System Director - Nursing Professional Development - Geisinger : Job Details

• Plans and directs the administration for all nursing educational programs and activities within the assigned health care setting(s), including nursing orientation and continuing education.
• Facilitates the continual assessment of nursing educational needs, including competency assessment of nursing staff; identified strategic and operational nursing education and development priorities, and establishes responsive training and development strategies, plans and projects.
• Manages the identification and implementation of evidence-based methodologies and, or best practices, directs the development of programs based on the American Nurses Association (ANA) Standards, and promotes teaching and learning which maximize engagement and professional practice.
• Serves on committees and participates in interdisciplinary meetings to represent nursing education.
• Partners with nursing workforce management, nursing excellence, nursing research and other teams to foster collaborative engagement and high-quality educational delivery programs.
• Directs the educational curriculum used within nursing orientation and onboarding.
• Designs and utilizes tools to evaluate achievement of education, quality and safety goals for all educational programs.
• Maintains knowledge of healthcare issues, change theory, adult learning theory, professional nursing and other clinical disciplines, continuous performance improvement capabilities and remains relevant in clinical practice.

Work is typically performed in a non-clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Position Requirements:

• Masters Degree, Nursing

• Minimum of (5) years- Managing people, processes, or projects