RN Med-Surg Full-time
Corewell Health

RN Professional Development Generalist Med Surg and Inpatient Rehabilitation

Looking for experience in medical-surgical and inpatient rehabilitation 

Scope of work:

The Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Generalist uses the tools, theories, skills and knowledge of the specialty to improve the healthcare practice of nursing and allied staff. The NPD Generalist uses expertise in education and professional development practices, the NPD Generalist (NPD-G) functions in collaboration with staff, leadership, faculty and researchers to develop, implement and evaluate professional development programs that influence professional role competence, continuous learning and growth. Promote synergistic practices and patient outcomes throughout the organization, and advances and leads NPD practice based on the Beaumont Health Nursing Professional Practice Model and in accordance with Association Nursing Professional Development Scope and Standards of Professional Nursing Development Practice.
  • Uses a systematic approach, analyzes issues, forecast trends and supporting data to determine the learning needs of individuals, service lines, and organizations. Using data gathered; validates, prioritizes and documents evidence of professional practice gaps and outcomes in a manner that facilitates the educational planning process.
  • Collects data systematically and purposefully from a variety of sources including direct observation of nursing practice, nurses and the multidisciplinary team, professional organizations, regulatory agencies, consumers, healthcare experts, health related trends, key stakeholders, and legislative venues.
  • Uses relevant evidence, theory, research, innovative processes and practical experience to design, implement and evaluate high quality, culturally sensitive, and frequently complex educational activities, programs, or projects for staff at all stages of their career development based on identified knowledge and practice gaps. Analyzes cost and anticipated return on investment for learning activities, programs or projects.
  • Engages stakeholders and resources in the planning and implementation of lifelong learning activities for individuals and/or groups of learners. Measures program outcomes in terms of learning change, impact and professional role competency and revises future outcomes based on trends, evidence, and changes in stakeholder expectations.
  • Evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practices in collaboration with others to ensure that nursing and the organization's goals and mission are in alignment. Develops and applies appropriate measurement tools in quality improvement activities.
  • Participates in and assists others in professional role development, practice role transitions, and succession planning. Collaborates with Community Education programs to facilitate, coordinate and maintain effective allied health and nursing education programs. Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of professional development practice and role transitions. Applies the educational process by selecting education content, materials, and techniques that can appeal to a diverse target audience in a positive learning environment. Demonstrates and applies expertise in educational assessment; planning; curriculum development; educational design & delivery; documentation; measurement & performance improvement.
  • Serves as an influential leader in inter-professional learning, professional growth, and practice change throughout the organization.
  • Uses evidence-based assessment techniques or issues to define potential issues, problems or needs. a Champions scientific inquiry, generating new knowledge and integrating best available evidence into practice. Conducts, encourages, facilitates and/or participates in research, EBP, and QI, including dissemination of findings locally and nationally.
  • Integrates ethics by analyzing factors related to privacy, security, and confidentiality in the use and handling of records related to educational programs. Develops processes for monitoring the integrity of educational activities including screening for potential and unethical behavior, commercial bias, conflict of interest. Identifies and addresses ethical issues within the learning environment.
  • Serves on one or more functional teams accountable for supporting core BH orientation and continuing education activities.
  • Works collaboratively with leaders, clinical and other experts, and colleagues throughout the organization to orchestrate right content, methods and resources to meet organizational goals.
  • Works to achieve staff retention and employee engagement through effective management of processes resulting in fulfillment of learning needs.
  • The Nursing Professional Development Specialist will be expected to maintain clinical expertise in assigned area(s), continually monitoring for and incorporating changes in evidence-based practices, demonstrated best practice, and patient/client population data.
  • Acts as liaison/resource for educational programs inter-departmentally at the site and system level.
  • Serves as role model/mentor to new and existing nursing department staff to ensure assimilation into the hospital and provision of quality care.
  • Coordinates the establishment of the review/revision and evaluation of policies and procedures affecting hospital departments and nursing.
  • Participates/facilitates in hospital and nursing division committees to offer nursing and educational perspective.
  • Seeks ongoing learning experiences in order to keep current with practice and promote self-growth.
  • Maintains current nursing license and any additional Visa’s/Certifications.
  • Demonstrates Customer Focus, Patient Experience, and Patient and Family Centered Care.
  • Ensures and enhances facility, safety, and regulatory outcomes including Joint Commission, CMS, National Patient Safety Goals and compliance to Restraint/Seclusion policies and procedures.
  • Completes all mandatory training/education/competencies required for job classification, along with TB testing.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of Chain of Command process and initiates as needed.

Qualifications

  • Required Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
  • Preferred Master's Degree
  • 3 years of relevant experience 3-5 years clinical experience. Required
  • previous teaching experience. Preferred
  • Registered Nurse (RN) - State of Michigan Upon Hire required
  • CRT-Board Cert Nursing Professional Development (BC-NPD) - ANCC American Nurses Credentialing Center preferred

    How Corewell Health cares for you

    • Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals. Learn more here.

