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Nursing Professional Practice Leader 1 - Periop Services
Location:
Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital
17201 Interstate 45 S, The Woodlands TX, 77385
17201 Interstate 45 S, The Woodlands TX, 77385
- Job Ref:
- JR-16099
- Job Shift:
- Day
- Job Type:
- Full Time
At Houston Methodist, the Nursing Professional Practice Leader I (PPL I) position is an entry-level nursing professional development position and primarily practices in a specific department or service-line environment, with focus on the growth of individuals and groups within a nursing specialty. This position is progressively building knowledge and skill in Nursing Professional Development (NPD) responsibilities. The PPL I position is a subject matter expert and serves as a clinical resource and clinical coach. The role collaborates with leadership and interdisciplinary partners to ensure the standard of care is met and/or exceeded, stated goals and outcomes are achieved, learning is facilitated in areas of need, and resources are provided for staff growth. This position is an NPD practitioner who, as guided by the organization's mission and vision, facilitates ongoing learning, change, and role competence and growth through engaging with learners in the following areas of responsibility including inquiry, competency management, orientation/onboarding, role development, and education. In each area of responsibility, the PPL I position may assume the role of learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, champion of inquiry, advocate for NPD specialty, and a partner for practice transitions.
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Required
FLSA STATUS
Exempt
QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Required
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
QUALIFICATIONSExempt
QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION
- Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited school of Nursing
- Master’s degree in education field preferred
EXPERIENCE
- Four years nursing clinical experience
- Nursing professional development experience preferred
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Required
- RN - Registered Nurse - Texas State Licensure - Texas Board of Nursing_PSV Compact Licensure – Must obtain permanent Texas license within 60 days (if establishing Texas residency) and
- BLS - Basic Life Support or Instructor (AHA) - American Heart Association and
- Magnet ANCC-recognized certification (HM) within 6 months
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or Instructor (AHA) or
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support or Instructor (AHA)
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES
- Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through ongoing skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations
- Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security
- Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles
- Acts as an effective change agent
- Ability to apply evidence-based practice
- Demonstrates ability to plan, organize, and follow through on assignments and/or projects
- Exhibits leadership abilities including collaboration, consultation, and coaching skills
- Demonstrates proficient time management skills
- Ability to utilize adult learning theory; knowledge of current educational technologies
- Maintains knowledge of electronic resources, including Microsoft applications
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Promotes an environment which is conducive to ongoing professional learning, to advance individual, departmental, organization, or system-level goals. Strives to support role transitions, clinical ladder advancement, professional certification, and excellence recognition programs.
- Engages in department and entity shared governance groups to drive professional development initiatives and achieve optimal results. Coaches departmental staff to seek growth opportunities through participation in departmental and entity-based activities. Collaborates with interdisciplinary partners on specialty initiatives.
- Engages as a clinical resource. Communicates effectively with individuals, collaborators, and as part of a group. Utilizes peer-to-peer accountability towards improvement of employee engagement.
SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Applies the education process through completion of an assessment, identification of practice gaps (including lack of knowledge, skill, or inability to translate knowledge into practice), identification of desired outcomes, planning, facilitation of learning, and an evaluation. Addresses needs identified in the annual departmental needs assessment, or established practice gaps identified through departmental observation, event reporting, or measured outcomes. Ensures department staff remain practice ready with changes in policy, procedures, standards, technology, and/or new equipment.
- Participates in orientation of department new hires, and those in practice transition programs, by providing education, guidance, feedback, and competency evaluation.
- Engages in problem solving with interdisciplinary department stakeholders to enhance patient care. Reports professional development initiative outcome measures to relevant stakeholders and engage in action planning, as necessary to meet learner needs and address effectiveness.
QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Collaborates with department/service-line leadership, quality team, and/or other stakeholders to create an action plan in quality improvement initiatives. Engages in department Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
- Participates in initial and ongoing competency assessments, utilizing a variety of validation methods, and guided by appliable standards and evidence. Shares competency assessments with departmental leadership and engages in collaborative planning to promote independent, high-quality practice.
- Integrates evidence-based practice, instructional technology, and adult learning theory into educational offerings. Participates in performance improvement projects.
- Evaluates practice through knowledge of applicable professional scope and standards, policies and procedures, and regulatory standards, to ensure practice quality.
FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Initiative-taking to independently manage time effectively and prioritize daily tasks to meet the needs of clinical areas and department.
- Positively impacts finance outcomes through efficient utilization of resources and makes appropriate recommendations. Reports variation in anticipated needs or expected resource utilization.
GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Promotes a spirit of inquiry by applying evidence-based practice and research in patient care. Participates in inquiry projects and consistently seeks to broaden related knowledge base.
- Provides resources for staff to meet individually identified needs and facilitate professional growth.
- Seeks opportunities to identify self-development needs and takes appropriate action. Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management. Completes and updates the My Development Plan on an ongoing basis.
SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
- WORK ATTIRE
- Uniform: No
- Scrubs: Yes
- Business professional: Yes
- Other (department approved): No
- On Call* No
- May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes
- May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area No
ON-CALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. Disaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless of selection below.
TRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**
EDUCATION
- Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited school of Nursing
- Master’s degree in education field preferred
EXPERIENCE
- Four years nursing clinical experience
- Nursing professional development experience preferred
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Required
- RN - Registered Nurse - Texas State Licensure - Texas Board of Nursing_PSV Compact Licensure – Must obtain permanent Texas license within 60 days (if establishing Texas residency) and
- BLS - Basic Life Support or Instructor (AHA) - American Heart Association and
- Magnet ANCC-recognized certification (HM) within 6 months
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or Instructor (AHA) or
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support or Instructor (AHA)
Company Profile:
Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital opened in June 2017. This 725,000-square-foot, full-service, acute-care hospital offers many of the same services as our flagship hospital in the Texas Medical Center. Also, on the beautiful hospital campus, located at the intersection of Interstate 45 and Texas State Highway 242, are two medical office buildings, which include a Breast Care Center; Cancer Center; infusion center; heart and vascular services; neurology; orthopedics and sports medicine; rehabilitation services; wellness services; an outpatient laboratory; and several other multispecialty physician practices. In January 2022, Houston Methodist The Woodlands opened Healing Tower — a $250 million expansion project that added 106 beds, focused on medical-surgical and women’s services, and provided nine operating rooms. The project also included the expansion of the endoscopy center, emergency department and diagnostic imaging department with an enhanced neurodiagnostic and interventional center.
Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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