Regional Director of Clinical Education & Professional Development - Vanderbilt Health

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:  Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of diverse individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning, and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization:

Nursing Education Admin

Job Summary:

JOB SUMMARY
As a member of the leadership team, the Director of Clinical Education and Professional Development provides oversight for the development of training and programs in regard to promoting clinical practice standards. Develops, implements, evaluates, and revises programs of orientation, in-service-training, and continuing education. Takes a lead role in educational initiatives to ensure quality patient care and customer satisfaction. Acts as a resource and liaison to the VUMC community by serving on hospital wide committees or task forces. Represents Vanderbilt within the professional community. Provides leadership to ensure quality (safe, patient-centered care) using key organizational strategies and evidence based tactics.

Department Summary:
Nursing Education and Professional Development (NEPD) supports VUMC’s mission of providing its staff with educational opportunities to enhance skills and foster ongoing professional development.
From orientation and onboarding, contact hour opportunities, and leader development programs, NEPD is an integral part of the support system for VUMC staff.
While most of what we do is focused on nursing, many of our programs and communications are pertinent to non-licensed clinical staff and non-nursing VUMC leaders. We also have outreach opportunities for our community healthcare colleagues.

This role will cover our three regional hospitals including Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital, Vanderbilt Bedford (County) Hospital, and Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital

Position Shift:
Mon - Fri; 40 hrs/wk
8 am - 5 pm (discuss during interview)

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Managing Vision & Purpose
• Collaborates with central clinical education department on enterprise wide initiatives. Collaborates with senior clinical and administrative staff to establish the mission, strategic plan, budgets, resource allocation, operational plans, and policies for the Clinical Enterprise.
• Identifies, allocates, and proposes resources to deliver projects/initiatives aligned with organizational mission.
• Motivating & Influencing
• Recognizes and rewards desired performance. Supports retention of staff using techniques consistent with Elevate framework.
• Active Listening and Communicating Clearly (verbal & written)
• Role models Credo behaviors. Establishes and maintains an environment of trust, fairness, consistency and confidentiality with team members and with other internal and external customers consistent with VUMC Credo.
• Listens and seeks clarification through Elevate rounding. Reviews rounding logs and uses findings to develop solutions to identified issues within scope of accountability. Utilizes active methods to solicit input from staff and faculty.
• Establishes systems to share knowledge across the clinical enterprise. Communicates organizational information to ensure staff/leaders are informed. Represents needs and interests of direct reports to all levels of the leadership structure. Communicates effectively orally and in writing.
• Accountability
• Leverages the performance development process of goal setting, ongoing assessment, coaching and performance evaluation to achieve goals. Evaluates direct reports. Coordinates learning needs assessments for individuals/groups of staff. Provides leaders with staff performance data in relation to established internal and external benchmarks.
• Partners with all members of the leadership team to execute on patient safety and quality outcome goals. Establishes mutually agreed upon corrective action plans with assigned responsibilities to achieve desired outcomes.
• Acts as a consultant and liaison with area staff, educators, and leadership to promote agreed upon Patient Care Standards. Interprets policies and procedures to clinical staff. Collaborate