Nurse Education & Competency Specialist

Kaiser Permanente; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

KAISER in Irvine, CA seeks a Staff Education RN to design, implement and evaluate education strategies and programs for clinical staff. You will collaborate with Education Consultants, Managers, CNS staff and Physicians to align training with departmental and organizational goals.

Responsibilities include developing continuing education activities, coordinating special projects, and ensuring regulatory compliance and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Adult learning knowledge is required.
• Demonstrated interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develops, coordinates and evaluates programs to meet regulatory requirements and organizational, departmental and discipline-specific needs.
• Designs, develops, coordinates and evaluates activities for continuing professional education for staff.
• Collaborates with consultants to develop special projects in professional education, development and learning.
• Communicates and markets education programs to a broad target audience using appropriate methods, and based on identified/assessed needs.
• Makes recommendations for cost/quality strategies, works within budget; serves as expert resource to staff and departments in defining and meeting educational, clinical, quality and cost outcomes and performance measures.
• Develops, implements, monitors and evaluates/improves the orientation, cross training and education/competency processes/systems for clinical staff and students.
• Evaluates performance issues and develops strategies for remediation.
• Responds to corporate and industry changes in clinical practice and professional education and provides necessary training, education and development which improve organizational performance.
• Participates in leadership projects, meetings, committees and improvement activities.
• Ensures compliance and documentation of organizational records based on regulatory agency standards.

Skills

Adult learning

Interpersonal communication

Group facilitation

Computer literacy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

KAISER in Irvine, CA seeks a Staff Education RN to design, implement and evaluate education strategies and programs for clinical staff. You will collaborate with Education Consultants, Managers, CNS staff and Physicians to align training with departmental and organizational goals.

Responsibilities include developing continuing education activities, coordinating special projects, and ensuring regulatory compliance and documentation.