Hybrid Nursing Professional Development Specialist na Cleveland Clinic

Join the Cleveland Clinic Mentor Hospital team and experience world-class care at its best. This state-of-the-art facility offers Lake County residents enhanced access to Cleveland Clinic, one of the nation’s top healthcare systems. With four operating rooms, 34 inpatient care rooms and a helipad, we are making access to high-quality care close to home easier than ever for our Lake County patients. Here, you can become part of Mentor’s supportive environment where everyone excels and is valued for what they bring to the team.   

As a Nursing Professional Development Specialist, you will perform the planning and evaluation of nursing orientation as well as the ongoing professional development of nurses for all on-site nursing programs. This position plays a vital role in educating entry-level nursing support caregivers by ensuring that they provide safe, high-quality patient care. By serving entry-level nursing support caregivers, NPDSs in this role can positively impact caregivers' career trajectories within Cleveland Clinic and improve patient outcomes.

Within this role, there are many opportunities for NPDS Lead and Education Manager roles. There are also many opportunities to develop as an educator, particularly with the Essentials Program for Health Professions Educators.  

A caregiver in this role works varying shifts between 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Plan and evaluate Nursing orientation as well as ongoing professionals’ development of nurses for all on-site nursing programs.

• Design, direct, implement, and evaluate educational offerings based on knowledge, skills and learning levels of nursing staff.

• Identify learning needs and desires of nursing personnel.

• Develop and utilize appropriate evaluation systems to determine the effectiveness of educational activities.

• Consult with individuals within the Nursing Institute and Ambulatory Nursing, CCF and the community regarding professional nursing practice and roles.

• Assist in the development of department specific orientation and competencies.

• May assist departments in orientation of staff.

• Make recommendations regarding employment, performance appraisals, promotions and terminations.

• Develop and maintain a cataloging system for tracking and retrieval of all available teaching-learning resources.

• Prepare budget recommendations for the NRL based upon input from faculty, students, and own assessment of needs.

• Collaborate with clinical instructors, preceptors and project managers in setting educational goals for the individual student.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor's degree in nursing. 

• Master's degree in nursing with a non-nursing Bachelor's degree is acceptable. 

• Current state licensure as Registered Nurse (RN)

• Two years of recent nursing experience required with demonstrated clinical expertise to include clinical nursing experience as an academic instructor or staff development educator, preceptor, BCLS or ACLS instructor

• Demonstrated knowledge of education methodology such as needs assessment, curriculum development, instructional design and principles of adult learning

• Presentation skills

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Master's Degree

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Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion; manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.

• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.

• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.

• Requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.

• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible. Note: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.