Nursing Professional Development Specialist
About The Position
The American Nurses Enterprise (ANE) is seeking an innovative and collaborative Nursing Professional Development Specialist to help advance high-quality learning and professional development opportunities for nurses. In this role, you will assess needs and design, implement, manage, and evaluate professional development products and educational content that support ANE and its subsidiaries. Guided by ANE’s strategic priorities, you will contribute to credentialing and programmatic initiatives, with a particular focus on developing and advancing micro-credentialing programs that recognize targeted knowledge and skills. You will serve as the primary lead for assigned educational products and services, partnering with colleagues across the enterprise to deliver relevant, high-quality learning experiences for nurses and other key stakeholders. Join the American Nurses Enterprise (ANE) and be part of the team building a healthy world through The Power of Nurses™. Our goals are to (1) Elevate the Profession of Nursing Globally, (2) Evolve the Practice of Nursing to Improve Health, Health Care, and Health Equity and (3) Ensure the Professional Success of Nurses. Our core values: Trusted, Inclusive, Innovative and Empowered guide everything we do. We are committed to creating a supportive and dynamic workplace where employees can thrive. We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexible work arrangements and generous paid time off. Our modern office spaces are designed to foster collaboration and creativity. The collaborative culture and supportive team environment make ANE a great place to grow your career.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) required.
- NPD-BC or equivalent advanced certification or must be eligible or obtain certification within one year of employment
- Unencumbered RN license
- 2 years of experience in nursing professional development or education
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft word, PowerPoint and Excel with strong willingness to learn new technologies as needed.
- Ability to understand and discuss technical platform concepts related to content delivery including learning management systems (LMS).
- Knowledge of distribution modes supporting content delivery, web accessible and mobile applications, LMS platforms with a global view of evolving customer needs.
- Experience in related duties with responsibility for educational content development/programming in health care, nursing continuing education programs, or consulting services.
- A minimum of 1 year of experience managing and leading a cross-functional project team to meet aggressive goals with high judgment applied on how products are prioritized and developed.
Nice To Haves
- MSN Preferred.
- 3 or more years preferred in nursing professional development or education.
- Micro-credentialling experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Systematically collects and analyzes educational and product data aligned with organizational priorities.
- Analyzes assessment data to identify practice gaps and collaborates with stakeholders for validation.
- Prioritizes and analyzes practice gaps in alignment with organizational goals.
- Identifies desired outcomes for education plans aligned with assessment and practice gap analysis.
- Defines and documents measurable outcomes, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
- Leads design processes to address practice gaps.
- Assesses communication needs of learners, applying adult learning concepts.
- Designs inclusive and culturally sensitive NPD activities.
- Establish collaborative plans for achieving outcomes.
- Plans for potential barriers at various levels of implementation.
- Implement plans with judgment and innovative solutions.
- Engages learners in educational activities, evaluating strategy effectiveness.
- Creates processes for stakeholder involvement in evaluation.
- Utilizes valid methods to measure behavior change and impact.
- Uses evaluation results for research and process improvements.
- Demonstrates ethical decision-making and fosters effective working relationships.
- Collaborates with staff across the ANCC in conjunction and under the guidance of the ANA Accredited Provider (Accreditation and Continuing Nursing Education) to develop high-quality educational programs, products, and services.
- Utilizes negotiation skills for collaborative partnerships and resource acquisition.
- Assesses and improves communication skills continuously.
- Represents the division at national conferences and trade shows.
- Develops and delivers presentations at relevant local, state, regional & national me
- Engages in continuous professional development to enhance role performance.
- Acquires knowledge and skills relevant to the specialty area.
- Utilizes environmental scanning for personal professional development needs.
Benefits
- 401K retirement contributions of up to 7%
- generous PTO which includes the week-off between Dec 25 and Jan 1, in addition to Personal Days-off
- 11 paid Holidays
- excellent health/medical benefits
- ANE learning and development programs (internally and externally)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
