Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

To promote staff professional development, the delivery of quality patient outcomes and competent nursing care by providing orientation, continuing education and in service activities for professional, licensed, ancillary, nursing and hospital personnel. Educators are responsible for coordinating education programs, design and processes, including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Provides consultation and resources services, coordinates aspects of staff development services and projects for designated areas and promotes activities for employees professional development

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Staff Development Instructor at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Provides and participates in orientation processes for all levels of Nursing personnel.

• Provides educational activities based upon assessed needs of the target audience and in keeping with the organizations strategic plan, mission, vision, values, priorities and goals, which promote staff competency and safe patient care practices, meets job performance, accreditation regulatory and professional practice standards.

• Evaluates the quality and effectiveness of overall educational activities. Utilizes data to implement needed improvements and changes on going and annually to reflect currency of practice trends. Prepares and implements evaluation tools; completes summaries; utilizes feedback and data to improve programs. Participates in performance improvement activities.

• Acts as a resource person, mentor, consultant and role model. Participates in shared decision councils and other committees/teams, policies and procedures development. Provides consultation services that facilitate individual, or group, competencies, career development, Acts as liaison for nursing school affiliates.

• Prepares, maintains, and completes accurate documentation of reports, educational records, programs and other educational files. Maintains required documentation and records-keeping systems in compliance with departmental, organizational and external accrediting and regulatory agencies requirements. Implements NJSNA/ANCC criteria in the role of the nurse planner in preparing education initiatives.

• Promotes current professional nursing standards and best practices. Makes referrals/recommendations for problem solving to meet professional best practices, regulatory or accreditation standards. Utilizes current nursing literature, research, evidence-based practices in development of educational activities and processes.

• Demonstrates on-going competency and up-to-date knowledge, reviews current nursing literature, technical skills, professional practice and continuous self-development.

• Demonstrates proficiency in use of technology and innovations in teaching and clinical information systems. Safely operates equipment.

• Plans and accomplishes annual goals and projects in accordance with the departmental and organizational priorities. Coordinates educational activities for clinical areas assigned and projects.

• Performs other duties as requested. Maintains flexibility when managing multiple roles, responsibilities and emerging priorities, including flexible scheduling and weekends when needed.

• Participates in professional activities and professional organizations: publishes, professional presentations, abstracts.

• Promotes continuing education programs and is visible to all areas

• Provides unit/support for continuing education of staff and competency development.

• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.

• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Graduate of an accredited RN program

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing required, Masters Degree achieved or in progress

• Two to three years current nursing experience required, certification in clinical specialty preferred

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred :

• Certification in clinical specialty preferred

• Proficiency in Google Workspace applications

Licenses and Certifications Required:

• Licensed and currently registered as a professional nurse in the State of New Jersey

• American Heart Association Basic Life Support provider

Certification Licenses and Certifications Preferred:

• Certification in Nursing Professional Development

Job ID 2024-150576

Department PA-STAFF DEVEL

Site Raritan Bay Medical Center

Job Location US-NJ-Perth Amboy

Position Type Full Time with Benefits

Standard Hours Per Week 36

Shift Night

Shift Hours 7pm- 7am

Weekend Work No Weekends Required

On Call Work No On-Call Required

Holiday Work No Holidays Required