Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, November 27 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Clinical Nursing Education Specialist leads the development of capacity-building curricula and tools primarily for clinical nurses and other interdisciplinary team members for PIH care delivery sites and UGHE’s Center for Nursing and Midwifery. In addition, they will update and modify existing curricula and other capacity-building tools for key Partners In Health (PIH) and UGHE initiatives and priorities at coordination and clinical cross-sites. The Cross Site Nursing Education Specialist will collaborate in building the capacity of site-based training teams and other site-based teams to effectively plan, implement, and evaluate educational and training capacity-building initiatives. They will collaborate with PIH and UGHE teams to align their curriculum, educational and training efforts with PIH’s and UGHE’s strategic plan and priorities; and provide training-related technical assistance and guidance to other PIH teams and external partners as needed.

Responsibilities
Create and revise educational, and training curricula and other capacity-building tools (45%)
• Create educational curricula and other capacity-building tools for coordination and clinical nursing programs. This involves assessing needs, defining objectives, writing and editing content, tailoring content to the local context and incorporating site-specific protocols, conceptualizing content into the appropriate medium, and developing methods of assessment. Outputs include curriculum for specific programs, facilitator manuals, participant handbooks, slide presentations, flip charts, job aids, pre-and post-tests, other participatory materials and assessment tools.
• Review and edit curricula and other tools to ensure consistent quality, content, methodologies, approach, and style to be used by PIH and/or UGHE.
• Maintain a resource library of all coordination and clinical cross-site educational curricula and training-related materials that can be made to be used by PIH and UGHE counterparts through a learning management system.
• Conduct a landscaping assessment to identify care delivery site needs, priorities and key factors that will need to be considered and modified implemented to effectively create optimal environments for training and education at care delivery sites
Supporting Training and Educational Capacity Building Across OnePIH (30%)
• Collaborate in the building of capacity and skills across OnePIH nursing and midwifery (care delivery sites, UGHE, coordination site, Center for Global Health) and other site-based teams to effectively plan, implement, and evaluate continuing education and other capacity-building initiatives. This includes developing processes, tools, and structures to effectively accompany clinical educators support training and educational implementation and monitor and evaluate classroom trainings and other capacity building efforts.
• Develop and strategically use monitoring and evaluation systems and tools across sites to improve capacity-building materials and site-based training and educational planning, delivery, and outcomes, in collaboration with site-based curriculum, training and educational specialists and the curriculum and training manager, if applicable.
• Chair and oversee the One PIH nursing and midwifery educational subcommittee to identify curriculum priorities with the care delivery sites and the best route for curriculum implementation.
• Support clinical and nursing educators in the roll out and implementation of curricula developed to students and clinicians at care delivery sites.
• Support nursing, midwifery, additional stakeholders, and accrediting bodies at care delivery sites to establish a pathway to getting curricula content recognized within each country.
Supporting clinical and educational, capabilities at the Center for Nursing and Midwifery at UGHE (25%)
• Developing the clinical nurse and midwifery educator curriculum
• Lecturing and providing practicum support for the delivery of the Masters in Global Nursing Leadership
• Supporting junior faculty development in clinical nursing and midwifery education
• Teaching across interdisciplinary programs

Qualifications:
• Registered Nurse with a master’s degree in education, health education, public health or a related field, PhD preferred, Or a bachelor's degree with at least 5 years’ experience
• At least 5 years of experience planning, implementing educational and training programs and projects including course curriculums.
• At least 5 years of experience designing, developing, and editing professional-level educational materials for adults in international healthcare and resource-poor settings.
• Experience delivering education to a range of audiences (low literate adults, training of trainers, health professionals, etc.).
• Demonstrated understanding of adult learning theory, interactive skill building, and appropriate methodologies for culturally diverse communities and various literacy levels.
• Demonstrated possession of excellent interpersonal and organizational skills; written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complexity and prioritize multiple tasks.
• Ability to work productively in highly collaborative settings while also functioning independently.
• Demonstrated ability to interact professionally with culturally diverse staff, clients, and consultants.
• Experience working with regulatory and or accrediting bodies such as nursing and midwifery councils and boards, preferred
• Simulation experience, preferred
• Experience with computer applications and internet research.
• Proficiency in English required
• Ability to travel to PIH sites as needed.
• Commitment to social justice and health care issues.
• Experience living and working in resource-poor settings preferred.
• Experience working with learning management systems

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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