Education - Nursing Professional Development Practitioner (Registered Nurse/Bachelor's required)

Hosparus Health starts with a compassionate team, committed to our mission of creating more moments for our patients facing advanced illness or end of life care. Our premier model of care supports patients and their families with a holistic, team-based approach, wherever the patient chooses to call home. Hosparus Health empowers its people to provide the care our patients want to receive, with a level of service we describe as “above and beyond.” Don’t just find a job. Join our team and help us create more moments for our patients and enrich our communities with compassionate care.

RN Position Summary:

Hosparus Health utilizes the Nursing Professional Development (NPD) practice model to provide change, learning, and professional competence and growth among staff. The NPD Generalist assumes responsibility for orientation/onboarding, competency management, education, role development, collaborative partnerships, and research/evidence-based practice and quality improvement. The NPD Practitioner uses tools, theories, skills and knowledge of NPD to improve the practice of staff.

RN Position Duties & Responsibilities:

•    Orientation/onboarding: Develops, coordinates, facilitates, and conducts onboarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare professionals.
o    Conducts orientation in a manner that facilitates a positive learning environment.
o    Coordinates logistics of orientation keeping all stakeholders informed.
•    Competency Management: Develops, coordinates, and conducts competency programs.
o    Identifies learning needs.
o    Plans educational content with learner engagement
•    Education: Designs education activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, which may include licensed and non-licensed healthcare professionals. Activities are developed to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skill, or practice.
o    Assesses practice gaps.
o    Supports new ideas and innovation.
•    Professional Role Development: Identifies and develops strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning. Participates in appropriate professional development programs to attain and maintain competency.
o    Participates in lifelong learning.
o    Directs staff to career advancement resources. 
•    Research/Evidence-based Practice (EBP)/Quality Improvement (QI):  Promotes research, EBP, and QI in patient care settings. May encourage, facilitate, and/or participate in research, EBP and QI, including dissemination of findings. 
o    Assists in the implementation of change strategies.
o    Participates in research activities and quality initiatives.
•    Collaborative Partnerships: Collaborates with partners to share expertise in planning and decision making to achieve desired results. 
o    Works collaboratively with interprofessional teams as assigned.
o    Provides clinical consultation 
o    Participates on committees/teams on an ad-hoc basis
•    Other duties as assigned.

RN Position Qualifications:

•    Current RN license to practice nursing in Kentucky and Indiana.
•    Bachelor’s degree in nursing or related field required.
•    Master’s degree in nursing preferred.
•    Minimum of four years clinical experience required.
•    Possess a current BLS certification from an accredited training provider, such as the American Heart Association
•    Nursing Professional Development (NPD) certification preferred or obtained within three years.
•    Minimum of two years experience in nursing education/competency evaluation preferred.
•    Minimum of two years of hospice or home health experience preferred.
•    Demonstrated intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office suite and EMR platforms.
•    Ability to communicate at all levels of organization and work well within a team environment in support of department and organizational objectives. 
•    Customer service oriented with the ability to work well under pressure.
•    Strong attention to detail and accuracy, excellent organizational skills with ability to prioritize, coordinate and simultaneously maintain multiple assignments with high level of quality and productivity.
•    Strong problem-solving skills. 
•    Ability to work with minimal supervision, take initiative and make independent decisions.
•    Flexibility to travel to sites within the organization’s service area, which may include night and weekend events or travel. 

Hosparus Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.