Nurse Educator: Nursing Professional Development Practitioner - Critical Care

Billings Clinic; Billings (MT); On-site; USD 51,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Billings Clinic is seeking a Nurse Educator: Nursing Professional Development Practitioner in Critical Care to lead teaching initiatives, onboard new staff, and drive professional development across units. The role emphasizes educational design, evidence-based practice, and collaboration with an interprofessional team in a Magnet-certified hospital.

This full-time position offers opportunities for growth within a renowned health system known for outstanding quality and compassionate care in

Qualifications

• BSN required; enrollment in BSN program considered with defined completion date
• Master in Nursing preferred
• Current Montana/Wyoming RN license; CPR; Nursing Professional Development certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Learning facilitator using educational design and adult learning principles to bridge knowledge gaps.
• Change agent supporting process change and adoption of new practices.
• Mentor advancing nursing profession and ongoing learner development.
• Lead interprofessional education and collaboration to improve patient care outcomes.
• Promote evidence-based practice and quality improvement initiatives to guide practice.

Education

BSN

Master in Nursing

Job description

Nurse Educator: Nursing Professional Development Practitioner - Critical Care

You’ll want to join Billings Clinic for our outstanding quality of care, exciting environment, interesting cases from a vast geography, advanced technology and educational opportunities. We are in the top 1% of hospitals internationally for receiving Magnet® Recognition consecutively since 2006.

And you’ll want to stay at Billings Clinic for the amazing teamwork, caring atmosphere, and a culture that values kindness, safety and courage. This is an incredible place to learn and grow. Billings, Montana, is a friendly, college community in the Rocky Mountains with great schools and abundant family activities. Amazing outdoor recreation is just minutes from home. Four seasons of sunshine! You can make a difference here.

About Us Billings Clinic is a community-owned, not-for-profit, Physician-led health system based in Billings with more than 4,700 employees, including over 550 physicians and non-physician providers. Our integrated organization consists of a multi-specialty group practice and a 304-bed hospital. Learn more about Billings Clinic (our organization, history, mission, leadership and regional locations) and how we are recognized nationally for our exceptional quality.

Magnet: Commitment to Nursing Excellence Billings Clinic is proud to be recognized for nursing excellence as aMagnet®-designated organization, joining only 97 other organizations worldwide that have achieved this honor four times. The re-designation process happens every four years.

Pre-Employment Requirements All new employees must complete several pre-employment requirements prior to starting.

Nurse Educator: Nursing Professional Development Practitioner - Critical Care Hospital Division (Helmsley Room 2-PD (SELL)) req12997 Shift: Varies Employment Status: Full-Time (.75 or greater) Hours per Pay Period: 1.00 = 80 hours every two weeks (Exempt) Starting Wage DOE: $37.11 - 46.39

TheNursing Professional Development (NPD) practitioner is a registered nurse thatexercises the knowledge, skills, and behaviors that reflects NPD practicejudgment and expertise to influence professional role competence and growth oflearners in a variety of settings. The NPD practitioner collaborates with theinterprofessional healthcare team, stakeholders, and the learner with thedesired outcome for improved population health. The NPD practitioner isresponsible for applying knowledge and skills detailed in the Scope andStandards of NPD practice guided by the Nursing Professional Development Model.In addition, the NPD practitioner will support the organizational and nursingstrategic plan by helping ensure goals and priorities align with patient care,staff needs, and organizational objectives to guide decision making andpriority setting.

