Learning Specialist I

Overview

Orlando Health Physician Associates is one of the largest primary care provider groups in Central Florida, comprising the PCP network of the Orlando Health Medical Group. More than 225 providers deliver care in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and podiatry. Our PCPs provide care for every age, through every stage, from childhood development to pregnancy and childbirth services to chronic disease management and aging concerns. As part of Orlando Health, our providers can refer and coordinate care throughout the system's integrated network of healthcare services. With numerous locations across Central Florida, Orlando Health Physician Associates offers patients easy access to quality primary care, including same-day, next-day and virtual appointments.

Orlando Health Physician Associates is part of the Orlando Health system of care, which includes hospitals, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities across Florida's coasts and across the region. The team honors our over 100-year legacy by providing professional and compassionate care to the patients, families and communities we serve. Orlando Health supports benefits, education programs and well-being services starting day one to help you balance work and life. "Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work" is our promise to you.

Position

The Learning Specialist provides general and specialty specific education to prepare team members to be safe, efficient and competent. The position involves travel to St. Cloud and Kissimmee clinic locations; the address is 70 West Gore Street, Orlando, FL 32806. The schedule is Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions :

• Enhances clinical competence of team members by utilizing an Education Action Plan and annual Needs Assessment.
• Develops and coordinates the orientation process for assigned areas, meets with orientees, preceptors and nursing leadership as needed.
• Activates quality and safety initiatives to ensure team members improve practice to meet quality and safety standards.
• Collaborates with Corporate Education to assess ongoing competence of clinical team members.
• Plans, develops, coordinates and evaluates unit-specific programs to maintain or increase the skill and knowledge of team members.
• Ensures adult learning principles are integrated into all programs.
• Facilitates and supports team member involvement in professional and organizational activities.
• Maintains proficiency in the assigned role by participating in direct nursing practice.
• Demonstrates professional accountability by involvement in educational or health-related professional organizations.
• Provides input for the clinical evaluation of team members and participates in selection, evaluation and hiring of potential team members.
• Facilitates professional development of team members through educational courses.
• Assesses and educates to maintain ongoing knowledge and compliance with organizational, regulatory policies and procedures.
• Utilizes evidence-based, quality clinical nursing practice aligned with research and standards.
• Communicates ideas effectively in verbal and written form to team members and groups; promotes change.
• Completes Sunrise documentation intermediate class and maintains competency in EMR systems, including Sunrise documentation.
• Participates in formal education presentations and guest lecturing for academic courses; presents at appropriate conferences.
• Develops test questions for Annual Clinical Review (ACR) and assembles unit-specific ACR tests; facilitates skills portion of the ACR.
• Serves as a preceptor for Learning Specialist I roles and participates in unit / site / corporate committees and educational initiatives.
• Contributes to professional development opportunities and creates opportunities to develop critical thinking and reasoning skills.
• Provides development programs for preceptor growth; uses critical thinking and knowledge assessments to plan orientation.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the research process and uses evidence-based practice guidelines to address learning needs.
• Collaborates with student coordinators for student placement and communicates with nursing instructors regarding student assignments.
• Maintains regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies and applicable laws; remains compliant with all policies and procedures.

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