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At Children’s, the region’s only full-service pediatric healthcare center, our people make us the very best for kids. Come cultivate your passion, purpose and professional development in an environment of excellence and inclusion, where team members are supported and deeply valued. Opportunities for career growth abound as we grow our services and spaces, including the cutting-edge Hubbard Center for Children. Join our highly engaged, caring team—and join us in providing brighter, healthier tomorrows for the children we serve. Children's is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer including veterans and people with disabilities.

A Brief Overview

Develops and oversees educational systems to organize, administer and coordinate the needs of all educational programs and learners. Oversees and is responsible for activities and functions related to education occurring at the organization, including on-boarding, supervision of trainees, space, simulation, quality, etc. Responsible for all pediatric continuing medical and continuing nursing education (CME/CNE). Develops, maintains, and executes annual financial budgets for all academic and continuing education programs. Negotiates and administers academic affiliation agreements with local and national universities and colleges related to all health care and support functions. Director of the organization's Virtual Library and administrative champion for corporate educational strategies and tactics.

Essential Functions

Oversees and is responsible for activities and functions related to academic education, including on-boarding, supervision of trainees, space management, simulation, quality of the educational environment, learner satisfaction, reporting, program development, etc.

Educational Quality:

+ Accepts leadership and responsibility for the ongoing evaluation of education provided at the organization and for determining objectives for program improvement;

+ Develops objective data metrics on the outcome of the education provided;

+ Works with referring programs to develop metrics for measurement of learner performance

+ Works with learners to determine quality of learner experience

+ Assists programs in developing Interprofessional Educational experiences.

+ Responsible for faculty and staff development in area of teaching skills and practices

External & Internal Relationships:

+ Maintains quality relationships with Faculty, Directors, and Deans of programs referring learners to organization for pediatric education.

+ Maintains liaison relationships with chief academic officers, hospitals, regional and national groups influencing education.

+ Work with community leaders to track regional workforce needs, and provide assurance that future practitioners receive quality learning experiences in caring for children.

+ Ensure the Office of Education is aligned with institutional strategies and priorities by developing and nurturing strong working relationships with key stakeholders at CHMC, including IT, Finance, Human Resources, clinical programs, among others.

+ Develops information on educational programs for presentation/publication in relevant professional organizations and publications.

+ Negotiates and develops academic affiliation agreements with universities and colleges across the nation; works with CHMC legal team to guarantee accurate and legal documentation of such affiliations.

+ Quality Improvement: ▪ Participates in quality improvement programs to improve clinical practice and the quality of the education

+ Recommends improvements in training and education programs in response to measured quality outcomes.

Administrative Director for all Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) offered at Children’s and as part of outreach education

Program Administration:

+ Collaborates with Medical Director of CME to ensure quality of CME events, attend CME Committee meetings

+ Oversee the Primary Nurse Planner for CHMC while working in collaboration with nursing leadership with a goal to provide robust, quality CNE events

+ Ensure both CME and CNE functions remain fully accredited and in compliance professional standards

+ Manages fiscal responsibilities for planning and executing CME/CNE events to include site rental, honorariums, meals, speaker travel expenses, etc.

Develops and oversees educational systems to organize, administer and coordinate the needs of all educational programs and learners. ◦

+ Information Technology:

+ Works with IT department to develop and maintain comprehensive data systems supporting learners and programs, and tracking educational outcomes

+ Works with program directors to share appropriate information in support of educational activities

+ Maintains confidentiality of learner and program data, in accordance with good practice, regulation and external requirements, such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

+ Works with IT to develop and maintain electronic repository for educational materials.

Reporting:

+ Provides annual reports on the quality and quantity of education occurring at Children’s, with recommendations for improving education

+ Provides special reports as needed to support operations and strategic planning.

+ Works with Finance to prepare estimates of costs involved in education, including community benefit reports and the annual reporting requirements to Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education (CHGME)

+ Provides data to programs related to accreditation standards, e.g., Liaison Committee on Medical Education, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Oversees administration and operations of Office of Education, including supervision of personnel within and associated with the Office of Education.

Personnel Management

+ Selects/hires employees and trains and/or oversees the training on job related tasks.

+ Conducts employee performance management duties including completion and delivery of performance evaluations, setting goals, dissemination of information, coaching, addressing performance issues/routine correction actions, and recommending termination of employment.

+ Makes salary recommendations.

+ Submits notifications for personnel actions (e.g., status changes, terminations).

+ Makes recommendations for human resource needs

Operational/Financial Management

+ Responsible for the implementation and execution of business plans or activities for the department. Assists in the development of business plans.

+ Makes decisions guided by the business plan and resource availability that impacts service levels and the team’s ability to meet objectives.

+ Analyzes processes and procedures and makes recommendations and/or decisions on guidelines for daily processes/activities within department. May recommend policy changes related to the department. Implements new or revised policies, processes, and procedures within the work area.

+ Develops the annual budget, monitors and prepares budget variance reports for the department.

+ Applies business and management expertise to identify problems/opportunities, determine solutions, and measure results.

+ Ensures compliance with quality assurance, safety practices, policies, regulatory, and legal requirements.

+ Responsible for the oversight and management of revenue generating avenues such as HRSA education grants, income generated through teachings by Children’s instructors, and registration at CME/CNE events.

+ Overall, administers budgets totaling in the area of $10-$20 million per year.

Corporate Strategic Goals/Tactics

+ Administrative champion for corporate education goals, strategies, and tactics.

+ Works closely with physician champion in developing and updating new strategies and tactics.

+ Report goals related outcomes to senior executives and CHMC Board of Directors, as requested.

Collaborate with the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) McGoogan Library with the outcome to collaboratively curate, purchase, maintain, and promote resources associated with the CHMC virtual library

+ Develop and maintain virtual library budgets

+ Frequently analyze usage data to determine the financial viability of resources, remove underperforming resources, and add additional resources, as needed

+ Solicit information regarding user needs and advertise the resources and services of the virtual library

Education Qualifications

+ Doctoral degree (Ph.D. or Ed.D.) or equivalent from an accredited college or university in education or similar field preferred, with emphasis on educational systems or education assessment. Required

Experience Qualifications

+ Minimum 7 years of experience in healthcare education or related field required

Skills and Abilities

+ Ability to handle information of sensitive and complex issues.

+ Must demonstrate positive interpersonal relationship skills with individuals and groups in a wide variety of settings.

+ Represents Children’s Nebraska in a positive manner at all times.

+ Proficient oral and written communication, organizational, financial and decision-making skills.

+ Program Management: Demonstrates effective operational management skills including planning, organizing, marketing, business development and budget development

+ Promotes and practices cost containment.

+ Demonstrated skills in data analysis, problem solving, interpersonal, team building and customer service.

+ Ability to work independently and to work under pressure of deadlines and competing demands while maintaining confidentiality.

Children’s is the very best for kids and the very best for your career! At Children’s, we put YOU first so together, we can improve the life of every child!

**Requisition ID** : 22386