Nursing Professional, Development Specialist

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we provide excellence in patient care, embrace multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidence-based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for children and their families. With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers, and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status.

About the Role

The Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Specialist influences professional role competence and professional growth of learners in a variety of settings through a systems model. The NPD Specialist supports lifelong learners in an interprofessional environment that facilitates continuous development and learning for the healthcare team. The role utilizes the Standards of NPD Practice and Professional Performance to provide the framework that delineates the expected level of professional performance.

Responsibilities

• Develops, coordinates, manages, facilitates, conducts, and evaluates clinical onboarding/orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.
• Assesses, measures, documents, and supports competency, and addresses deficiencies in staff members’ competence.
• Creates, manages, implements, coordinates, and evaluates continuing educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences developed to achieve specific outcomes related to gaps in knowledge, skills, or practice.
• Identifies and develops strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning that allows for role transition, role integration, skill acquisition, and succession planning.
• Promotes and integrates the science of NPD specialty to continuously improve practice. Encourages research, evidence-based practice (EBP), and quality improvement (QI) in patient care settings. May conduct, encourage, or participate in research, EBP, and QI, including dissemination of findings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Nursing (BSN).
• 4 years of progressively responsible nursing experience.
• 1 year as a nurse educator or equivalent experience.
• RN license in state of practice.
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association.

Qualifications

• Master’s in Nursing (MSN); required within two years of employment.
• National certification in Nursing Professional Development (NPD); required within 18 months of employment.

Pay

Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.