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    • Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance, pet insurance

    • Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings

    • Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status

    Primary Location

    SITE - 9340 Telegraph Rd - Taylor

    Department Name

    Education Nursing Clinical Staff - Diversified East WB Mkt

    Employment Type

    Full time

    Shift

    Day (United States of America)

    Weekly Scheduled Hours

    40

    Hours of Work

    7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

    Days Worked

    Monday through Friday

    Weekend Frequency

    N/A

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    Corewell Health is committed to providing a safe environment for our team members, patients, visitors, and community. We require a drug-free workplace and require team members to comply with the MMR, Varicella, Tdap, and Influenza vaccine requirement if in an on-site or hybrid workplace category. We are committed to supporting prospective team members who require reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application process, to perform the essential functions of a job, or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment due to a disability, pregnancy, or sincerely held religious belief.

    Corewell Health grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, marital status, height, weight, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected category.

    An interconnected, collaborative culture where all are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work, is vital to the health of our organization. As a health system, we advocate for equity as we care for our patients, our communities, and each other. From workshops that develop cultural intelligence, to our inclusion resource groups for people to find community and empowerment at work, we are dedicated to ongoing resources that advance our values of diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. We invite those that share in our commitment to join our team.

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    CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST (CNS)- University Hospital- 7A

