Professional Development Coordinator - Senior Registered Nurse

Description

Professional Development Coordinator - Senior Registered Nurse serves as the lead coordinator for the hospital’s shared governance nursing program and ensures alignment with ANCC Pathway to Excellence and PTAP standards. This role provides leadership in integrating Pathway culture into nursing operations, supports strategic planning and program development, and facilitates shared governance at VCMC and SPH. Responsibilities include promoting professional practice, overseeing accreditation and credentialing audits, and advancing nursing excellence through initiatives that support nurse engagement, quality care, and patient satisfaction.

Distinguishing Characteristics:
The Senior Registered Nurse-Hospital is distinguished from other staff nursing classifications in that incumbents demonstrate advanced competency skills reflecting specialized knowledge specific to the assigned hospital unit; participate in performance improvement processes; and provide technical direction. Incumbents are expected to work at the full scope of their licensure/specialty area with a decreasing amount of supervision commensurate with their experience.

WHAT WE OFFER:
The County of Ventura offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements, that includes:

• Educational Incentive: for completion of 2.5% for an Associate's degree, 3.5% for a Bachelor's degree, or 5% for a Master's degree.
• Certification Pay: $0.813 per hour based on scheduled work week hours for each qualified certification up to a maximum of five (5) certifications. One of the five certifications may be paid at $2.00 per hour for a National Certification.
• Evening Shift Differential- 7.5%
• Night Shift Differential- 15%
• Weekend Shift Differential- $2.00 per hour
• Continuous County Service Incentive Pay: 1% for 7 years, 1.25% for 12 years and 1.5% for 17 years
• Preceptor Pay- $2.50 per hour
• House Supervisor Pay- $4.00 per hour
• Charge Nurse Premium Pay- $1.50 per hour
• Float Nurse Premium Pay- $2.50 per hour
• In-House Registry Pay - Non-overtime is 1.75 straight time base hourly rate. Overtime is 2 times base pay straight time base hourly rate
• Standby Premium Pay- ¼ of regular hourly wage or Federal minimum wage (whichever is greater)
• Bilingual Incentive: Incumbents may be eligible for bilingual incentive depending upon operational need and certification of skill.
• Flexible Credit Allowance: Biweekly contribution towards medical, dental, and/or vision insurance from authorized plans.
• Pension Plan: Participation in the County's defined benefit plan.

AGENCY/DEPARTMENT: Health Care Agency - Nursing Administration

Senior Registered Nurse’s are represented by the California Nurses' Association (CNA) and are eligible for overtime compensation.

NOTE: Salary placement will be determined according to the current CNA memorandum of agreement.

The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill current and future Regular and/or Per Diem (including Temporary and Fixed-Term), Intermittent, and Extra Help vacancies for this position only. There is currently one (1) Regular vacancy.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

OPENING DATE: 4/23/2025

CLOSING DATE: 5/8/2025

Examples Of Duties

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Facilitates nursing leadership in understanding and integrating ANCC standards into clinical practice.
• Serves as the lead facilitator for shared leadership councils and establishes the Pathway committee to coordinate efforts supporting the Pathway model.
• Keeps administration, management, and staff informed of the hospital’s progress toward meeting Pathway to Excellence standards.
• Oversees the development and delivery of educational materials and presentations for nursing, clinical support staff, and leadership.
• Serves as an educational resource on ANCC standards and the shared leadership model.
• Coordinates Pathway to Excellence gap analysis and develops corrective action plans to address identified deficiencies.
• Leads the preparation, editing, and submission of the Pathway to Excellence application and re-designation documents.
• Identifies and engages ambassadors to promote shared governance and the Pathway to Excellence initiative.
• Serves as a resource for interdisciplinary collaboration to improve patient care and experience using evidence-based strategies.
• Provides guidance to shared governance councils to support meaningful, evidence-based decision-making in clinical practice.
• Oversees the collection and submission of nursing-sensitive outcome indicators and prepares annual reports for Pathway applications and leadership review.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Typical Qualifications

Education/Experience:

Requires two (2) years of full-time experience as a registered nurse performing project management duties (similar to the job duties listed above) in an hospital setting.

Necessary Special Requirements

• Must possess and maintain a current, valid license as a Registered Nurse issued by the State of California.
• Must have a current, valid Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) certification by first day of employment.

Desired

• Master’s degree in Nursing (from an accredited program)
• Prior work history in an ANCC accredited Pathways or Magnet hospital
• Prior experience working with Shared Governance model

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Comprehensive knowledge of: nursing practices with ANCC Pathway to Excellence and Practice Transition Accreditation Program (PTAP) standards;

Working knowledge of: performance designing, implementing, or coordinating shared governance structures or councils within a healthcare setting, ideally at the hospital or system level.

Working ability to: provide direction to others; to lead and manage complex projects or programs related to nursing practice; analyze qualitative and quantitative information for decision support; work proficiently in emergency and/or stressful situations; maintain confidentiality of patient/client information; effectively establish and maintain working relationships with medical staff, co-workers, patients and the public; utilize Microsoft Office software; and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Recruitment Process

FINAL FILING DATE: Your application must be received by County of Ventura Human Resources in Ventura, California, no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday May 8th, 2025.

To apply on-line, please refer to our web site at www.ventura.org/hr. If you prefer to fill out a paper application form, please call (805) 654-5129 for application materials and submit them to County of Ventura Human Resources, 800 South Victoria Avenue, L-1970, Ventura, CA 93009.

Note to Applicants: It is essential that you complete all sections of your application and supplemental questionnaire thoroughly and accurately to demonstrate your qualifications. A resume and/or other related documents may be attached to supplement the information in your application and supplemental questionnaire; however, it/they may not be submitted in lieu of the application.

NOTE: If presently permanently employed in another "merit" or "civil service" public agency/entity in the same or substantively similar position as is advertised, and if appointed to that position by successful performance in a "merit" or "civil service" style examination, then appointment by "Lateral Transfer" may be possible. If interested, please click here for additional information.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE - qualifying: All applicants are required to complete and submit the questionnaire for this exam at the time of filing. The supplemental questionnaire may be used throughout the exam process to assist in determining each applicant's qualifications and acceptability for the position. Failure to complete and submit the questionnaire may result in the application being removed from consideration.

APPLICATION EVALUATION - 100%: An application evaluation will be conducted. A score will be assigned to each application based on established criteria. Such score will be considered as the final score for placement on the eligible list.

Applicants successfully completing the exam process may be placed on an eligible list for a period of one (1) year.

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: A thorough pre-employment, post offer background investigation which may include inquiry into past employment, education, criminal background information and driving record is required for this position.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The County of Ventura is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

For further information about this recruitment, please contact Brett Ramirez by e-mail at Brett.Ramirez@ventura.org or by telephone at (805) 654-2277.

YOUR BENEFITS AS A COUNTY OF VENTURA EMPLOYEE

California Nurses Association

(CNA)

To learn more about Benefits, Retirement, and the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), see links below.

• Benefits website or you may call (805) 654-2570.
• Retirement FAQ's
• Memorandum of Agreement

Union Code: NCN

Closing Date/Time: 5/8/2025 5:00 PM Pacific

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• County of Ventura

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