Professional Development Practitioner

Position Summary

Department: LMH Clinical Learn Specialists

Status: Full-time (40 Hours a Week)

Schedule: First Shift

Title: Professional Development Practitioner

Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital

The NEW Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital represents Orlando Health's continued commitment to the Seminole County community, which we have proudly served for 40 years. As a comprehensive acute care facility, the hospital offers a full scope of medical and surgical services, including cardiovascular, general surgery, orthopedics, and women's services with labor and delivery, alongside a future NICU. Opening with 124 beds, the 455,000 square foot hospital will be able to expand to up to 240 beds. State-of-the-art facilities include operating rooms, catheterization labs, interventional radiology, a vascular lab, an ICU and a full-service emergency department.

For labor and delivery, the hospital features six private suites thoughtfully designed to make you feel at home while providing exceptional medical care. Each suite includes a hydrotherapy tub for laboring, shower, recliner, adjustable bed with a squat bar, wireless and waterproof heart rate monitors for mom and baby, a smart board that integrates patient and nurse information from Epic, WiFi, and televisions. These modern amenities ensure a comfortable and supportive environment for every patient.

• Labor and delivery services, and a future neonatal intensive care unit
• 6 state-of-the-art operating rooms
• 3 catheterization labs with a dedicated interventional radiology and vascular lab
• Comprehensive cardiovascular care
• 16 ICU Beds
• Observation unit
• Outpatient Scripts Pharmacy

Top Reasons to Choose Orlando Health - Lake Mary Hospital:

• BEST Place to Work, 5 years in a row
• As a new hospital, Orlando Health Lake Mary offers unique opportunities for career advancement, leadership roles, and professional development.
• Benefits Package that begins on day one (Full-Time & Part-Time only).
• Flexible Schedules
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,000 a year.

Position Summary:

Functions as a learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for inquiry, advocate, and partner for practice transitions. Coordinates the planning, development, design, implementation, and evaluation of outcomes of staff education. Enhances professional practice, supports career growth, and promotes lifelong learning. Verifies team members are clinically competent to function independently in their roles. Supports the mission, vision, values, strategies, and goals of Orlando Health.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions.
• Conducts ongoing needs assessments and formulates educational plans based on the data collected.
• Develops and coordinates the orientation process for assigned areas. Consistently meets with orientees, preceptors and
members of the leadership team, and utilizes an Education Action Plan, as necessary.
• Actively participates in quality and safety initiatives.
• Implements educational programs to enhance the competence and skills of nursing staff, utilizing innovative teaching
methodologies and technologies to engage learners effectively.
• Develops evidence-based and culturally competent educational curricula in accordance with the Association of Nursing
Professional Development (ANPD) standards, addressing the learning needs of team members across various levels of
expertise and specialties.
• Uses the ANPD Practice Model to create and evaluate department specific education.
• Conducts ongoing assessment and verification of team member proficiency by observing practice at the point of care.
• Collaborates with department leadership to review orientee progress and provide feedback on skills.
• Evaluates competency verification methods; analyzes data and reports findings to key stakeholders.
• Collaborates on initiatives that influence department specific and/or organizational outcomes with site education manager or education designee approval.
• Collaborates with Clinical Learning to enhance clinical skills and professional development of team members.
• Promotes and encourages team member participation in professional (i.e., AORN, AWHONN, etc.), departmental, and
organizational initiatives.
• Provides education to maintain ongoing knowledge and compliance of organizational, regulatory policies and procedures.
• Utilizes evidence-based, quality clinical practice consistent with research, organizational and national practice standards.
• Demonstrates a commitment to ongoing learning by seeking out and integrating new knowledge and skills from diverse fields.
• Navigates and adapts to the dynamic nature of interdisciplinary projects, adjusting strategies and approaches as needed.
• Collaborates with healthcare professionals and educators from various disciplines to promote interdisciplinary learning and
enhance the integration of knowledge within the broader healthcare context.
• Embraces change and uncertainty with a proactive and flexible mindset.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Collaborates with Clinical Learning to assist with corporate-led courses as requested.
• Serves as a preceptor for the Learning Specialists.
• Maintains visibility in the department, supporting day, night, and weekend shift team members.
• Functions as a resource for the comprehensive health records (CHR) system.
• Maintain accurate and comprehensive records of educational programs, assessments, and evaluations, ensuring compliance with ANPD documentation standards, as well as other regulatory and accreditation requirements.
• Generate reports to demonstrate the impact of educational interventions on practice and support continuous improvement
efforts.
• Collaborates with student services to assist with student placement.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Education/Training
Graduate from an approved school of nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.

Licensure/Certification
• Current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Florida required.
• National specialty certification in area of practice must be obtained within two (2) years of hire, except in cases where
there is no certification available.
• Basic life support, advanced life support, pediatric advanced life support, neonatal resuscitation program certification as
required by department or unit.

Experience
Three (3) years of related clinical experience required.

*** ICU EXPERIENCE PREFERRED ***

---