    Job Summary The Clinical Nurse Specialist will be responsible for providing expert clinical leadership to the nursing staff on 7A in the University Hospital. 7A is a 32 bed telemetry and general medicine unit. The patient population is internal medicine patients that require telemetry monitoring with Medicine Faculty Hospitalist as the primary admitting service. Mission Statement Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society. Why Join Michigan Medicine? Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in 1850. Michigan Medicine is comprised of over 30,000 employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the worlds most distinguished academic health systems. In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good. What Benefits can you Look Forward to? Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day 2:1 Match on retirement savings Responsibilities* The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is the clinical leader for a program or area of nursing practice within Michigan Medicine. The advanced knowledge and skills required for this role include clinical expertise in a focus area, evidence-based practice, collaboration, consultation, education, mentoring, and change leadership. These are essential to advance the practice of nursing and the professional development of nurses. The specialized knowledge and skills are used within three major areas of focus: patient/family, nurses and nursing practice, and the organization/system. The CNS partners with the Clinical Nursing Directors on the unit and with Director of Quality and Safety. The CNS coordinates and guides clinical activities/projects of nurses within a practice area. The CNS is accountable for collaborating with members of the health care team to design, implement, and measure safe, cost-effective, evidence-based care strategies. The CNS is responsible for maintaining current professional knowledge and competencies and contributing to the advancement of the practice of nursing at the unit/system, local, state and/or national and international level. Characteristic Duties And Responsibilities Direct Patient Care Serves as a reliable source of information on the latest evidence supporting cost-effective, safe nursing practices. Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team using the nursing process to integrate the nursing perspective into a comprehensive plan of care for the patient/family. Identifies and prioritizes nursing care needs for a select population of patients/families. This includes synthesis of assessment data, advanced knowledge, experience to pose problems amenable to advanced interventions. Conducts comprehensive, holistic wellness and illness assessments using established or innovative evidence-based techniques, tools, and methods. Initiates and plans care conferences or programs for individual patients or populations of patients. Calls for interdisciplinary care conferences when barriers or LOS protraction are evident or predicted. Assists the team and individual nurses to establish working goals and targets, and measures to be assessed and documented as evidence of progress in plan of care. Establishes intervention families within standards of care that are best united for best effects. Designs and evaluates innovative educational programs for patients, families, and groups. Establishes methods to evaluate and document nursing interventions at the individual, unit, cluster and professional practice model level. Evaluates the impact of nursing interventions on fiscal and human resources including establishing average and variance economics of plans of care for major populations and targeted conditions. Nursing/Nursing Practice Collaborates with others to resolve issues related to patient care, communication, policies, and resources. Creates and revises nursing policies, protocols and procedures using evidence-based information to achieve outcomes for indicators that are nurse-sensitive. Identifies facilitators and addresses barriers that affect patient outcomes. Leads clinical practice and quality improvement initiatives for a unit or a program. Collaborates with nurses to develop practice environments that support shared decision-making. Assists the staff in developing critical thinking and clinical judgment through formal rounds, informal and daily habits in bedside consultation, activity and procedural progression likely in plan of day and plan of stay. Creates a nursing care environment that stimulates continuous self-learning, reflective practice, feeling of ownership and demonstration of responsibility and accountability. Collaborates with Educational Nurse Specialists, Educational Nurse Coordinators and others on content and operational design of orientation, clinical competency, and other clinical educational program development. Mentors nurses to acquire new skills, develop their careers and effectively incorporate evidence into practice. Assists with the specific development of portfolios that demonstrate navigational way to achieve mastery in daily care activities, reading and literature reviews. Models advanced communication and therapeutic interventions in interviews, evaluation, patient- family assessments and high performance team conversation within urgent and planned care conferences. Provides input for staff evaluation. Provides formal and informal education for nurses and other health professionals and health professional students. Leads in the conduct and utilization of nursing research as well as evaluation of daily work process mapping required to insert the evidence and remove activities of less value. Analyzes data from quality reports, incidents, consultations and care conferences to present trends and patterns indicative of substantial quality improvement initiatives and requirements for education and mentorship. Organization/System Leadership Consults with other units and health care professionals to improve care. Leads/assists institutional groups to enhance the clinical practice of nurses and improve patient outcomes. Develops, pilots, evaluates, and incorporates innovative models of practice across the continuum of care. Designs and evaluates programs and initiatives that are congruent with the organization's strategic plans, regulatory agency requirements, and nursing standards. Includes data from readmissions, claims, incidents, and daily habit to frame doable improvements. Identifies, collects, and analyzes data that serve as a basis for program design and outcome measurement. Participates in need identification, selection and evaluation of products and equipment. Advances nursing practice through participation in professional organizations, publications, and presentations. Models high performance team development in daily habits of rounds, grand rounds, huddle reports, and care conferences. Participates in the development of prioritization schema for production targets in planned and unplanned admissions based on system priorities and population needs. SUPERVISION RECEIVED Direction is received from Director of Quality and Safety. SUPERVISION EXERCISED Functional supervision is exercised over Clinical Nurses, LPN's, Allied Health, Service/Maintenance and other support staff. Nursing Specific Info Required qualifications must be met by the candidate in order to be interviewed and considered for the position. Posting may be filled after the initial 5-day posting period. Applicants who have left the UMPNC bargaining unit must include on their resume dates of past employment including months and years of service along with effort. Positions less than 20 hours/week may be combined. If you have questions regarding this posting or would like assistance with nursing opportunities please contact Nurse Recruitment at (734) 936-5183. Required Qualifications* Completion of an accredited graduate-level Clinical Nurse Specialist Program. Masters degree in nursing with a clinical focus is required. Adult or Family Population focused national board certification as a Clinical Nurse Specialist recognized by NCSBN Current RN licensure to practice nursing and CNS certification in the State of Michigan is required. Recent experience in assessing, treating and evaluating patients typically cared for in the clinical area of hire, in a tertiary healthcare environment, including the use of devices (as applicable) and pharmaceutical treatment modalities is required. In order to be considered for this position the applicant must have met or will have met all the required qualifications prior to the start date of employment. RESUME REQUIRED (for both internal & external applicants): You must attach a complete and accurate resume to be fully considered for this position. Desired Qualifications* Previous experience and demonstrated ability to interact with all levels of internal and external personnel in an academic, tertiary care healthcare environment is desired. Ability to function independently and as a team member is desired. Demonstrated ability to consistently, and positively, contribute to a group/unit work setting is desired. Demonstrated ability to consistently work collaboratively with the manager and leadership team is desired. Excellent written and verbal skills as evidenced by positive feedback through references and/or evaluations are desired. High level of self-motivation to stay current in a rapidly changing environment is desired. Three (3) or more years designing, and collaborating with, the implementation of competency and education activities for nursing staff including competency programs, orientation, staff and professional development is desired. Strong teaching skills as evidenced by the ability to demonstrate a teachable moment, as well as, develop class content, and staff and patient education materials is desired. Demonstrated ability to innovatively lead complex change projects, particularly those focused on raising patient care to the highest standards, in an academic, tertiary care environment is desired. Demonstrated analytical skills necessary to gather and collate data to present recommendations for solutions to identified problems is desired. Demonstrated ability to apply evidence-based clinical knowledge into the patient care setting via protocols, standards, and outcomes measurement is desired. Demonstrated knowledge of, and experience with, the Continuous Quality Improvement process, including recent experience implementing keystone quality improvement initiatives is desired. Previous experience as principle or co-investigator on a research project(s) is desired. Experience in implementation of service initiatives at the unit level is desired. Demonstrated professional writing experience and being published in professional periodicals is desired. Eligible for appointment with the School of Nursing is desired. Competence with basic computer functions is desired. Work Schedule Hours per week: 40 Shift: Day shift schedule M-F Location: University Hospital- 7A Modes of Work Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes. Union Affiliation This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the Michigan Nurses Association and the U-M Professional Nurse Council union, which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours and other terms and conditions of employment. Background Screening Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings. Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses. Contact Information If you have questions regarding this posting or would like assistance with Advanced Practice Nursing opportunities please contact Nurse and Physician Assistant Recruitment at (734) 936-5183 or e-mail [email protected]. For a current listing of all open APRN job opportunities at Michigan Medicine, please visit www.UMnursing.org. U-M EEO Statement The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.