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SalaryAdventist Health Bakersfield has served the residents of Kern County with skill and compassion for more than 100 years. Our medical center is a 254-bed acute-care facility that includes key services areas including emergency care, brain and spine, heart care, cancer care, orthopedics, surgical services and robotics, primary care and more. You can also find close-to-home care by visiting the Adventist Health Physicians Network of providers, our three Quest Imaging locations and the Adventist Health AIS Cancer Center - the only comprehensive cancer care center in Kern County with the Commission on Cancer (CoC) accreditation for our program’s multidisciplinary approach to treating cancer. The hospital is staffed by more than 645 affiliated physicians, 1,832 associates and more than 250 volunteers.
Adventist Health Bakersfield has been recognized as one of the 'Best Hospitals' by U.S. News & World Report, regionally ranked #1 in overall hospital quality in the Central Valley among 416 hospitals. The rankings place us in the top five percent of hospitals statewide and demonstrates Adventist Health Bakersfield’s dedication to quality care for our patients and community. Adventist Health Bakersfield is the only hospital in Kern County to earn an A Hospital Safety Grade by The Leapfrog Group eight times in a row. While this is a great recognition, what it really shows is our unwavering commitment to our patients, community and mission of 'Living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope.'
Job Summary:
Promotes professional development through the application of adult learning principles. Maintains responsibility for identifying, prioritizing and evaluating the educational and professional development needs of their clinical area; develops and delivers clinical educational programs, including specialty training, new graduate/hire training, and continuing education for staff. Manages nursing competence and professional development programs. Conducts ongoing assessments of proficiencies for staff and provides feedback and creates formal action plans.
Job Requirements:
Education and Work Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN): Preferred
- Nursing experience: Preferred
- Master's Degree in Nursing (MSN): Preferred
Licenses/Certifications:
- Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) certification: Required
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS OR HS-ACLS OR RQIACLS) certification: Required
Essential Functions:
- Develops, designs, evaluates and manages professional development programs based on principles of adult learning that fosters development of competence in the nursing staff. Conducts ongoing evaluation of quality/effectiveness of educational activities to ensure they maintain/enhance professional development. Formulates/coordinates education plans for orientation of new staff, initial and ongoing competency validation, education to address patient population-specific care and development of bedside leaders.
- Responds to changes in nursing practice/nursing theory and develops programs to support changes. Conducts research into professional and community practice standards and clinical innovations for improved patient care. Performs educational needs appraisal of individual departments, including assessment of needs. Formulates education plan and implements individualized educational strategies. Evaluates knowledge and practice of employees.
- Participates in interdisciplinary committees to integrate educational activities into clinical care including creating hospital policy, planning curriculum and teaching techniques, implementing and evaluating education. Investigates clinical practice concerns as they arise and evaluates clinical risk and develops corrective action plan.
- Escalates patient safety concerns, as needed. Supervises development of new gradates/hires and recommends whether the new employee meets the organizational expectations.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Organizational Requirements:
Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations, including, but not limited to, measles, mumps, flu (based on the seasonal availability of the flu vaccine typically during October-March each year), COVID-19 vaccine (required in CA, HI and OR) etc., as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.
