43400 Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant (Inpatient) Unit-Based Nursing Professional Development Practitioner
About The Position
The Unit-Based Nursing Professional Development Practitioner completes a defined scope and standards of practice and engages in environmental scanning to identify practice gaps. The practitioner collaborates with others to improve practice and healthcare outcomes, and serves as a learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, advocate for the Nursing Professional Development specialty, and partner for practice transitions. The role supports learning, change, professional role competence, and growth to promote optimal patient care, population health, and protection of the public. This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week position, primarily on days with some off-shift flexibility. The Master’s-prepared practitioner assesses, designs and develops, implements, and evaluates unit-level programs and initiatives, ensuring regulatory requirements are met. Focus areas include staff education and professional development, practice standards review, onboarding and nurse residency coordination, competency updates, teaching and in-services, and monitoring quality metrics and developing action plans for improvement. The practitioner also collaborates with educators across the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Service Line.
Requirements
- Master’s degree required.
- Cardiac Care experience required.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to multitask and adapt to changing priorities.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience caring for heart failure, advanced heart failure, and mechanical circulatory support patients preferred.
- Certification in a relevant field preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assess, design and develop, implement, and evaluate unit-level programs and initiatives.
- Ensure regulatory requirements are met.
- Support staff education and professional development.
- Review practice standards.
- Coordinate onboarding and nurse residency activities.
- Update competencies and provide teaching and in-services.
- Monitor quality metrics and develop action plans to improve them.
- Identify practice gaps through environmental scanning and collaborate with others to improve practice and healthcare outcomes.
- Facilitate learning and change, mentor staff, support professional role competence and growth, and partner for practice transitions.
- Collaborate with educators within the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Service Line.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
