Nurse (Professional Development Practitioner)
About The Position
The New Jersey VA Healthcare System Nursing Education Service is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse Nursing Professional Development Practitioner (NPDP)/Educator. The practitioner delivers evidence-based education to staff and applies adult learning principles, adapting learning strategies to assessed needs across the healthcare organization. The Nurse III NPDP provides education and training for nursing staff in clinical and outpatient units. The role includes instructional design and implementation, learning-needs assessment, employee orientation and progress evaluation, and development of learning plans to address identified deficiencies. The practitioner also supports resuscitation education, nurse residency programs, competency assessment, staff development, and evaluation of educational outcomes. This is an intermittent position. Telework is not available, and the position is not virtual. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change-of-station authorization are not offered. A current, full, unrestricted nursing license from a U.S. state or territory is required. The preferred candidate has at least 5 to 10 years of current acute-care hospital experience, preferably in an ICU or critical-care setting, and is prepared at least to the MSN level.
Requirements
- Graduate from a professional nursing school approved by an appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by ACEN or CCNE when the applicant completed the program, or meet the stated alternative education provisions for bridge-program or foreign-school graduates.
- Hold current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
- Demonstrate basic written and spoken English proficiency.
- Meet the Nurse III grade requirements: an MSN and two years of specialized nursing experience, including one year equivalent to Nurse II, or an eligible related master's or doctoral degree and the specified specialized nursing experience; meet all Nurse III dimension requirements.
- Meet applicable U.S. citizenship and federal employment conditions, including background/security investigation, pre-employment evaluation, and seasonal influenza vaccination requirements.
- Complete required onboarding and application documentation; male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must meet Selective Service registration requirements.
- A driver's license is preferred, not required.
Nice To Haves
- At least 5 to 10 years of current acute-care hospital experience, preferably in an ICU or critical-care setting.
- Current NPDP or hospital clinical educator experience.
- BLS and ACLS instructor qualifications.
- Nursing professional certification, such as CCRN or NPD-BC.
- Minimum MSN preparation.
- Driver's license.
Responsibilities
- Provide expert, evidence-based education to staff.
- Deliver educational instruction and training for nursing staff in clinical and outpatient units.
- Assess learning needs and develop educational training for clinical staff.
- Assist with new-employee orientation, evaluate progress through orientation, and develop and implement learning plans to address identified deficiencies.
- Serve as a Resuscitation Education Initiative (Redi) Program trainer and consultant, including serving as a Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor.
- Monitor and track organizational BLS and Advanced Life Support (ALS) compliance.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to support and evaluate facility emergency responses, including BLS and ALS responses.
- Organize, participate in, and evaluate mock codes.
- Support nurse residency programs, including curriculum development using simulation, lectures, case studies, and virtual reality.
- Develop expert coaching and mentoring skills.
- Systematically evaluate current practice and formulate outcomes for patient groups and organizational processes within the area of expertise.
- Collaborate with NPD team members and interprofessional healthcare teams on clinical education, including in-services, training, competency assessment, and evaluation of current and new nursing staff skills.
- Review nursing literature for emerging trends and evidence-based changes, and propose practice and documentation revisions based on outcome evaluation.
- Collaborate with leadership and unit managers to identify staff education needs and support competence, critical thinking, and decision-making.
- Provide consultation and collaboration through participation in organizational committees.
- Analyze, interpret, and evaluate data to determine educational program outcomes and changes.
- Document outcomes at the program or service level.
Benefits
- Comprehensive VA Nurse Total Rewards package.
- Federal employee benefits package; specific benefits eligibility depends on position type.
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