Qualifications include:

• Current RN licensure in the state of Wisconsin.
• BSN or MA/MSN, Nursing or Education preferred.
• PALS/ENPC/CALS Certification preferred.
• Two years experience in a similar role preferred.
• BLS certification.

Schedule: .5 FTE

Duties include:

• Collaborates with Nurse Manager and DRN’s (spell out DRN Departmental Resource Nurse)in the determination of orientation needs and orientation schedule for each new employee
• Collaborates with Valley Learning and Development to design nursing orientation program, preceptor program, and other learning and development programs to meet Valley and local hospital and clinics’ nursing education needs.
• Help support Central Nursing Orientation to all newly hired staff
• Serves as a preceptor as appropriate
• Determine length of orientation based on employee performance
• Provides direction and mentoring to preceptors
• Ensures each staff member has completed the required competencies prior to the end of the probationary period.
• Communicates the progress with the Nurse Manager
• Coordinates opportunities for competency and mandatory education completion (skills days, annual mandatory education, inservices, certifications, mock codes/ simulations, vendor inservicing, skills workshops, etc.)
• Integrates and delivers education required from regulatory, organizational, and evidence-based or best practice changes in nursing
• Determine educational needs and performs nursing needs assessment.
• Partners with nurse leaders to coordinate clinical student internships, preceptorship, and clinical observations
• Utilized varied methods i.e. presentations, myLearning, learning modules, sharing education
• Provides feedback and coaching regarding performance on a regular basis to staff members
• Provides feedback to Nurse Manager regarding competency achievement and role performance of the staff
• Leads the Nursing Council with focus of expanding nursing education and improving nursing practice on the campus
• Active participant of VAT (spell out Valley Analysis Team) team (coordinating or providing) and responsible for education needs as a result of a new product/equipment

Additional Information:

At Westfields Hospital & Clinic, we believe in providing our employees with exceptional benefits to help you thrive in your work. In addition to competitive wages, we offer a benefits package that includes:

• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• 403b retirement program
• Competitive paid time off (PTO)
• Short-term disability pay, long-term disability and life insurance options
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Education reimbursements
• Employee assistance programs (EAP)
• Employee Well-being Program
• Free parking
• Employee recognition and rewards
• Social club discounts to area attractions and events
• Community Volunteer Pay

Westfields Hospital & Clinic is part of HealthPartners, the largest consumer-governed, non-profit health care organization in the nation with a mission to improve health and well-being in partnership with members, patients and the community. Located just 30 minutes east of the Twin Cities in the beautiful St. Croix Valley, Westfields is an award-winner hospital serving western Wisconsin with primary, acute, emergency and outpatient health care services. Our campus is in New Richmond, where you’ll find a comfortable small-town feel, just a stone’s throw away from Minneapolis and St. Paul.