Nursing Professional Development Generalist

Advocate Health • Oakbrook Terrace, IL

3d • $41 - $62

About The Position

The Nursing Professional Development Generalist supports nursing and healthcare personnel through orientation, competency management, and educational programming. In consultation with a Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Specialist, the role identifies practice and learning gaps, designs and evaluates education activities, and supports specialty- and department-specific education in collaboration with regional and system teams. The position applies adult learning principles and best-practice standards, adapting materials and teaching strategies to learners’ developmental levels, needs, readiness, abilities, language preferences, and cultures. It collaborates with system and operational leaders to address education needs and evaluates the impact of programming on learners, organizational resources, and patient outcomes.

The role requires knowledge and skills to provide age-appropriate care, including understanding growth and development across the lifespan and interpreting patient information to identify age-specific needs. The position generally works in a normal office environment and requires travel, which may involve exposure to road and weather hazards. The work description notes that related duties may also be assigned.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
• Typically requires 3 years of experience in front-line nursing.
• Excellent written and oral communication, including strong presentation and speaking skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Functional speech, hearing, and senses sufficient for effective communication.
• Ability to travel; travel may involve road and weather hazards.
• Ability to operate all equipment necessary to perform the job.

Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate, facilitate, conduct, and evaluate orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.
• Assist with competency management using tools that capture objective and subjective information about individuals’ knowledge and performance.
• Design educational activities to address identified practice gaps in consultation with an NPD Specialist.
• Plan, design, implement, and evaluate educational activities using best-practice standards and adult learning principles.
• Provide strategies supporting lifelong learning, including role transition, role integration, skill acquisition, and mastery as learners progress from novice to expert.
• Collaborate with system and operational leadership to meet education needs at the site and in nursing departments.
• Adapt materials and teaching strategies to learners’ developmental levels, learning needs, readiness, abilities, language preferences, and cultures; account for scope of practice and use assistive aids or technologies as needed.
• Evaluate and analyze programming’s impact on learners, organizational resources, and patient outcomes, and make adjustments in consultation with an NPD Specialist as needed.
• Establish and implement evaluation tools and methodologies to identify nursing personnel’s knowledge, skill, and competency needs or gaps, in consultation with an NPD Specialist as needed.
• Develop and support specialty- or department-based education needs in collaboration with regional and system teams.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care and assess and interpret patient data in line with age-specific needs and departmental policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible healthcare and dependent-care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Premium pay, such as shift and on-call pay, based on the teammate’s job.
• Incentive pay for select positions.
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.
• Career development programs and well-being programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level