Nursing Education & Professional Development Lead

Advocate Health Care

Oak Lawn (IL)

On-site

USD 65,000 - 110,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Advocate Health Care in Oak Lawn, IL seeks an experienced Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Specialist to lead orientation and competency activities for nursing and other healthcare personnel. You will design educational programs, apply adult learning principles, collaborate with leadership, and evaluate impact on learner outcomes and patient care, advancing the practice of nursing across the site.

Responsibilities include tailoring materials to diverse learners, using technologies to meet

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required.
3+ years of experience in frontline nursing preferred.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

Supports the orientation process by developing, coordinating, facilitating, conducting and evaluating orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.
Assists with competency management, which includes using tools that capture objective and subjective data regarding an individual’s knowledge base and actual performance.
Designs educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences in consultation with a Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Specialist.
Utilizes best practice standards including adult learning principles in the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of educational activities in order to facilitate the achievement of desired outcomes (for learners).
Provides strategies to facilitate a continuous process of lifelong learning which may include role transition, role integration, skill acquisition, and mastery as learners advance from novice to expert in their professions and specialties.