Job Description

Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?
At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Job Summary:

Location: Nebraska Methodist Hospital
Address: 8303 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE

Schedule: Day Shift, Varying hours 7:00am-5:00pm

The Staff Development Nurse is responsible for developing, organizing, implementing, and coordinating new employee orientation and onboarding.

The role includes providing staff with evidence based unit specific education across the health system to ensure annual and ongoing skills and competencies are met.

Responsibilities:

Essential Job Functions

1. Develop and lead the clinical orientation and progression of new hires to the unit. 

• Coordinate clinical practice based learning with preceptor.

• Facilitate General Hospital Orientation. 

  • Not applicable to MFH Medical Surgical

• Facilitate, evaluate and validate new hire clinical progression and competency. 

• Develop action plans for success when needs are identified during orientation. 

• Perform documentation audit for 6 month probationary and annual evaluation of employees.

2. Identify, plan and implement staff development initiatives to enhance knowledge, validate competency and encourage personal and professional growth. 

• Perform and participate in ongoing educational and competency needs assessments.

• Participate in developing and disseminating action plans/change initiatives that address individual, unit and organizational learning and competency needs to improve the quality of care. 

• Collaborate with unit leadership to monitor completion of learning/competency requirements.

• Support and mentor unit staff in personal and professional development opportunities utilizing Benner’s Novice to Expert model.

• MFH Medical Surgical: Serve as a resource for unit staff to obtain specialty certification

3. Participate in ongoing initiatives to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of clinical orientation and ongoing competency.  

• Facilitate use of evidence based practice and adult learning principles when developing educational initiatives.

• Collaborate with unit leadership to develop and implement unit based skills and competencies. 

• Engage in and evaluate trials of educational and competency initiatives. 

• Develop and update online learning modules.

• Develop and update clinical skill critical elements.

  • Not applicable to MFH Medical Surgical

• MFH Medical Surgical: Develop and coordinate learning through use of simulation lab

4. Serve as clinical role model for staff through expert knowledge and application of the nursing process and critical thinking skills. 

• Assist, support and mentor staff in individualizing the nursing plan of care based on assessment findings and evidence based practice standards. 

• Review, modify and disseminate changes related to documentation and care planning within the Electronic Health Record.

5. Accountable for the delivery of quality care to patients and families according to the individualized needs of the patient.

• Maintain skills and competencies in the delivery of direct patient care.

• Support clinical development of direct care staff by working a minimum of two shifts per month with a patient care load on the unit.

6. MFH Medical Surgical: Facilitate unit specific opportunities for student nurse clinicals and preceptorships.

7. MFH Medical Surgical: Participate in hospital and system committees as directed by leadership

Schedule:

Day Shift, Varying hours 7:00am-5:00pm

Job Description:

Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing required.

• Successful completion of annual mandatory education requirements.

• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from an accredited school of nursing preferred.

• Ortho Neuro - National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification training required by the completion of orientation.

Experience

• Minimum 3 years clinical nursing experience required. 

License/Certifications

• Current valid Nebraska RN License, valid compact multistate license to work in Nebraska, or a temporary permit while awaiting licensure required.

• Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire.

• Specialty certification required within 2 years of hire into position.

• Specialty certification required within 1 year of hire into position for MFH Medical Surgical.

• Certification(s) in areas of specialty preferred.

  • From National Certification Corporation (NCC) within 1 year of eligibility.

• ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate Course preferred for Medical Surgical.

• Oncology Certified Nurse Certification (OCN) preferred for Medical Surgical

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Knowledge of databases preferred.

• Computer knowledge with abilities in word processing required.

• Strong interpersonal skills necessary to effectively communicate and interact with patients, family members, hospital personnel, and co-workers.

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize work assignments.

• Ability to learn, retain and utilize computer skills that are required for department and hospital or clinic information system.

Physical Requirements

Weight Demands

• Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.

Physical Activity

• Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):

  • Climbing

  • Crawling

  • Kneeling

  • Sitting

• Frequently Performed (34%-66%):

  • Balancing

  • Carrying

  • Crouching

  • Distinguish colors

  • Keyboarding/typing

  • Lifting

  • Pulling/Pushing

  • Repetitive Motions

  • Stooping/bending

  • Twisting

• Constantly Performed (67%-100%):

  • Grasping

  • Hearing

  • Reaching

  • Seeing/Visual

  • Speaking/talking

  • Standing

  • Walking

Job Hazards

• Not Related:

  • Electrical Shock/Static

  • Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)

• Rare (1-33%): - Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)

• Occasionally (34%-66%):

  • Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)

  • Equipment/Machinery/Tools

  • Explosives (pressurized gas)

  • Hazardous Drugs (exposure risks, personal protective equipment required)

• Frequent (67%-100%):

  • Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)

  • Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) Blood or Body Fluid (BBF)

  • Mechanical moving parts/vibrations

About Methodist:

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.