Position: Assistant Director Nursing Professional Development
Talent Area: Registered Nurse
Full/Part Time: Full time
Location: Houston, TX, US
Department: Nursing Professional Development
Shift: 8a - 5p
Job ID: 413299
We’re searching for an Assistant Director of Nursing Professional Development, someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position you will manage and provide oversight for system-wide Nursing Orientation, Nurse Residency, Professional Development, and Clinical Patient/Family Education. Incorporate evidence-based practices in initial clinical competencies as well as ongoing validation assessments. Evaluate program outcomes and address modifications as warranted. Utilizes reporting methods/tools to monitor and provide programming updates.
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Responsibilities:
- Directs the planning, implementation, and evaluation of educational programming for competency validation and ongoing professional development that meets all regulatory and Magnet requirements and positively impacts patient care. Designs innovative and interactive learning opportunities for nurses at all stages of clinical practice.
- Provides direction and guidance in the establishment and evaluation of interdepartmental quality improvement initiatives for the purpose of enhancing clinical outcomes.
- Collaborates with nursing and medical leadership, staff, and other disciplines to incorporate interprofessional learning opportunities to ensure clinical excellence within a family-centered care environment.
- Demonstrates astute fiscal accountability for area responsibility, as evidenced by the appropriate management and justification of resources, which includes personnel, equipment, supplies, and capital.
- Facilitates development, revision, and evaluation of patient and family education that promotes self-efficacy and age-appropriate understanding of health and illness.
- Responsible for continued self-development and ongoing development of departmental team.
- As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.
Requirements:
- Required master's degree in Nursing
- Required RN - Lic-Registered Nurses by the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact
- Required 5 years of nursing and/or leadership experience
About Texas Children’s
Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education, and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees, and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.
Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Center for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston. We have also created the nation’s first HMO for children, established the largest pediatric primary care network in the country and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is also academically affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.
Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
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