Learning Specialist I

Position Summary:

Provides general and specialty specific education to prepare team members to be safe, efficient and competent.

The Orlando Health Advanced Rehabilitation Institute is a world-class provider of specialty rehabilitation services, whether you need inpatient care or support in an outpatient setting. Our compassionate team of physicians and therapists is dedicated to helping you overcome complications related to stroke, brain injuries, spinal injuries, amputations and anything else that affects your quality of life and independence.

Responsibilities:

• 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 members of the nursing

• Actively participates in quality and safety initiatives to ensure team members are improving practice so 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 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.
• Participates in the selection, evaluation and hiring of potential team members.
• Facilitates professional development of team members through utilization of educational courses.
• Assesses and provides education to maintain ongoing knowledge and compliance of organizational, regulatory policies and

• Utilizes evidenced based, quality clinical nursing practice consistent with nursing research, organizational and national practice

• Effectively expresses ideas in verbal and written communication to team members and groups.
• Embraces, communicates and promotes change.
• Completes Sunrise documentation intermediate class and maintains competency in EMR systems including Sunrise documentation.
• Participates in formal education presentations, e.g. core specialty courses, corporate-sponsored education programs, or guest

• Presents at a local, state, regional or national conference.
• Develops test questions for Annual Clinical Review (ACR) online testing database, utilizing test construction principles and assembles

• Facilitates and participates in the skills portion of the ACR.
• Serves as a preceptor for the Learning Specialist I roles.
• Participates in unit-specific, site-specific, or corporate committees and/or educational initiatives that influence organizational

• 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.
• Provides development programs for preceptor growth.
• Utilizes critical thinking and knowledge assessments to plan orientation.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the research process; interprets and uses evidence based practice guidelines in addressing learning

• Collaborates with student coordinator for student placement and communicates with nursing instructor regarding student

• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state

• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures

Qualifications:

Graduate from an approved school of nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.

• Current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Florida required.
• National specialty certification in area of practice must be obtained within two (2) years of hire, except in cases where there is no certification available.
• Basic life support, advanced life support, pediatric advanced life support, neonatal resuscitation program certification as required by department or unit.

Two (2) years of acute care hospital experience required.