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About the role

The Nursing Professional Development Specialist (NPD-S) develops tools, theories, skills, and knowledge to advance the NPD specialty. Using expertise in education and professional development practices, the NPD-S functions autonomously and in collaboration with staff, leadership, faculty, and researchers to develop, implement, and evaluate professional development programs that influence professional role competence, continuous learning, and growth. The role promotes synergistic practices and patient outcomes throughout the organization and advances NPD practice based on the Beaumont Health Nursing Professional Practice Model and the Association for Nursing Professional Development Scope and Standards of Practice.

Responsibilities

• Uses a systematic approach to analyze issues, forecast trends, and assess supporting data to determine learning needs of individuals, service lines, and the organization.
• Validates, prioritizes, and documents evidence of professional practice gaps and outcomes to facilitate educational planning.
• Designs, implements, and evaluates high-quality, culturally sensitive, and frequently complex educational activities, programs, or projects for staff at all career stages based on identified knowledge and practice gaps, using relevant evidence, theory, research, innovative processes, and practical experience.
• Analyzes cost and anticipated return on investment for learning activities, programs, or projects.
• Engages stakeholders and resources in planning and implementing lifelong learning activities for individuals and groups.
• Measures program outcomes in terms of learning change, impact, and professional role competency; revises future outcomes based on trends, evidence, and changes in stakeholder expectations.
• Evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practices in collaboration with others to ensure alignment with organizational goals and mission; develops and applies measurement tools in quality improvement activities.
• Participates in and assists others with professional role development, practice role transitions, and succession planning.
• Collaborates with Community Education programs to facilitate, coordinate, and maintain effective allied health and nursing education programs.
• Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of professional development practice and role transitions.
• Applies the educational process by selecting content, materials, and techniques that appeal to a diverse target audience in a positive learning environment.
• Demonstrates and applies expertise in educational assessment, planning, curriculum development, educational design and delivery, documentation, measurement, and performance improvement.
• Serves as an influential leader in inter-professional learning, professional growth, and practice change throughout the organization.
• Acts as a champion of scientific inquiry, generating new knowledge and integrating best available evidence into practice; conducts, encourages, facilitates, and/or participates in research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement, including dissemination of findings locally and nationally.
• Integrates ethics by analyzing factors related to privacy, security, and confidentiality in the use and handling of records related to educational programs; develops processes for monitoring the integrity of educational activities, including screening for potential unethical behavior, commercial bias, and conflict of interest; identifies and addresses ethical issues within the learning environment.
• Serves on one or more functional teams accountable for supporting core orientation and continuing education activities.
• Works collaboratively with leaders, clinical and other experts, and colleagues to orchestrate the right content, methods, and resources to meet organizational goals.
• Works to achieve staff retention and employee engagement through effective management of processes that fulfill learning needs.
• Maintains clinical expertise in assigned area(s), continually monitoring for and incorporating changes in evidence-based practices, demonstrated best practice, and patient/client population data.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• Minimum of three (3) years of nursing experience in an acute care setting
• Five (5) years of relevant education experience
• Registered Nurse (RN) license — State of Michigan, required upon hire
• Board Certification in Nursing Professional Development (BC-NPD) — ANCC, required (2 years)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) — American Heart Association or American Red Cross, required upon hire

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package to meet financial, health, and work/life balance goals
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv
• Discounts directory with deals on restaurants, phone plans, spas, and more
• Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings
• Eligibility for benefits determined by employment type and status

Schedule & Location

• Primary Location: Dearborn Hospital, 18101 Oakwood Blvd, Dearborn
• Department: Education Nursing Clinical Staff — Diversified East WB Mkt
• Employment Type: Full time
• Shift: Day
• Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40
• Days Worked: Monday through Friday
• Weekend Frequency: N/A