Nursing Professional Development Specialist, Critical Care (40 Hours, Day)
Boston Medical Center
- Boston, MA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Graduate of an accredited baccalaureate nursing program required; Master's Degree in Nursing required. Professional certification required.
- Licensed to practice professional nursing as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts required.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support certification required; BCLS/ACLS instructor certification preferred.
- Demonstrated expertise in clinical nursing practice and three to five years of progressively responsible clinical experience.
- Previous teaching experience strongly preferred; demonstrated ability to apply principles of adult learning required.
- Analytical ability to solve clinical nursing issues and conduct quality improvement / research utilization projects.
- Advanced interpersonal and writing skills in order to develop and conduct educational programs, presentations, communicate with interdisciplinary team, and perform leadership responsibilities.
- National certification in Staff Development strongly preferred.
- Basic computer proficiency inclusive of ability to access and enter data from computerized information systems Organizational skills to set priorities and efficiently complete assigned work.
- Ability to effectively supervise and evaluate the clinical competence of probationary employees.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills appropriate to the patient and staff populations served.
- Physical ability to meet the core job responsibilities in accordance with practice setting demands for the patient populations regularly served.
- Multilingual skills (beyond that of English) appropriate to the patient populations served by the medical center preferred.
- Ability to manage frequent stress due to critical patient issues, changing organizational climate, and personnel issues.