Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care

Company: ABIOMED Inc.
Location: Danvers
Posted on: January 17, 2020

Job Description:

Abiomed is a pioneer and global leader in healthcare technology and innovation, with a mission of Recovering Hearts & Saving Lives. With corporate headquarters in Danvers, Massachusetts, offices in Aachen & Berlin, Germany and Tokyo, Japan, Abiomed s 1,400 employees form one of the fastest growing medical device companies in the world. We attract and retain exceptional talent with our collaborative culture, passion for our work, and a strong commitment to employee professional development.



Patients First - Innovation - Winning Culture - Heart Recovery




The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is responsible for developing and managing educational content for Critical care nurses. The CNS will collaborate with the Medical Office to provide speakers decks, online content for social media and work with advanced nursing professional organizations to further the educational level of nurses caring for the patient populations appropriate for Impella support. This role will collaborate with the Training Team to provide advanced education internally and externally to employees and customers as well as support the structure of Abiomed's training, education and certifications programs to ensuring consistency across training content. The CNS works with all members of the Advanced Clinical Training & Support Team and Medical Office, as well as cross functionally with Marketing, Sales, Product Management, Regulatory and Engineering.



Principle Duties & Responsibilities:

* Works with subject matter experts and key stakeholders to develop learning objectives for all programs

* Ensures that all presented material (IFUs, electronic training, presentations, customer tools, etc.) is up to date and consistent with current product iteration, procedure and technique, and software version

* Ensures training and certification material is consistent with sales and marketing messaging

* Designs and implements testing and learning assessment tools

* Develops and manages material for online customer training, internal e-learning, field-team training, presentations and customer learning/reference aids which facilitate the use of Abiomed objectives

* Works with outside consultants and contractors to accomplish content management objectives

* Manages delivery of all final content, in multiple formats, and ensures its appropriately routed for approvals and posted in proper locations

* Provides training as needed

* Maintains certification for outside training

* Submits any changes to material through the approval process

* Advises Abiomed teams on best practice recommendations to promote learning and retention across a wide range of audiences and programs



Job Qualifications:

* BA/BS degree

* 5+ years experience as a nurse in a critical care setting preferably adult and geriatric intensive care unit

* Experience with content delivery methodologies including print, web, eLearning and audio/visual presentations

* Ability to communicate ideas and information (oral and written) clearly, effectively and frequently

* Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint, as well as Adobe InDesign and/or other programs used to develop training content to be delivered

* Strong communication and presentation skills





Abiomed is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. Abiomed will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, gender reassignment, non-job related mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, military service, application for military service, or membership in any other category protected under law.

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