Advanced Nurse Clinician (ANC), Care at Home - Part Time (24hrs/week), Pennsauken

Virtua Health•Pennsauken Township, NJ

5d•$104,613 - $167,938•Onsite

About The Position

The Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Specialist is a registered nurse who advances nursing practice and professional growth through education, competency management, evidence-based practice, and practice change initiatives. The role supports workforce readiness, quality outcomes, regulatory compliance, and professional excellence across the continuum. The NPD Specialist practices in alignment with the Association for Nursing Professional Development Practice Model and serves as a learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for inquiry, and partner for practice. The position works on the unit and is available to staff. It supports learning and professional development, competency assessment, professional governance, accreditation and regulatory readiness, evidence-based practice, practice change, performance improvement, and system-wide educational programs.

Requirements

Three to five years of recent clinical nursing experience in an acute care, ambulatory, or specialty practice setting.
Master’s degree in nursing, or completion of the degree within two years of hire.
Active Registered Nurse license in the state of New Jersey.
NPD-BC or a nationally recognized advanced nursing certification; examples include CEN for Emergency Department, MEDSURG-BC or CMSRN for Medical Surgical, or CCRN or PCCN for critical care.

Nice To Haves

Focus on education in the master’s degree program.
Experience in adult learning or professional education, such as staff education, precepting, or clinical instruction.
NPD-BC certification is preferred.
Candidates with or pursuing a DNP or PhD in Nursing will receive consideration.

Responsibilities

Conduct learning-needs assessments using the Donna Wright Competency Assessment Model, including review of quality metrics, safety data, and regulatory requirements.
Design, implement, and evaluate orientation, onboarding, continuing education, and role-transition programs.
Apply adult learning theory and innovative instructional strategies.
Lead competency assessment, validation, and remediation processes, aligning competencies with scope of practice and regulatory standards.
Collaborate with leaders to address performance gaps.
Serve as a consultant and subject-matter expert; assume leadership roles in councils and committees and participate in professional governance councils.
Foster a learning environment using relationship-based care principles and mentor colleagues in professional development and lifelong learning.
Facilitate relationships with academic partners to promote development of the future workforce.
Ensure education meets accreditation and regulatory standards, maintain education and competency documentation, and support Magnet, Joint Commission, and other regulatory or certifying-body readiness.
Promote inquiry and evidence-based practice through education and mentorship; support quality improvement and research initiatives and integrate current evidence into educational programs.
Interpret clinical, technical, and patient data to improve clinical quality and patient outcomes.
Partner with interprofessional team members to implement and evaluate practice changes, communicate changes, and cascade information from councils and committees to support implementation of policies, procedures, and technologies.
Use outcome data to assess education effectiveness and support organizational quality and workforce priorities.
Support patient throughput by facilitating individualized plans of care.
Provide system roll-out education, participate in new program design and course facilitation, calculate program return on investment, and maintain a culture of resource stewardship.