Learning and Development Specialist - 40 hrs/week
Sanford Health
Summary
Provides coordination, learning, and development of Sanford employees, students, and/or community members.
Job description
Summary
Provides coordination, learning, and development of Sanford employees, students, and/or community members.
Job Description
Customizes curriculum and develops training materials to ensure that organizational and stakeholder needs are met. Delivers training with a focus that utilizes adult learning principles and training methods. Strives towards successful development of coursework for ideal learning experience. Responsible for maintaining and updating existing training and education programs delegated. Performs quality checks to ensure satisfactory course functionalities and objectives are met.
Based on skill set, training needs, and topic focus, will provide training in a variation of needs, including but not limited to: behind the scenes build and design, software based training, classroom setting both virtually and in-person with direct facilitation, and/or orientation to small and large groups. Role potentially will include creation of online learning modules and delivering webinar and classroom training based on department training needs and curriculum.
Works closely with remote subject matter experts regarding the design, build, and maintenance of training content needs based on educational course topics and the initiatives driven within the department. Additional responsibilities may include following established checklists, writing course descriptions, revising courses as needed, maintaining course catalog database when applicable, acting as a peer reviewer, and redesigning learning objects to increase effectiveness. May coordinate training schedules as needed for intended audience and population.
Ability to develop strong working relationships, manage projects, facilitate change processes and effectively communicate to achieve organizational goals. Demonstrates successfully working with diverse groups of people in order to accomplish a common goal. Demonstrate flexibility as well as effective planning and organizational skills. Effective communication skills are essential: personal, verbal, written, and electronic. Ability to function in a collaborative, fast-paced, customer-driven organization. Demonstrable proficiency in Microsoft Office/Windows applications, analytical decision-making, information gathering, presentation, project management, group facilitation, innovative problem solving, and demonstrable training skills.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- If no degree, six years equivalent work experience considered
- Minimum of two years' experience in a healthcare environment providing education/training preferred
- Experience with automated software applications
- Project management experience preferred
- Knowledge of adult learning principles and training methods preferred
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office/Windows applications
- Analytical decision-making
- Information gathering
- Presentation skills
- Group facilitation
- Innovative problem solving
- Demonstrable training skills
- Obtains and maintains required department specific competencies and certifications
Benefits
- Hybrid remote position
- 50% on-site requirement
- 8-hour day shifts
- 40 hours per week
- No union position
Company overview
Sanford Health is one of the largest integrated healthcare delivery systems in the United States, operating as a nonprofit organization headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Founded in 1894, the organization has grown into a comprehensive health system with 44 medical centers, 482 clinics, and more than 200 senior living facilities across 26 states and nine countries. Sanford Health provides a full spectrum of healthcare services including acute care hospitals, specialty clinics, senior care through the Good Samaritan Society, genomic medicine, global clinics, and the Sanford Health Plan insurance program. The system employs over 48,000 healthcare professionals including 1,400 physicians and delivers care through five Centers of Excellence: Cancer, Children's, Heart, Orthopedics/Sports Medicine, and Women's Health. Annually, Sanford Health handles approximately 5.3 million outpatient visits, 84,000 admissions, and 136,000 surgeries. The organization is also actively involved in medical research and education through partnerships with academic institutions, positioning itself as a regional healthcare leader in the Midwest with expanding international presence.