Learning Consultant

Position Summary:

At Orlando Health, we are ordinary people with extraordinary individuality, working together to bring help, healing and hope to those we serve. By daily embodying our over 100-year legacy, we reinforce our reputation as a trusted and respected healthcare organization that delivers professional and compassionate care to our patients, families and communities. Through our award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities, our 27,000+ team members serve communities that span Florida’s east to west coasts and beyond.

ORLANDO HEALTH - BENEFITS & PERKS:

All Inclusive Benefits (start day one)

• Student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, FREE college education programs, retirement savings, paid paternity leave, fertility benefits, back up elder and childcare, pet insurance, PTO/Holidays, and more for full time and part time employees.

Forbes Recognizes Orlando Health as a Best-In-State Employer

• Forbes has named Orlando Health as one of America's Best-In-State Employers for 2024. Orlando Health is the top healthcare organization in the Metro Orlando area to make the prestigious list. "We are proud to be named once again as a best place to work," said Karen Frenier, VP (HR). "This achievement reflects our positive culture and efforts to ensure that all team members feel respected, supported and valued.

Employee-centric

• Orlando Health has been selected as one of the “Best Places to Work in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare

Position Summary:

Plans, develops, coordinates, facilitates, and evaluates general as well as specialty-specific learning resources to maintain or increase the skill/knowledge of team members.

Responsibilities:

Essential Functions

• Enhances clinical and/or educational competence of clinical team members across the organization by developing and utilizing needs assessments and Education Action Plans.
• Provides general and specialty-specific education to prepare team members to be safe, efficient, and competent practitioners.
• Provides general and/or specialty-specific preceptor development on an on-going basis.
• Provides general and /or specialty-specific development programs for Learning Specialist role.
• Partners with Learning Specialists for the development and administration of a standardized and collaborative Annual Competency Review assessment for licensed and non-licensed clinical team members.
• Develops test questions for the Annual Competency Review (ACR) online testing database, utilizing test construction principles and assembles unit specific ACR tests.
• Plans, develops, coordinates, facilitates, and evaluates general as well as specialty-specific programs in collaboration with Learning Specialist and unit leadership partners to maintain or increase the skill/knowledge of team members.
• Ensures adult learning principles are integrated into all programs developed internally or presented by external sources.
• Actively participates in quality and safety initiatives to ensure team members are improving practice to support quality and safety standards.
• Facilitates and supports team member involvement in professional and organizational activities.
• Demonstrates professional accountability by involvement in professional organizations.
• Provides input for the clinical evaluation of team members.
• Participates in the selection, evaluation and hiring of potential team members.
• Facilitates professional development of team members through the utilization of educational curriculum.
• Provides educational materials/curriculum to maintain ongoing knowledge and compliance with organizational, regulatory policies and procedures.
• Effectively expresses ideas in verbal and written communication to team members and groups.
• Embraces, communicates and promotes change.
• Provides formal education presentations.
• Serves as a preceptor for new Learning Consultants and supports precepting of Learning Specialist I and II roles.
• Participates in specialty-specific, site-specific or corporate committees and/or educational initiatives that influence organizational strategic imperatives.
• Participates in professional development opportunities that increase his/her effectiveness in the role.
• Creates opportunities to develop critical thinking and critical reasoning skills for all team members.
• Utilizes critical thinking and knowledge assessments to outline educational development plans for team members.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the research process; interprets and uses evidence-based practice guidelines in addressing learning needs.
• 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.

Other Related Functions

• Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, patient rights and compliance with the standards of regulatory and accrediting agencies.
• Serves as a liaison and informal consultant to other Orlando Health department committees regarding educational efforts.
• Participates in process improvement activities as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education/Training

• Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) degree, Education or related field is required.

Licensure/Certification

• Maintains current Registered Nurse license in the State of Florida.
• Must have current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification.
• National specialty certification in Nursing Professional Development, Certified Nurse Educator or area of clinical practice required except in cases where there is no certification available.

Experience

• Five (5) years of acute care hospital clinical experience required to include within that time three (3) years in specialty area.
• One (1) year of experience in an education role is required.