How many people can answer the question, "What do you do for a living?" with the answer, "I help find cures for cancer." At Blood Cancer United, employees take our mission seriously. Whether you work in one of our regions, are an accountant at the national office or a specialist in our Information Resource Center, you work each day on making our bold goal a reality: to enable patients with blood cancer to gain more than one million years of life by 2040. Join us and give new meaning to the word, "job."
Summary: Responsible for identifying learning needs, developing and reviewing content, and designing and evaluating education curriculum for healthcare professionals on blood cancer disease, treatment and side effects management. Works with the Senior Director, Professional Education & Engagement to plan and implement programs, produce written materials, and develop relationships with healthcare professionals to engage their participation. Identifies and integrates modern instructional technologies and methodologies.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Identify learning needs of healthcare professionals (HCPs) to help them stay current and maintain continuing professional competence on treatment and survivorship for blood cancers
Identify and integrate new and emerging instructional technologies and methodologies to ensure our content meets the evolving needs of HCPs
Regularly scan and survey the professional education landscape to identify unmet education needs as well as areas of duplicity
Design and plan curriculum for blood cancer continuing education programs targeted to nurses, physicians, social workers, pharmacists and other HCPs involved in the treatment of patients with blood cancer
Develop, implement and evaluate in-person and online courses based on learning needs assessments, organizational priorities and other informational sources
Utilize principles of adult learning in all aspects of educational activities
Manage registration and promotion for professional education activities
Provide oversight of vendors; ensure vendors provide a competitive fee structure and comprehensive data on registrants
Remain current on developments in blood cancer disease, treatment, and side effect management, as well as continuing education accreditation requirements and preferred modes of learning; align trends in blood cancer and continuing education with professional education strategy
Select and invite presenters based on their expert knowledge, experience, and presentation skills. Work with the presenters to plan and implement courses
Ensure requirements for continuing education accreditation are met in planning, implementation and record keeping
Collaborate with accredited continuing education providers to offer CME, ACPE, and CE programs to healthcare professionals
Manage and write grant proposals to obtain revenue to support continuing education activities
Partner across Blood Cancer United’s Mission department to maximize the reach and utilization of professional education programming and materials created
Identify and execute opportunities to collaborate with partner organizations
Manage other projects as identified by the Senior Director, Professional Education & Engagement
Maintain a working knowledge of the Blood Cancer United mission and programs to promote Organizational initiatives
Perform other related duties as assigned.
#LI-RemoteEducation & Experience Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree required; bachelor's degree in nursing preferred
Minimum of three years of recent experience in a hematology-oncology clinical treatment and/or clinical education setting in an academic institution, pharmaceutical or biotech company, hospital, or other healthcare setting. Nursing experience preferred.
Position Requirements:
Excellent critical thinking and out of the box thinking skills.
Exemplary written and verbal communication skills; comfort speaking on stage, on camera, and at professional education conference exhibit booths Creativity and…