Best Practice Clinical Consultant

Location:

Work from home (Pennsylvania)

Shift:

Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Regular

Exemption Status:

Yes

Job Summary:

Develops educational programs and processes to promote professional development for nurses throughout Community Medicine. Coordinates the delivery of nursing education activities in Community Practice. Will focus on the design, structure, and presentation of information and how these issues impact nurses' decision-making.

Job Duties:

• Develops orientation and educational programs to support professional development and growth among nurses.
• Serve as the administrator and nurse planner for provider activities for the Geisinger Responsible for overall planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of the providers Continuing Nursing Education activities.
• Serves as the liaison with Pennsylvania State Nurses Association regarding the provider application and annual summaries.
• Participates in the formulation and revisions of polices and procedures to assure that they support and reflect the nursing scope of practice and operational initiatives.
• Analyzes documents, files, reports, and other application-related nursing workflows.
• Assures that the analysis and workflows address regulatory requirements.
• Participate as a content expert to evaluate information in nursing and clinical practice.
• Participate as a content expert for the framework that surrounds the nursing processes for assessment, diagnosis, patient and family education, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Supports quality and pay-for-performance programs through process improvement and workflow reengineering.
• This includes identification and development of key clinical initiatives to improve quality and workflow to enhance clinic efficiency and patient engagement.

Work is typically performed in a 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 Details:

Education:

Bachelor's Degree-Nursing (Required)

Experience:

Minimum of 4 years-Nursing (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s):

Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body, Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Clinical Skills, Communication, Computer Literacy, Health Information Documentation, Interpersonal Communication, Patient Assessment And Care, Teamwork

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family. 

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all.  We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.