Nursing Professional Development Generalist

About the role

Serves as a key member of the Nursing Professional Development team, supporting the orientation process, competency management, and educational activities for nursing and other healthcare personnel.

Responsibilities

• Develops, coordinates, facilitates, conducts, and evaluates orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.
• Aids in competency management through the use of tools capturing data on knowledge and performance.
• Designs educational activities addressing practice gaps for identified target audiences, collaborating with NPD Specialists.
• Utilizes adult learning principles to plan, implement, and evaluate educational activities to achieve desired outcomes.
• Facilitates a continuous process of lifelong learning for learners advancing from novice to expert.
• Collaborates with leadership to meet education needs of the site and nursing departments.
• Adjusts materials and teaching strategies to meet learners' developmental levels, preferences, and cultures.
• Evaluates and adjusts programming to improve learner outcomes, organizational resources, and patient outcomes.
• Develops and supports education needs based on specialty or department, collaborating with regional and system teams.
• Ensures compliance with scope of practice and age-specific needs of patients.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
• Typically requires 3 years of experience in front-line nursing.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and oral communications, including strong presentation/speaking skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Skills

• Knowledge of adult learning principles.
• Ability to assess data reflective of patient status and interpret necessary information for patient care.
• Knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams.

Benefits

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards, including:

• Competitive compensation and premium pay options.
• Annual increases based on performance.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match.
• Wellness programs and financial wellness support.
• Flexible spending accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Community benefits exceeding $6 billion annually.

Pay

$41.10 - $61.65 per hour

Schedule

M-F, 20 hours per week