Professional Development Specialist , Education & Development Department

Summary Job Description:

Full Time/ 40 hours weekly 8 hour shifts/ M-F Days The Educator is a Professional Development Specialist within the Education & Development Department that is a transformational leader and change agent. The position exists to promote patient care and excellence through leadership, consultation, and education that benefits both staff and patients. The Educator assesses and identifies educational needs to guide in the planning, development, and provision of orientation, mandatory annual training, in-services, and continuing education for hospital staff. Assesses educational needs through a variety of methods, both formal and informal, including patterns and trends, for orientation, in-service education and continuing education to preceptors, new employees, and experienced staff. Plans, develops, and provides educational programs for all staff based on mandatory requirements and needs assessment data, utilizing the most recent research publications, evidence-based practice, and principles of adult education. Coordinates, facilitates, or provides formal/informal learning activities, including in-services and workshops. Demonstrates ability to plan and teach programs using creative instructional design, adult learning principles, professional presentation skills, and quality audiovisual aids and handout materials. Incorporates current best scientific evidence in the development of educational programs Evaluates the effect of educational programming on staff knowledge and performance as well as patient outcomes using analytical methods.

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree required, or 5 years of relevant experience accepted in lieu of degree. Candidates without a bachelor's degree must obtain one within 3 years of hire. Must obtain BLS, ACLS, and PALS certification/instructor status within 6 months of hire. Minimum of 3 years of acute care clinical experience within the last 5 years.

Benefits:

Tuition Assistance reimbursement program Paid Time Off available for use upon hire Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave Bereavement Leave (includes pets) Employee Assistance Program Retirement plans with company match Work Experience Education If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health's eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health's employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health's physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement:

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

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