Essential Job Functions

• Learning Facilitator: Uses the educational design processand adult learning principles to bridge identified gaps in knowledge, skills,and/or practice.(Maloney & Harper, 2022) Gaps are identified through a variety of means (examples include environmentalscanning, learning needs assessments, quality outcomes.) Is an expert in and a resource in the process of designing education.
• Change Agent: Advocates for process change at all levels using changemanagement strategies and theories.(Maloney & Harper, 2022) Supports the adaptation of new behaviors and processes in practice to drivedesired outcomes.
• Mentor: Advances the nursing profession and the NPD specialty by contributingto the professional development of others and supporting ongoing learning asindividuals develop across practice, professional, and educational settings.
• Leader: Influences the interprofessional practice and learning environments,the NPD specialty, the profession of nursing, and healthcare through creativeproblem solving and innovation.(Maloney & Harper, 2022)
• Champion for scientific inquiry: Promotes the generation and dissemination ofnew knowledge and the use of evidence to advance NPD practice, guide clinicalpractice, and improve the quality of care for the healthcare consumer/partner.(Maloney & Harper, 2022)
• Advocate for NPD specialty: Supports, promotes, and demonstrates nursingprofessional development as a nursing practice specialty. (Maloney &Harper, 2022)
• Partner for practice transitions: Supports the transition of nurses and otherhealthcare personnel across learning and practice environments, roles, andprofessional stages (examples include transition to practice programs for newgraduates, advanced practitioners, or transitioning into a new clinicalpractice area.) Evaluates nursing practice and identifies opportunities for modification thatwould enhance professional practice, maintain/improve patient care whileremaining fiscally sound.
• Onboarding/Orientation: Develops, coordinates, manages, facilitates,conducts, and evaluates clinical onboarding/orientation programs focused onretention and growth for nursing and other healthcare personnel.
• Competency Management: Demonstrates expertise in competency management byaccepting responsibility for measuring, documenting, and supporting thecompetency process through assessing, developing, coordinating, managing,facilitating, conducting, and evaluating competency continuums to address staffand team performance. (Maloney & Harper, 2022)
• Education: Uses the education design process for planning, implementing,coordinating, and evaluating educational activities that address gaps inknowledge, skills, and/or practice for the target audience to achieve specificoutcomes. Continuing nursing education - supports awarded continuing education contacthours based on the regulations and standards of the accrediting body. Interprofessional continuing education - promotes collaboration with otherhealthcare professionals to design, manage, implement, coordinate, and evaluateeducation when appropriate.
• Role Development: Assists staff by coaching, coordinating, facilitating,conducting, and evaluating activities to navigate role transitions, roleintegration, skill acquisition, and succession planning (examples include theRN becoming a preceptor, charge nurse, leader, or joining a transition topractice program.)
• Collaborative Partnerships: Seeks internal and external collaboration foropportunities to teach, coordinate, serve as liaison, and/or advise nurses andother learners regarding education and learning (examples include working withother healthcare/leadership professionals, community partners, emergencymedical services, public health departments, disaster management services,academic partnerships.) (Maloney & Harper, 2022)
• Inquiry: Promotes and applies professional curiosity using research,evidence-based practice, and quality improvement initiatives to discover,teach, practice, and integrate the best available evidence to transformhealthcare delivery and outcomes. (AACN, 2019, p.3)
• Personal Professional Role Competence and Growth: Demonstrates competence in knowledge, skills, and practice as outlined in theNursing Professional Development Scope & Standards of Practice. Identifies personal needs and sets goals for own growth and development incollaboration with department manager.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• BSN - Application may be considered if currentlyenrolled in a BSN program with a defined date of completion within 18 months ofapplication.
• Master in Nursing preferred

Experience

• 5 years of RN experience
• 1 year Teaching experience preferred

Certifications and Licenses

• CPR
• Current Montana and/or Wyoming license as a Registered Nurse
• Nursing Professional Development Certification Preferred

Billings Clinic is Montana’s largest health system serving Montana, Wyoming and the western Dakotas. A not-for-profit organization led by a physician CEO, the health system is governed by a board of community members, nurses and physicians. Billings Clinic includes an integrated multi-specialty group practice, tertiary care hospital and trauma center, based in Billings, Montana. Learn more at www.billingsclinic.com/aboutus

Billings Clinic is committed to being an inclusive and welcoming employer, that strives to be kind, safe, andcourageous in all we do. As an equal opportunity employer, our policies andprocesses are designed to achieve fair and equitable treatment of all employeesand job applicants. All employees and job applicants will be provided the sametreatment in all aspects of the employment relationship, regardless of race,color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maritalstatus, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, and/ordisability. To ensure we provide an accessible candidate experience forprospective employees, please let us know if you need any accommodations duringthe recruitment process.

Human Resources is located on the corner of North 29th and8th Avenue North. Enter through the main entrance to the building and go to the lower level. Human Resources is located at the bottom of the main entrance staircase to the right.