Professional Development and Career Pathways
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Upon graduation and work, a continuous process of professional development begins in a variety of promotion routes, which allow a choice between positions, specialization and different organizations.
Upon graduation and integration into the workforce, a continuous process of professional development begins in a variety of promotion routes, which allow a choice between a wide variety of positions, areas of specialization and different health organizations.
These routes allow nurses:
- To fulfill different roles, with varying titles and degrees.
- To create occupational and social flexibility.
- Design a professional development path.
- To influence the fulfillment of personal challenges.
Employment opportunities
Nurses can be integrated into a wide variety of employment options including: hospitals, primary and professional clinics in the community, family centers and health bureaus, schools and nursing classes, in a variety of public and private, civilian and military institutions, in various clinical fields that deal with the entire age spectrum, in the fields of health promotion and primary medicine, intensive care, midwives and more.
Career paths in nursing
There are several career paths for nurses, and the main ones are the administrative path and the clinical path. Also, there are academic routs that combine teaching and research in nursing.
Management route: includes positions such as: team leader, head nurse deputy, head nurse, senior area coordinator, nursing manger and more, in which emphasis is placed in managerial and traditional skills in leading teams in accordance with the organization's vision and goals.
Clinical route includes positions such as: subject trustee, clinical area coordinator, clinical practitioner nurse, in which emphasis is placed in developing areas of knowledge and expertise in defined clinical areas and assimilating knowledge among both teams and patients.
You can develop in one of the routes, according to your inclinations and desires, and you can also switch between one route to another, each of these routes includes a cluster of positions according to the type of the employing organization.
Career development may be multidimensional, as it is possible to progress in different axes, in different positions, or in dimensions that allow the enrichment of the position, the professionalization of the position or the improvement of the employment conditions that allow a balance between work and home, and more.
The decision regarding the right path for you in which you can integrate and advance is usually made jointly by you and your superiors after a joint conversion in which professional expectations, achievements and professionals goals are discussed together.
Career planning
Career planning is an ongoing process, occurring throughout your working years, in which a significant emphasis is placed on your mutual commitment of you and your superiors to the process.
Preparation for a job interview
Already in the job interview you can ask questions relating to the professional development paths that exist in the organization, examine which positions are offered, which skills are required and which education is required. It is also advisable to be interested in the conditions for expanding the position, increase in salary, improvement in social conditions. It is recommended to request more information regarding the transition to a more professional position, the expansion of the areas with responsibility and to examine whether there it is a job with an occupational horizon and how the transition to more convenient working hours is carried out.
You can also compare conditions that create subjective improvement: an increase in satisfaction with the utilization of personal skills, with working relationships, with wages. Promotion, from the terms of employment and the terms of employment and the improvement of occupational security.
Admission to a health institution
The professional development plan is established from the first day of work and includes personal and professional accompaniment, study grants/ professional training, mentoring and more, for every nurse in the organization, there is a personal absorption plan by a senior staff member who acts as a mentor.
Professional training and advanced studies
One of the main core goals in the nurses work refers to their professional development, for the purpose of maintaining professional competence and expanding the range of powers approved for them to perform, the professional development level includes three levels of functioning:
- Academic practitioner nurses
- Academically practitioner nurses, who have passed an advanced course in nursing.
- Academically practitioner nurses, with recognized expertise in nursing.
For information on advanced courses
For information on recognized nurse practitioner programs
Positions in nursing
The job descriptions of the various positions are usually defined by the Civil Service Commission and include the threshold requirements for accepting the position (such as academic education, professional training, professional seniority , etc.) as well as the powers defined of the holder of the position. The salary agreements define the salary approved salary increases for each position. You can contact the organization's human resources department to receive current job descriptions for the various positions.
Shift Responsibility - in order to receive an appointment to the position of shift manager in general hospitalization wards and selected units (inpatient and in the community) relevant advanced training in the field of work is required.
Nursing Administration Circular defines the advanced course programs that are required for performing the role of a shift manager in the various units.
Examples of the threshold requirements for managerial positions in the hospitals:
| Role | Years of Professional Experience | Academic Education | Advanced Education |
| Team Leader | 2 | BA | In the relevant field |
| Clinical Guide | BA | In the relevant field | |
| Head Nurse Deputy | 3 | BA | In the relevant field |
| Head Nurse | 4 | BA | In the relevant field |
Examples of threshold positions in clinical positions in hospitals:
| Role | Years of Professional Experience | Academic Education | Advanced |
| Subject Trustee | BA | In the relevant field | |
| Clinical Area Coordinator | 2 | BA | In the relevant field |
| Senior Area Coordinator | 4 | BA | In the relevant field |
| Clinical Specialist | 5 | BA | In the relevant field |
You can contact the Nursing Administration for questions on the subject through the website.