Nursing Professional Development Practitioner (RN) - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Location: 71 Haynes Street, Manchester, CT (10627). Join a team of over 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues where every moment matters. The Greater Manchester Region includes Manchester Memorial Hospital (249 beds), Rockville General (a 102-bed campus of Manchester Memorial), a large multispecialty provider group, and visiting nurse services, serving 300,000 people across 19 towns.

About the role

The Nursing Professional Development (NPD) practitioner is a Registered Nurse with NPD practice judgement and expertise who influences professional role competence and growth of learners. This position supports learners within the framework of the Nursing Professional Development Scope and Standards, collaborating with nursing leadership to foster competency management, clinical nursing education, professional role development, policy standardization, collaborative partnerships, scientific inquiry, transition to practice, and onboarding/orientation of new colleagues. The practitioner aligns regional NPD and practice excellence with the broader Hartford HealthCare system.

Responsibilities

• Learning Facilitator: Uses the educational design process and adult learning principles to bridge knowledge, skills, and/or practice gaps identified through learning needs assessment and evaluation of outcomes.
• Collaborative Partner: Collaborates with nursing leadership to assess learning needs, develop programs, monitor clinical competency, and support action plans. Represents nursing in inter-professional learning activities.
• Role Development: Promotes professional nursing practice and quality patient care according to ANA standards of practice, endorsing a theory-based approach from novice to expert.
• Mentor: Advances the nursing profession and NPD specialty by contributing to the professional development of others and supporting ongoing learning across practice, professional, and educational settings.
• Competency Management: Utilizes tools to capture knowledge, skill, ability, judgment, and performance during situational or dynamic phases of practice (e.g., initial and ongoing competencies).
• Orientation: Develops, facilitates, conducts, and evaluates programs during onboarding and when changes in roles, responsibilities, or practice occur.
• Change Agent: Transforms processes at micro, meso, and/or macro system levels using change management strategies and theories to drive desired outcomes.
• Champion of Scientific Inquiry: Promotes a spirit of inquiry, generation and dissemination of new knowledge, and use of evidence to advance NPD practice, guide clinical practice, and improve care quality.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Education: BSN required.
• Experience:
  • Minimum of 3 years of active clinical nursing experience.
  • At least 1 year of experience in an acute care environment or area of specialty for ambulatory/ancillary environments.
  • Experience as a preceptor.
• Licensure/Certification:
  • Licensed Registered Nurse from the CT DPH (obtained prior to hire date).
  • NPD or Clinical Specialty Certification within two years of hire.
• Skills and Abilities:
  • Demonstrated ability to develop, deliver, and evaluate educational programs.
  • Working knowledge of high reliability and LEAN process improvement strategies.
  • Leadership skills and commitment to education as a methodology for continuous quality improvement.
  • Knowledge of adult learning principles/theories and unit-based orientation plans.
  • Strong skills in educational needs assessments and excellent verbal/written communication.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Benefits

Hartford HealthCare offers competitive benefits designed to ensure work/life balance, including opportunities for career development and growth across a comprehensive healthcare network.