Manager, Global Medical Education, Nursing

Job Type

Full-time

Description

The Background

For over 40 years, Operation Smile (OSI) has been on a mission to transform lives, one smile at a time. OSI has helped hundreds of thousands of children worldwide by providing safe, high-quality cleft lip and palate surgery. But OSI's impact goes beyond immediate care. OSI recognizes the long-term need for accessible surgical expertise everywhere.

That's why global medical education is now at the heart of OSI's strategy. Through the Department for Global Medical Education (GME), OSI is investing heavily in building a strong surgical workforce around the world. This dynamic program is expanding rapidly, offering a wider range of educational opportunities and diving deeper into each area.

Global Medical Education seeks a rockstar Manager, Global Medical Education, Nursing. You'll play a pivotal role in crafting and continuously improving educational resources that empower peri-operative nurses globally.

Here's What Makes You The Perfect Fit

• You champion global health equity.
• You understand the pediatric perioperative space, preferable in low resource settings.
• You're a natural-born teacher, inspiring and equipping other health care professionals, preferably nurses, with the latest evidence-based practices.
• You've curated and disseminated curriculum, ideally prioritizing consensus-driven, research-informed content.
• You thrive in low-resource settings, leading by example and maximizing impact.
• You're an innovator at heart, passionate about solving global health challenges, serious about professional development and mindful of continuous improvement.
  
  

Manager, Global Medical Education, Nursing, Specific Responsibilities Include

The Manager, Global Medical Education, Nursing will be responsible for supporting the development and advancement of Operation Smile’s organizational nursing educational strategy, while supporting the development, provision, and monitoring of active nursing education programs.

The Manager, Global Medical Education, Nursing will serve as the technical lead and resource point of contact for OSI staff and country teams to implement and improve nursing education programs. The coordinator will ensure that Operation Smile’s programs are evidence based, adapted to low-resource settings, aligned with internal strategic initiatives, and continuously evaluated for effectiveness and impact. Key objectives for this role are outlined below.

Program Management

• Develop, maintain, continuously improve and monitor the implementation of global perioperative nursing education.
• Monitor and evaluate these nursing education programs.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts, international nursing professional organizations and NGOs to select, validate and disseminate teaching resources authored and maintained by global expert consensus bodies and augment such resources to provide the latest guidance in nursing care for individuals born with cleft lip and palate.
• Work with regional representatives to adapt and implement nursing education programs at the hub and spoke level.
• Support the development of nursing education program activity work plans at the organization and country level to meet organizational goals
  
  

Requirements

Experience Required:

• Preferred 4 years of experience working within health systems and at the population level in LMIC’s.?
• Training as a nurse with practice in the peri-operative, OR or intensive care setting.
• Advanced project management experience and associated skills
• Experience with coordinating projects and supporting teams.
• Advanced computer skills, especially in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook).
• Knowledge of foreign languages preferred. Spanish preferred.
• Able to participate in international travel of up to 20% time.
  
  

Characteristics/Skills Required

• Commitment to the mission and vision of Operation Smile
• Strong program management skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, especially with global teams
• Strong writing skills with experience assembling reports, proposals, and grants preferred
• Highly motivated, self-directed and a problem solver
• Detail-oriented and well organized.
• Strong work ethic and a team player.