Registered Nurse, RN | Professional Development Nurse (Nurse Educator) | Infusion Services & Cancer Center

Gundersen Health System

La Crosse, WI

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Cancer, Career Counseling, Clinical Nursing, Drug Development, Healthcare, Healthcare Providers, Hospital, Medicine, Mentoring, Needs Assessment, Nonprofit, Nursing, Nursing Informatics, Onboarding, Pharmacy, Process Improvement, Registered Nurse (RN), Research Nursing, Staff Development, Staff Requirements, Team Player, Training/Teaching
LOCATION
La Crosse, WI
POSTED
4 days ago

Love + medicine is who we are, it's what we do, it's why people want to work here. If you're looking for a job to love, apply today.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

We're not just filling positions, we're building careers. At Emplify Health, we care for our teams, while they care for their communities. Whether you are just starting out or looking for a change, Emplify Health supports you now and into the future. Join us and find out how a little empathy changes everything.

Emplify Health by Gundersen is looking for a Professional Development Nurse (PDN) for Infusion Services and the Cancer Center.

A Professional Development Nurse (Nurse Educator) supports the growth of nurses and other healthcare staff by identifying learning needs, evaluating practice gaps, and helping strengthen clinical practice. They also serve as a mentor, facilitator of learning, and change agent while partnering on process improvement and practice transitions.

If you have experience working in Infusion Services or Oncology, this is your opportunity to work in a highly adaptable and mission driven organization while doing the work you love in the beautiful coulee region.

What you will do:

  • 1.0 FTE, salaried role

  • Evaluate nursing practice, assess practice gaps, identify learning needs, participate in process improvement projects and initiatives both within area of responsibility and at the system level

  • Facilitates professional role development and growth of nurses and other healthcare personnel along the continuum from novice to expert.

  • Function as a change agent, mentor, facilitator of learning, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, partner for practice transitions, and advocate for the nursing professional development (NPD) specialty

  • Support orientation and onboarding of new staff

  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members including but not limited to other professional development nurses, clinical nurse leader, clinical managers, pharmacists, research nurses, clinicians, quality nurses, informatics nurses, etc.

What you need:

  • Bachelor's degree in nursing required

  • Master's degree in nursing required within 5 years

  • 1-2 years Oncology or Infusion RN experience or equivalent required, Ambulatory Care RN experience preferred

  • RN licensure to practice in the state of Wisconsin and Minnesota upon hire

What you will get:

  • Meaningful work in a highly adaptable and mission-driven organization

  • Partnership and collaboration with a team of professional development nurses

  • Gundersen's generous compensation and benefit package, including our top-rated retirement plan

  • Growth opportunities and access to Gundersen's Career Development Center to help you navigate your career

Emplify Health, a partnership of Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System, is a leading not-for-profit, patient-centered healthcare network based in Green Bay and La Crosse, Wisconsin. With 11 hospitals and over 100 clinics, we serve 67 cities across Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Join us in making a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients and communities.

If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact HR-Recruitment@gundersenhealth.org or call 608-775-0267.

We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values - belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility - our pillars set our foundation and our future.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Gundersen Health System