RN DIRECTOR OF STAFF EDUCATION
Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
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Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Loma Linda, CA, seeks a Director of Staff Education (DSE) to lead the staff education department, ensure staff competency, and promote a service-oriented culture focused on patient safety and quality outcomes.
The role involves coordinating inservices, collaborating with HR and continuous improvement teams, and aligning education with CMS, CDPH, CCS, and JCAHO standards. Strong leadership and communication are essential.
Qualifications
- Current Registered Nurse (RN) license as issued by the State of California.
- BSN required; MS in a related field preferred.
- Current American Heart Association BLS.
- PALS and ACLS within 6 months of hire.
- Minimum five years of clinical nursing in subacute or acute care.
- At least one year teaching adults and supervising nurse aides.
- At least one year in management or supervisory capacity.
- Knowledge of CMS CoP, CDPH regulations, CCS, and TJC accreditation.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Proficient with computer/software applications.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and direction for the staff education department.
- Promote service-oriented culture focused on employee engagement, patient safety and quality outcomes.
- Coordinate inservices and trainings for all staff, including mandatory requirements.
- Lead in collaboration with HR, education and continuous improvement teams.
- Support auditing, staff competency and regulatory compliance.
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Education
Job description
Job Details: Job Location: Hospital - Loma Linda, CA 92354, Position Type: Full Time, Education Level: Not Specified, Salary Range: $119,999.76 - $132,299.74 Salary, Travel Percentage: Negligible, Job Shift: Any, Job Category: Health Care
Do you want to work with amazing mentors and people who can help you build your knowledge and skillset? A company who takes pride in providing education and experiences that allow each team member to thrive in their role. A place that allows you room to grow with endless opportunities. Then Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital maybe the place for you!
Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is dedicated to enriching the health and quality of life of children with medical and developmental needs and who benefit from habilitation and rehabilitation services and the supportive use of technology. We are committed to meeting their medical, physical, developmental, social, psychological and spiritual needs through a blend of tenderness and expertise.
Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital has a position available for a Director of Staff Education (DSE).
Director of Staff Education (DSE) has responsibility for providing leadership, and direction associated with the department in collaboration with, human resources, education, continuous improvement of services and staff competence. Individual in this position is responsible for promoting and modeling a service-oriented culture focused on employee engagement, patient safety and quality outcomes, and service excellence. The Director of Staff Education serves as a member of the leadership team, building and supporting effective collegial relationships with applicable internal and external stakeholders; and ensuring optimal operating effectiveness and strategies. The Director of Staff Education is responsible for the oversight of staff education to ensure staff are competent, qualified, and perform within legal, regulatory, and organization policies. In addition, coordinates and conducts inservices, training, and education that provides instructions and reinforcement on learning needs for all staff including completion of mandatory inservice requirements. The Director of Staff Education demonstrates ability to lead within the following essential domains: functional responsibility, knowledge of the health care environment, communication and relationship management, professionalism, leadership, and business skills.
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- Night and weekend differentials.
- Team-centered philosophy of care.
- Distinctive campus devoted 100% to children
- National leader in providing rehabilitation and habilitation programs with a family-centered emphasis
- Consistently awarded the Gold Seal of Approval by the Joint Commission
- Trusted destination of choice for physicians and parents for more than 50 years.
- Current Registered Nurse (RN) License as issued by the State of California
- Bachelors of Science degree in nursing. Masters degree in related field preferred
- Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS) , Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) within 6 months of hire
- EKG certification preferred
- Minimum of five (5) years of clinical nursing experience in a subacute or acute care hospital
- Minimum of one (1) year of verifiable experience providing care and services to chronically ill or elderly patients in an acute care hospital, skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, home care, hospice care, or other long-term care setting
- Minimum of one (1) year of verifiable experience teaching adults, supervising nurse aides or completion of a course in teaching adults
- Minimum of one (1) year of experience in management or supervisory capacity
- Knowledge of audiovisual equipment, cameras, and other equipment used in instruction of patient care
- Must possess good work ethics and a professional image at all times
- Knowledge of CMS conditions of participation, CDPH state regulations, CCS, and TJC (hospital, nursing care center, and laboratory) accreditation requirements as applicable to job
- Working knowledge of computer and software applications as applicable to job
- Possess strong communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills
- Works responsibly in a team environment as well as independently
- Manages confidential information effectively and appropriately
- Demonstrates knowledge of current clinical practice and the roles and functions of patient care team members as applicable to job
- Communicates patient care standards as established by accreditation, regulatory and quality agencies
- Ensures compliance with the state and federal regulatory agency standards, and policies of the organization
- Adheres to professional association standards of practice
- Participates with review and revisions of departmental policies and guidelines
- Supports the development of an organization-wide patient safety program
- Utilizes collective mindfulness in monitoring activities to identify risks and unexpected perils
- Supports a high reliability organization; non-punitive reporting environment, supports a reward system for identifying unsafe practices
- Supports safety surveys, responds and acts on safety recommendations
- Articulates the organizations quality assurance performance improvement (QAPI) program and goals
- Establishes quality metrics by identifying the problem(s)/system(s)
- Uses data and other sources of evidence to inform decision making
- Measures success at improving specific areas of patient care
- Analyzes the root causes or variation from quality standards
- Consults with other departments as appropriate to collaborate patient care and performance improvement activities
- Makes oral presentations and prepares written materials to diverse audiences on clinical, health care topics, and organizational issues as applicable to job
- Facilitates group discussions
- Demonstrates effective interpersonal communication skills
- Builds collaborative relationships in the organization
- Exhibits effective conflict resolution skills
- Balances the concerns of individuals with organizational goals and objectives
- Engages staff and others in decision-making
- Asserts views in non-threatening, non-judgmental ways
- Promotes decisions that are patient-family centered
- Applies situational leadership skills
- Establishes an environment that values diversity (e.g. age, gender, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, culture)
- Provides an environment conducive to opinion sharing, exploration of ideas and achievement of outcomes
- Holds self and others accountable for mutual professional expectations and outcomes
- Promotes leader and staff participation in lifelong learning and educational achievement
- Achieves and maintains professional certification as applicable to job
- Acts on feedback about personal strengths and weaknesses
- Completes annual organization education requirements
- Completes annual employee health requirements
- Upholds ethical principles and corporate compliance standards
- holds self and staff accountable to comply with ethical standards of practice
- Promotes clinical perspective in organizational decisions as applicable to job
- Involves clinicians and other staff in decisions that affect their practice
- Represents the perspective of patients and families
- Prudent in showing care for staff organization
- Consistently reliable, truthful and honest
- Ability to hear and convey important and difficult information up and down the organization
- Maintains a level of competency to provide reliable positive outcomes in areas of responsibility
- Addresses ideas, beliefs or viewpoints that should be given serious consideration
- Recognizes ones own method of decision making and the role of beliefs, values and inferences
- Maintains curiosity and eagerness to explore new knowledge and ideas
- Anticipates the unexpected
- Adapts leadership style to situation needs
- Uses knowledge of systems thinking in problem solving and decision making
- Learns from setbacks and failures as well as successes
- Establishes mechanisms that provide for early identification and mentoring of staff with leadership potential
- Supports reward and recognition programs to enhance performance
- Promotes healthful work environments
- Develops, reviews, and assesses the balance scorecard/MBO reports to achieve optimal outcomes
- Uses data management systems for decision making
- Provides leadership for the adoption and implementation of information systems
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