Monterey Park Hospital, a 101-acute care facility located in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, is seeking a Director of Staff Development for our Inservice Education Department. This is a full time, exempt position reporting to Chief Nursing Officer. 

The Director of Staff development will develop, direct and conduct Professional Development and Education programs for all levels of nursing and non-nursing employee populations based on the vision, strategic business plan and operational goals. Additional responsibilties include the following: 

• Collborates with patient care/professional and support services departments to identify performance gaps, determine the causes and measures the impact of learning and non learning actions that are required to change performance. 
• Takes a leadership role in planning, designing, coordinating, conducting and evaluating educational/competency validation programs for the unit/hospital which includes orientation, employee performance development, new policy/procedure development, new technology implementation, regulatory/accreditation requirements, etc. 
• Faciliatates ongoing department education in conjunction with department directors. 
• Manages the planning, designing, development, implementation, maintenance and evaluation of clinical information systems including the electronic medical record (EMR)
• Analyzes complez clinical operations and structure processes to facilitate decision making regarding clinical systems, utilizing the knowledge and skills of clinical practice to determine clinical functions that suitable for computer applications. 
• Leads or participates in projects involving technicial knowledge components or technological risk. 
• Provides recommendation in the selection and hiring of new employees and participates in the development and evaluation of performance for staff. 

1. MSN Degree required. 
2. Current CA RN license. 
3. BLS & ACLS (AHA) required. 
4. Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.