RN NPD, Jewish Hospital, Periop

UofL Health•Louisville, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN – Nursing Professional Development (NPD) 2 works collaboratively with leadership and the facility Education Department to improve patient-care quality, nursing practice, and associated patient and facility outcomes. The role facilitates education programs, designs curricula, supports competency initiatives, and advances professional development. It responds to evolving needs within the facility, department, or service line and serves as a clinical expert, learning facilitator, consultant, researcher, change agent, leader, and interprofessional collaborator in a designated area. The NPD 2 collaborates to identify, develop, and deliver education for individuals and groups in clinical, classroom, and virtual settings. The role supports staff competency and the safe, effective delivery of patient care, incorporating evidence, skill-set standards, and best practices into curricula. It also participates in quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and nursing research within its area of responsibility, while supporting UofL Health’s core behaviors, standards, values, and mission, accrediting-body requirements, and the nursing profession.

Requirements

A master's degree in nursing, leadership, or education is acceptable.
Candidates actively enrolled in a master's program may be considered if they have a scheduled completion within the specified timeframe.
A Kentucky nursing license or a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) license accepted by UofL Health in lieu of a Kentucky license, per the Kentucky Board of Nursing.
ANCC specialty certification is required within 6 months of hire.
ACLS, PALS, and/or Neonatal Resuscitation Program completion may be required depending on the area of service.

Responsibilities

Serve as a clinical role model for nursing staff caring for designated patient populations.
Collaborate with nursing and interdisciplinary colleagues to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate strategies for complex patient-care issues.
Assist staff with clinical decision-making and priority-setting.
Collaborate with leadership to develop, evaluate, and implement patient-care and professional-practice standards, with attention to quality, service, cost effectiveness, comfort, safety, age-specific needs, and cultural competence.
Advocate for patients and families, respecting cultural diversity and individual needs.
Promote patient-centered care and demonstrate organizational core values.
Facilitate ongoing education, competency development, and professional development for nursing staff and students in alignment with competency requirements, departmental objectives, and accreditation standards.
Coordinate onboarding curricula for newly hired nursing department employees.
Plan, prepare, and maintain materials for competency-based education using current standards, regulations, and evidence-based resources.
Collaborate on developing or modifying patient education materials as appropriate.
Assess clinical staff learning needs with stakeholders and design and implement education programs and competency strategies to address them.
Apply adult-learning principles and evidence-based education when planning, implementing, and evaluating education and competency programs.
Help others develop clinical reasoning skills.
Participate in learning technologies, including simulation, learning management systems, virtual classrooms, and multimedia.
Communicate effectively in visual, oral, and written formats and demonstrate effective presentation skills.
Facilitate initial and renewal BLS, ACLS, PALS, and/or NRP courses as appropriate for the area.
Challenge practices that are not aligned with current best practices.
Maintain affiliation with professional organizations and obtain and maintain professional nursing certification.
Mentor bedside nursing staff and support their professional development and certification through classes, programs, and study groups.
Collaborate in and support clinical student rotations in the area of responsibility.
Promote and model lifelong learning.
Align educational activities with organizational mission and goals, model professional practice, and integrate ethical principles into clinical practice.
Demonstrate the value of nursing professional development in achieving unit, facility, and organizational goals.
Assist with fiscal and administrative operations through cost-effective use of resources.
Serve as an educational consultant or facilitator for outside institutions, hospital committees, task forces, and projects.
Maintain involvement in professional, community, and clinical specialty activities.
Consult with clinical staff, physicians, administration, nursing school programs, and the public on clinical education and the clinical nursing care of hospitalized patients.
Identify and support opportunities for change, develop programs that help attendees embrace change in support of best practice, and demonstrate flexibility.
Initiate or participate in continuous quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research activities to expand the scientific base of nursing practice.
Critically analyze nursing research methods and outcomes for possible inclusion in education curricula.
Incorporate current research findings into educational activities, support validated evidence-based practice, and disseminate research findings through presentations and publications.
Maintain compliance with company policies, procedures, and standards of conduct.
Perform other duties as assigned.