Nursing Professional Development Generalist - Acute Care-Med-Surg

methodisthealthsystem; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Methodist Dallas Medical Center is seeking a Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Generalist to support ongoing learning within a fast-paced, inter-professional care environment. The role emphasizes bridging education to practice and advancing evidence-based nursing across units.

Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, current Texas RN license, and American Heart Association BLS. Three years of clinical nursing experience and familiarity with adult education theories are preferred through NPD

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing required.
• Current license to practice professional nursing in the state of Texas.
• Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support certification.
• NPD Certification or Certified Nurse Educator preferred.
• Minimum three years of clinical nursing practice with adult education experience.

Responsibilities

• Learning Facilitator bridging knowledge, skills, and practice gaps.
• Change agent transforming processes within care teams.
• Mentor advancing professional development of others.
• Leader influencing inter-professional practice and learning.
• Champion for inquiry promoting evidence-based NPD practice.
• Partner for practice transitions and lifelong learning culture.

Skills

NPD Generalist

Clinical nursing

Education & training

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Hours of Work :

40 per week

Days Of Week :

5

Work Shift :

8X5 Day (United States of America)

Job Description :

Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Generalist — 0145 Exempt
NPD Generalist
Your Job:
In this highly technical, fast paced, and challenging NPD Generalist position, you will support the changing landscape of healthcare in an inter-professional practice and learning environment. You will support lifelong learners in an inter-professional environment that facilitates continuous development and learning.
Your Job Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree of Nursing required
• Current license to practice professional nursing in the state of Texas
• Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support certification
• NPD Certification or Certified Nurse Educator preferred
• Minimum three years of experience in clinical nursing practice and application of adult education theory in a hospital and/or School of Nursing.
Your Job Responsibilities:
• Learning Facilitator, uses the educational design process to bridge the knowledge, skills, and/or practice gaps identified through a needs assessment
• Change agent, actively works to transform process
• Mentor, advances the profession by contributing to the professional development of others
• Leader, influences the inter-professional practice and learning environments
• Champion for scientific inquiry, promotes the generation and dissemination of new knowledge and the use of evidence to advance NPD practice
• Partner for practice transitions, promotes the culture of lifelong learning

Methodist Dallas Medical Center is one of North Texas’ best places to work. And it keeps getting better. The flagship hospital of Methodist Health System, Methodist Dallas is a 595-bed acute care teaching and referral hospital. It is home to the only adult Level I Trauma Center in southern Dallas, the first and only Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center in southern Dallas, and the newly renovated Linda and Mitch Hart Breast Center. Celebrating more than 90 years of service, we strive to have a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcomes the skills and talents of all groups. Our reputation as an award-winning employer shows in the distinctions we’ve earned:

• Magnet®-designated hospital
• 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review, 2023
• Top 10 Military Friendly® Employer, Gold Designation, 2023
• Top 10 Military Spouse Friendly® Employer, 2023
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