NPD Specialist Simulation

MultiCare Health System•Puyallup, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The NPD Specialist-Simulation will develop, implement, and evaluate clinical simulation across the MultiCare Health System. This role involves creating simulation activities to address knowledge, skill, critical thinking, and behavior gaps within the healthcare environment, integrating nursing simulation components into the curriculum. The specialist will be primarily responsible for developing and implementing tools, theories, skills, and knowledge in nursing professional development to enhance evidence-based simulation efforts for clinical staff. The incumbent will act as a learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, advocate for the NPD specialty, and partner for practice transitions, as outlined by the Association of Nursing Professional Development. This position operates independently under limited supervision by an Executive Director or assigned manager, focusing on areas such as practice gap assessment, learning needs identification, outcomes planning, implementation, coordination, and fostering positive learning environments. The role also emphasizes consultation, evaluation, ethics, education, evidence-based practice, research, quality of NPD practice, change management, leadership, collaboration, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, mentorship, customer relations, standardization, communication, organization, prioritization, flexibility, and creativity across onboarding, competency management, continuing education, role development, collaborative partnerships, and evidence-based practice. Significant collaboration with Program Managers, Clinical Operational Managers and Directors, and Unit-Based NPD S/G is expected.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Nursing
Washington State Registered Nurse license (RN)
Four (4) years of acute care nursing practice

Nice To Haves

PhD in Nursing, DNP, or ARNP preferred
ANCC NPD specialty certification preferred; if not in possession at time of hire, must acquire within two (2) years of hire
Three (3) year Program management experience within an education role preferred
Three (3) years previous experience as unit educator, system educator, NPD Specialist/Generalist preferred

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and evaluate clinical simulation across the MHS Health System.
Develop simulation activities that address knowledge, skill, critical thinking, and behavior gaps related to the healthcare environment and incorporate nursing simulation components into the curriculum.
Assume primary responsibility for developing and implementing tools, theories, skills, and knowledge of nursing professional development to improve evidence-based simulation efforts of clinical staff.
Practice as an NPD Specialist, assuming roles such as learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, advocate for NPD specialty, and partner for practice transitions.
Conduct assessment of practice gaps/root cause analysis and identify learning needs.
Focus on outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination, and facilitation of positive learning and practice environments.
Provide consultation and evaluation, adhering to ethics and promoting education, evidence-based practice (EBP), research, and quality in nursing professional development.
Engage in change management, leadership, collaboration, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, and mentorship.
Manage customer relations, standardization, communication, organization, prioritization, flexibility, and creativity related to onboarding/orientation, competency management, continuing education, role development, collaborative partnerships, and evidence-based practice, research, and quality.
Collaborate with Program Managers within the Center for Clinical Education & Professional Practice Development, Clinical Operational Managers and Directors, and Unit-Based NPD S/G.