Director of Staff Development

Job Description

Downey Post Acute is a long-term care facility that provides comprehensive nursing services and patient care. The facility is committed to maintaining the highest degree of quality resident care through structured in-service educational programs, staff development, and orientation initiatives. Located in Downey, CA, it offers a clean, well-lit, and welcoming environment equipped with the latest technology, and is dedicated to making a difference in patients' lives through a loving and enthusiastic community of healthcare professionals. The primary purpose of this job position is to plan, organize, develop, and direct all in-service educational programs throughout the facility in accordance with current applicable federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations. Essential duties include assisting in managing the Nursing Services Department, planning and directing educational and on-the-job training programs, developing and controlling the quality of in-service educational programs, assisting in orientation programs for newly hired personnel, providing in-service training to nursing personnel to keep their licenses current, meeting with department supervisors to identify training needs, conducting regular in-service training sessions to ensure staff remain current on procedures and policy changes, conducting departmental performance evaluations, and maintaining employee training records.