Nursing Professional, Development Specialist

Shriners Hospitals for Children•Galveston, TX

About The Position

Shriners Children’s is seeking a Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Specialist to influence professional role competence and growth in a variety of settings. This role supports lifelong learners in an interprofessional environment, facilitating continuous development for the healthcare team. The NPD Specialist will utilize the Standards of NPD Practice and Professional Performance to guide their work.

Requirements

Bachelors in Nursing (BSN)
4 years of progressively responsible nursing experience
1 year as a nurse educator or equivalent elsewhere
RN license in state of practice
BLS from American Heart Association

Nice To Haves

Masters in Nursing (MSN); required within two years of employment
National certification in the area of Nursing Professional Development (NPD); required within 18 months of employment

Responsibilities

Develops, coordinates, manages, facilitates, conducts, and evaluates clinical onboarding/orientation programs for nursing & other healthcare personnel.
Assesses, measures, documents and supports competency, and addresses deficiencies in staff members’ competence.
Creates, manages, implements, coordinates, and evaluates continuing educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audience developed to achieve specific outcomes to identified gaps in knowledge, skills, or practice.
Identification and development of strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning that allows for role transition, role integration, skill acquisition and succession planning.
Promotes and integrates the science of NPD specialty to continuously improve practice.
Promotes research, EBP, QI in patient care settings.
May conduct, encourage, participate in research, EBP, QI, including dissemination of findings.