Nursing Professional Development Specialist - Critical Care
About The Position
NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is hiring a Nursing Professional Development Specialist for Critical Care Services. The specialist assesses and analyzes nursing staff learning needs; plans, implements, and evaluates educational activities that support nursing care; and helps develop and implement nursing and patient care standards, evidence-based practice, and nursing research. The role maintains clinical expertise in a specialty area, fosters collaboration within Nursing and with other disciplines, and participates in Nursing and hospital committees. The specialist promotes the hospital’s mission to care, teach, and discover; collaborates with interprofessional teams and clinical leaders to improve quality, patient experience, and efficiency; and fosters respectful, supportive work and care environments. Responsibilities include developing staff through education, mentoring, coaching, and onboarding; supporting preceptors, new hires, student nurses, and clinical rotations; assessing practice and competency; and ensuring education activities align with established processes and accrediting standards. The position also supports regulatory compliance, policy development, data collection and analysis, quality improvement, nursing research, and evidence-based practice. It uses findings and performance measures to guide practice changes and promote safe, effective, culturally sensitive, age-appropriate, and ethical patient care. NYU Langone describes a comprehensive benefits and wellness package that includes financial security benefits, a time-off program, employee resource groups, and an employee wellness program. The stated annual salary range is $128,440 to $147,000; actual compensation depends on factors including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need.
Requirements
- Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New York State.
- Master’s degree in nursing education.
- Certification in Nursing Education required upon eligibility.
- Three to five years of clinical experience in a specialty area, or a combination of staff nurse and leadership experience in the specialty area.
- Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association.
- Ability to apply the nursing process to achieve specific outcomes addressing patient/family satisfaction and quality indicators.
- Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, organizational, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
Nice To Haves
- Participation in pertinent professional organizations.
Responsibilities
- Assess and analyze nursing staff learning needs and maintain staff competency.
- Plan, implement, and evaluate education programs and activities using current literature, research, and evidence-based findings.
- Support development and implementation of nursing and patient care standards, evidence-based practice, and nursing research.
- Maintain clinical expertise in a specialty area and serve as a role model and resource for staff.
- Collaborate with interprofessional teams, clinical leadership, and nurse managers to address learning needs and improve quality, patient experience, and efficiency.
- Help select new hires, mentors, and preceptors; ensure appropriate onboarding, orientation, education, and evaluation.
- Support clinical rotations and student nurses in partnership with affiliated schools.
- Evaluate designated personnel performance and assess their practice fairly and transparently.
- Provide learning opportunities and educational resources to staff in assigned clinical areas.
- Mentor, coach, counsel, and support employee professional growth as appropriate.
- Ensure education programs follow established processes, guidelines, and accrediting standards, including those of the ANCC and State Nurses Association.
- Collaborate with patient care unit leadership to support regulatory compliance related to staff education and competencies.
- Provide education and resources that facilitate age-appropriate, culturally sensitive, and ethical patient care.
- Participate in drafting nursing and organizational policies, engaging frontline staff and incorporating shared governance principles.
- Support data collection and analyze data with nurse managers and interprofessional teams to guide practice changes and improve quality, safety, patient experience, productivity, and outcomes.
- Foster high reliability, inquiry, innovation, transformation, nursing research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice.
- Participate in Nursing and hospital committees and foster collaborative relationships across disciplines.
- Promote respectful and civil work and care environments, and meaningfully recognize staff.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness package
- Financial security benefits
- Generous time-off program
- Employee resource groups for peer support
- Holistic employee wellness program covering physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive-care well-being
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
