The Resuscitation Education Initiative (REdl) Program Director is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising staff education. Delivers a fundamental understanding of adult learning principles and a lifelong learner that can practice with flexibility to adapt or change learning strategies based on the assessment of learning needs within the healthcare organization.
Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties: The Resuscitation Education Initiative (REdl) Program Director Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing expert, evidence-based education to staff. Provides educational instruction and training for nursing staff in clinical and outpatient units.
Responsible and accountable for the development, promotion, and delivery of professional Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) training for healthcare staff across all departments and services within the medical center in accordance with the REdl and Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) Programs.
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the compliance with national and local standards for the REdl and RQI Programs.They must maintain accurate records for all training activity, staff compliance, and issue timely reports and updates on all activities. They understand instructional design, implementation, and application related to education, training, and program management. Performs learning needs assessments, develops educational trainings for staff within organization.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to support and evaluate responses to emergency events in the facility to include BLS and ALS. Organizes, participates, and evaluates mock codes. They will coordinate, plan, and implement innovative technologies to provide a psychologically safe learning environment that teaches diagnostic, procedural, technical, and communication skills to staff across the medical center.
Collaborates with leadership and unit managers to identify educational training needs for staff, while supporting activities that foster competence, critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and decision making. Provides consultation and collaboration through the participation within organizational committees. Ability to analyze, interpret, and evaluate data to determine outcomes and changes related to educational programs.
Responsible for the documented outcomes at the program, service, and/or facility level. Supervisory Controls: The incumbent is responsible to the Chief Nuse, Education and is accountable to the Associate Director of Patient Care Services (ADPCS).
Dimensions of Nursing Practice: Leads professional practice using the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation) to improve evidence-based and/or data-driven outcomes for an identified patient population and/or specialized areas within immediate practice setting.
Professional Development: Expands knowledge base and practice evaluation through mentoring, precepting, and/or teaching to improve outcomes in the immediate practice setting. Customer Services Requirements: Meets the needs of all customers while supporting the Medical Center and Service missions. Consistently communicates and treats customers (patients, visitors, volunteers, and all Medical Center staff) in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner.
Provides the customers with consistent information according to established policies and procedures.
Handles conflict and problems in dealing with the customer constructively and appropriately VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Pay Scale: NG42 Work Schedule: M-F (7:30 am.
- 4:00 pm) Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized EDRP : Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $66551 – $126098/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-11-13.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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