Nursing Professional Development Specialist NPDS - Perioperative

• Operating Room (OR) education and staff development experience preferred.
  
• Learning Facilitator: Uses the educational design process and adult learning principles to bridge the knowledge skills and/or practice gaps identified through learning needs assessment and evaluation of outcomes.
  
• Change Agent: Actively works to transform processes at micro meso and macro systems. The NPDS uses change management strategies and theories to drive desired outcomes.
  
• Mentor: Advances the profession of nursing and the NPD specialty by contributing to the professional development of others and supporting ongoing professional learning as individuals develop across practice professional and educational settings.
  
• Leader: Influences the interprofessional practice and learning environments the NPD specialty the profession of nursing and healthcare.
  
• Champion for inquiry: Promotes a spirit of inquiry the generation and dissemination of new knowledge and the use of evidence to advance NPD practice guide clinical practice and improve the quality of care for the healthcare consumer/partner.
  
• Advocate for NPD specialty: Actively supports promotes and demonstrates nursing professional development as a nursing practice specialty.
  
• Partner for practice transitions: Supports the transition of nurses and other healthcare team members across practice and learning environments roles and professional stages.
  
• Responsibilities are the required duties of the NPDP I including onboarding/orientation competency management education professional role development integration of research/evidenceinformed practice/quality improvement and collaborative partnerships. The NPDS I collaborates with the leadership team and staff regarding patient care and staff performance issues participates in setting standards and maintains knowledge and skills in the areas to which assigned.
  
• Responsibilities filled by the NPDS I include:
  
• Onboarding/orientation: Develops coordinates manages facilitates conducts and evaluates onboarding and orientation programs for nursing & other healthcare personnel
  
• Competency management: Assesses measures documents and supports competency and addresses deficiencies in staff members and team competence.
  

Requirements

• BACHELORS DEGREE IN NURSING FROM AN ACCREDITED UNIVERSITY Required or
  
• MASTERS IN NURSING AND EQUIVALENT COURSEWORK IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ADULT LEARNING THEORY LEARNING NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND LEARNING OUTCOME MEASUREMENT FROM AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY Required
  

• CARN (Registered Nurse) required Upon Hire
  
• BLS Basic Life Support required Upon Hire
  

• FOUR (4) YEARS OF PROGRESSIVELY RESPONSIBLE NURSING EXPERIENCE INCLUDING ONE YEAR AS A NURSE EDUCATOR OR EQUIVALENT ELSEWHERE
  

Benefits

• Dental/Medical/Vision
  
• 401k