Professional Development Specialist, Days

The Professional Development Specialist serves as a transformational leader who enhances patient care and staff performance through education consultation and leadership. This role identifies learning needs and develops orientation programs mandatory training in-service education and continuing education opportunities to support hospital staff excellence and organizational goals.

Job Duties

• Assesses learning needs and develops evidence-based education programs including orientation in-service training mandatory education and continuing education for hospital staff.

• Coordinates and delivers educational activities using adult learning principles and innovative instructional methods to enhance staff knowledge performance and patient outcomes.

• Evaluates program effectiveness communicates results maintains required documentation and manages continuing education accreditation and compliance records.

• Serves on and leads committees teams and projects to support organizational initiatives and drive evidence-based practice improvements.

• Provides consultation education and clinical support to staff integrating and disseminating research findings and best practices into clinical standards policies and patient care.

• Maintains current knowledge in clinical education and area of specialty.

• Collaborates with other educators department directors staff and others to facilitate achievement of identified goals for interdisciplinary staff education & competency assessment/ maintenance.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree is required or must be obtained within 3 years of hire.

• Three (3) years of acute care clinical experience within the last five years.

• Current RN licensure by the Kentucky Board of Nursing or comparable clinical licensure with ACLS and PALS included within the scope of practice.

Benefits

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program

• Company paid Maternity and Paternity leave

• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)

• Paid Time Off available upon hire

• Employee Assistance Program

• Retirement plans with company match