Vanderbilt University Medical Center Hiring for Learning Experience Designer, CPPA (Remote Work Options) at Nashville, TN Full Time

Learning Experience Designer

JOB SUMMARY:
The Vanderbilt Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy (CPPA) is focused on making medicine kinder, safer, and more reliable through preeminent programs in education, research and service that foster professional accountability and risk prevention.

The LED designs and develops effective and engaging learning and educational training materials with occasional guidance. Analyzes curricula to select the best methods to achieve desired performance and learning objectives. Utilizes rapid instructional design/virtual tools and processes as well as adult learning theory and experience. Provides technologically innovative and instructionally sound deliverables to ensure effective and engaging learning. A candidate with an education background, experience with audio/visual technology/graphic design and a drive for continued learning is preferred.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Designs effective and engaging in-class, electronic, mobile and virtual learning materials focused heavily on workforce development, workforce performance, credentialing and role-specific learning.

Selects from a variety of delivery methods and combinations of methods including instructor-led, virtual synchronous and asynchronous environments, mobile learning, video and audio learning, eLearning, job aids, and performance support materials.

Utilizes rapid instructional design tools and processes, adult learning theory and experience to understand learning and performance objectives and assessments.

Provides technologically innovative, engaging, and instructionally sound learning deliverables for customers while partnering with other team members to ensure the most effective and engaging learning.

The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Work Schedule:
Normal daytime business hours; Remote work options available

Department Summary:
The VUMC Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy (CPPA) provides education, research, data, tools, and effective processes for promoting professional accountability for our clients throughout the United States and abroad. CPPA has partnered with more than 180 health systems and provides tools and processes for nearly 86,000 healthcare professionals through our programs. CPPA is dedicated to supporting our clients’ core values and professional expectations as the foundation for safe, quality healthcare, and high reliability.

View how Vanderbilt Health employees celebrate the difference they make every day:

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:
Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity — of culture, thinking, learning and leading — is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

VUMC Recent Accomplishments

Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:

VUMC Recent Accomplishments

Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:

• US News & World Report: #1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with 3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Children’s Hospital in the nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.
• Healthcare’s Most Wired: Among the nation’s 100 “most-wired” hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical technology.
• Becker’s Hospital Review: named as one of the “100 Great Hospitals in America”, in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.
• The Leapfrog Group: One of only 10 children’s hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.
• American Association for the Advancement of Science: The School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows
• Magnet Recognition Program: Received our third consecutive Magnet designations.
• National Academy of Medicine: 22 members, elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement
• Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES:
TRAINING NEEDS ANALYSIS (INTERMEDIATE):– A process of collecting information about a proposed learning program. A needs analysis addresses the following issues: restating the request, stating the business need, identifying the performance gap, conducting a task analysis, describing the learners, describing the learning environment, and identifying the project constraints.

ADULT LEARNING THEORY (INTERMEDIATE):– Knowledge of the principles and practices of providing instruction to the adult learner. Able to focus adult learning goals and the ability to direct their own learning.

GRAPHIC DESIGN (INTERMEDIATE):– The process of visual communication, and problem-solving through the correct use of typography, space, image and color. The art or skill of combining a wide variety of mediums to produce an artistic product.

EDUCATIONAL MULTIMEDIA (INTERMEDIATE):– Multimedia is more than one concurrent presentation medium for example, on CD-ROM or a Web site. Multimedia is typically used to mean the combination of text, sound, and/or motion video.

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN – (INTERMEDIATE):– The practice of maximizing the effectiveness, efficiency and appeal of instruction and other learning experiences consisting broadly of determining the current state and needs of the learner, defining the end goal of instruction, and creating some intervention to assist in the transition.

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Organizational Impact: Executes job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance.

Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment.

Breadth of Knowledge: Has expanded knowledge gained through experience within a professional area.

Team Interaction: Provides informal guidance and support to team members.

CORE CAPABILITIES:
SUPPORTING COLLEAGUES (P2):

• Develops Self and Others: Invests time, energy and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance and gain knowledge in new areas.
• Builds and Maintains Relationships: Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships.
• Communicates Effectively: Recognizes group interactions and modifies one’s own communication style to suit different situations and audiences.

DELIVERING EXCELLENT SERVICES (P2):

• Serves Others with Compassion: Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them.
• Solves Complex Problems: Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions.
• Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees’ effectiveness.

ENSURING HIGH QUALITY (P2):

• Performs Excellent Work: Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly.
• Ensures Continuous Improvement: Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them.
• Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring.

MANAGING RESOURCES EFFECTIVELY (P2):

• Demonstrates Accountability: Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure.
• Stewards Organizational Resources: Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area.
• Makes Data Driven Decisions: Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities.

FOSTERING INNOVATION (P2):

• Generates New Ideas: Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches.
• Applies Technology: Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges.
• Adapts to Change: Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.

Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) and 3 years relevant experience

Licensure, Certification, and/or Registration (LCR):
Physical Requirements/Strengths needed & Physical Demands:
Sedentary category requiring exertion up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and uses negligible amounts of force to move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.

Movement

Occasional: Standing: Remaining on one’s feet without moving.

Occasional: Walking: Moving about on foot.

Occasional: Lifting under 35 lbs: Raising and lowering objects under 35 lbs from one level to another

Occasional: Carrying under 35 lbs: Transporting an object holding in hands, arms or shoulders, with help of coworkers or assistive device.

Occasional: Reaching above shoulders: Extending arms in any direction above shoulders.

Frequent: Sitting: Remaining in seated position

Frequent: Reaching below shoulders: Extending arms in any direction below shoulders.

Frequent: Fingering: Picking, pinching, gripping, working primarily with fingers requiring fine manipulation.

Frequent: Bimanual Dexterity: Requiring the use of both hands.

Sensory

Continuous: Communication: Expressing or exchanging written/verbal/electronic information.

Continuous: Auditory: Perceiving the variances of sounds, tones and pitches and able to focus on single source of auditory information

Continuous: Vision: Clarity of near vision at 20 inches or less and far vision at 20 feet or more with depth perception, peripheral vision, color vision.

Continuous: Smell: Ability to detect and identify odors.

Environmental Conditions

Occasional: Chemicals and Gasses: Medications, cleaning chemicals, oxygen, other medical gases used in work area.