Nursing Professional Development Specialist (Clinical Educator) - Oncology & Infusion

Must have:

• Master's degree in nursing required

• Current license to practice as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

• Clinical faculty experience

• 3-5 years of progressively responsible oncology clinical experience

​Position Summary

The role of the Nursing Professional Development Specialist for Oncology & Infusion Center encompasses employee orientation, development, coordination, and implementation of a variety of education programs; assessment and maintenance of staff competency and involvement in quality improvement and research utilization to enhance patient care.

Education

• Master's degree in nursing required.

​​​Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Required

• Current license to practice as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

• Current BLS and ACLS Certifications.

​​Experience

• Demonstrated expertise in clinical nursing practice and three to five years of progressively responsible clinical experience.

• Previous teaching experience strongly preferred; demonstrated ability to apply principles of adult learning required.

• Analytical ability to solve clinical nursing issues and conduct quality improvement / research utilization projects.

• Advanced interpersonal and writing skills in order to develop and conduct educational programs, presentations, communicate with interdisciplinary team, and perform leadership responsibilities.

• National certification in Staff Development strongly preferred.

• Basic computer proficiency inclusive of ability to access and enter data from computerized information systems Organizational skills to set priorities and efficiently complete assigned work.

• Basic Cardiac Life Support certification required;

• BCLS/ACLS instructor certification preferred

• Ability to effectively supervise and evaluate the clinical competence of probationary employees.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills appropriate to the patient and staff populations served.

• Physical ability to meet the core job responsibilities in accordance with practice setting demands for the patient populations regularly served.

• Multilingual skills (beyond that of English) appropriate to the patient populations served by the medical center preferred.

• Ability to manage frequent stress due to critical patient issues, changing organizational climate, and personnel issues.

• Clinical faculty experience required.

• Expertise in the care and management of the oncology patient and family.

• 5 years oncology experience is preferred.

 *Sign-on bonus of $2000 only when you apply via SSA & subject to remaining in role for 91+ days

Next Steps:

• Phone Screen with inhouse recruiter

• Panel interview with Clinical Education Team