient care, assess, plan, implement, evaluate and discharge.
• Serve as a resource for patients, nursing staff and other disciplines.
• Participate in Performance Improvement projects.
• Engage in professional and community organizations.
• Develop coaching and feedback to support Patient Experience initiatives.
• Training during non-traditional hours may be required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Mentoring

Staff education

Onboarding

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor degree

Master degree preferred

Job description

Position Detail

• Full-time, 40 hours per week, salaried position
• Work Location: Lititz
• Travel within Central PA region expected
• Work Schedule:
• Monday - Friday, primarily dayshift
• No holidays and minimal weekends (Any needs are planned out in advance and related to staff education or orientation and onboarding)
• Specialty Certification preferred
• Flexible work environment, team-oriented atmosphere, autonomous role
• Career ladder available for promotional opportunities
• Oversee education opportunities for surgical services departments at UPMC Lititz. This includes Perianesthesia and Operating Room staff in the inpatient hospital setting.

Purpose

The Clinical Professional Development Specialist has the authority, responsibility and accountability for delivery of clinical education curriculum to clinical staff. Orientation and ongoing clinical education are the main objectives of this position. The Clinical Professional Development Specialist ensures clinical staff in assigned area of responsibility receive ongoing training/education to provide high-quality patient care and the UPMC Patient Experience to patients.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains productive working relationships internally and externally by building teams and relationships through mentoring, support and positive communication working directly with frontline clinical staff
• Conveys information and ideas clearly through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
• Serve as a formal and informal mentor for new clinical staff members and mentor new preceptors to be successful in their role.
• Responsible for unit-based onboarding and orientation.
• Teach staff how to manage the care of patients including assessment, interdisciplinary planning, implementation, evaluation of patient care, teaching and discharge planning. Identify, communicate and respond to meet the learning needs of clinical staff.
• Serves as a resource/consultant for patients, nursing staff and other disciplines in area of specialty. Promotes patient education needs for frontline clinical staff
• Participate in department-based Performance Improvement projects.
• Participate in professional and community organizations.
• Develops professional coaching and feedback skills to support and validate UPMC Experience initiatives not limited to Bedside Shift Report, Hourly Rounding, AIDET, etc.
• Training/education of clinical staff during non-traditional work hours may be required based on the needs of assigned unit
• *Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.
• *Performs other duties as assigned.
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum of 2 years of clinical experience required
• Relevant teaching experience preferred

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances

• CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
• UPMC approved certification preferred
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
• Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran