Nurse Educator: Nursing Professional Development Practitioner - Pediatrics

Billings Clinic; Billings (MT); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

403(b) Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Billings Clinic is seeking a Nursing Professional Development (NPD) practitioner to lead nursing education and staff development. The role focuses on designing education programs, onboarding, and competency growth for a large, regionally recognized health system in Billings, MT.

You will work with an interprofessional team to advance evidence-based practice and improve patient care outcomes across settings while supporting professional development and role transition for nurses.

Qualifications

• Requires BSN degree and active RN license in Montana and/or Wyoming.
• Minimum of 5 years RN experience; teaching experience preferred.
• Nursing Professional Development (NPD) practitioner role focus on education and growth of learners.
• Ability to design education programs and onboard new staff.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate learning using adult education principles to close knowledge gaps.
• Lead nursing education initiatives aligned with organizational goals.
• Mentor and develop nursing staff and leaders across practice settings.
• Collaborate with interprofessional teams to improve patient care outcomes.
• Support onboarding/orientation and competency development for staff.
• Promote evidence-based practice and ongoing professional development.

Skills

Nursing Education

Teaching

Leadership

Curriculum Design

Onboarding

Education

BSN

Active RN license MT/ WY

Job description

Youcan make a difference as a part of our region's largest health care system, based locally in Billings, Montana. Join our amazing team with a focus on safe, high quality care and an excellent patient experience. Billings Clinic is here to take care of our community and region.

We look forward to meeting you.

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.

Your Benefits

We provide a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to all full-time employees (minimum of 24 hours/week), including Medical, Dental, Vision, 403(b) Retirement Plan with employer matching, Defined Contribution Pension Plan, Paid Time Off, employee wellness program, and much more.

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.

Shift: Varies

Schedule: M-F varied depending on education needs

Employment Status: Full-Time (.75 or greater)

Hours per Pay Period: 1.00 = 80 hours every two weeks (Exempt)

Starting Wage DOE: CUSTOM.POSTING.WAGE

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.

Experience

• 5 years of RN experience
• Teaching experience preferred

Licensure

• Current Montana and/or Wyoming license as a Registered Nurse

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• BSN - Application may be considered if currently enrolled in a BSN program with a defined date of completion within 18 months of application.

Experience

• 5 years of RN experience
• Teaching experience preferred

Licensure

• Current Montana and/or Wyoming license as a Registered Nurse

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 andwelcoming employer, that strives to be kind, safe, and courageous in all we do.As an equal opportunity employer, our policies and processes are designed toachieve fair and equitable treatment of all employees and job applicants. Allemployees and job applicants will be provided the same treatment in all aspectsof the employment relationship, regardless of race, color, religion, sex,gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy and familystatus, national origin, spoken language, neurodiversity, age, and/or disability.To ensure we provide an accessible candidate experience for prospectiveemployees, please let us know if you need any accommodations during therecruitment 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.