Nursing Professional Development Practitioner ED

13200 McKay-Dee Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 129,832,000 - 192,011,000; Full time

Job summary

Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, UT seeks an onsite Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Practitioner. The role guides caregiver learning, orientations, and ongoing education while collaborating across care areas to implement evidence-based practices.

Travel to locations may be required to fulfill responsibilities and ensure high-quality nursing education. Ideal candidates hold a BSN, RN license, and BLS, with experience in adult or staff development and nursing practice.

Qualifications

• BSN from an accredited institution (verification required).
• Current RN license in the state of practice.
• BLS certification for healthcare providers.
• Demonstrated experience in adult or staff development.
• Demonstrated nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Learning Facilitator: mentor caregivers and preceptors, promote self-reliance and teamwork, guide orientation, support ongoing learning, apply edu design.
• Change Agent: collaborate to identify learning goals, ensure adoption of evidence-based practices, facilitate orientation and ongoing education.
• Mentor: provide coaching to preceptors and caregivers for learning and growth.
• Leader: facilitate interprofessional learning and advancements in nursing practice.
• Champion for Inquiry: foster new knowledge and evidence to improve patient care.
• Advocate for NPD: promote value and integration of NPD in the organization.
• Partner for Practice Transition: support smooth transitions and adaptation to changes.

Skills

Communication Skills

Interprofessional Skills

Adult Learning & Patient Education

Learning Assessment

Curriculum Development

Learning & Professional Development

Tech Proficiency

Research Integration

Evidence-Based Practice

Quality Improvement

Education

BSN

RN license

BLS Certification

Adult or staff development experience

General nursing experience

Job description

Job Description: An onsite Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Practitioner is proficient in clinical education standards supporting and guiding caregivers in self-reliance and self-development. The NPD Practitioner assesses, guides, supports, coordinates, and evaluates caregiver orientation and ongoing learning needs in alignment with their associated program, service line or care group. The NPD Practitioner may be required to travel to various locations to fulfill their work responsibilities.

Essential Functions

• Learning Facilitator: Serves as a resource, consultant, and mentor to caregivers and preceptors, promoting self-reliance and teamwork. Guides new caregiver orientation, supports ongoing learning, and uses standardized tools. Applies educational design and adult learning principles to address gaps from needs assessments and evaluations in their assigned area.
• Change Agent: Collaborates with colleagues across the organization to understand goals, priorities, and learning needs for care areas (e.g., performance, competencies, skills, new initiatives), ensuring the adoption of evidence-based practices within specialties for all caregivers. Facilitates high quality and focused new caregiver orientation, supports ongoing learning needs of existing caregivers, and clinical coaches, ensuring learning opportunities by utilizing standardized orientation tools and resources.
• Mentor: Provides coaching and mentoring to preceptors and caregivers to assist them in managing their personal learning, growth, and job enrichment opportunities. Provides coaching and mentoring to clinical coaches and caregivers to assist them in managing their own personal learning, growth, and job enrichment opportunities.
• Leader: Facilitates interprofessional learning, the NPD specialty, and advancements in nursing and healthcare. Acts as a resource, consultant, and mentor, inspiring self-reliance and teamwork within the care site and PDPE service line.
• Champion for Inquiry: Fosters the creation and sharing of new knowledge and uses evidence to advance NPD practice, guide clinical nursing practice, and enhance patient care.
• Advocate for NPD Specialty: Champions the importance and impact of the NPD specialty within the organization. Promotes the value of NPD practices, supports professional development, and ensures the integration of NPD principles to enhance nursing practice and patient outcomes.
• Partner for Practice Transition: Collaborates with stakeholders to ensure smooth transitions for new and existing caregivers. Supports the integration of new practices and initiatives, facilitates orientation and ongoing education, and promotes seamless adaptation to changes within the care environment.

Skills

• Communication Skills
• Interprofessional Skills
• Adult Learning & Patient Education
• Learning Assessment
• Curriculum Development
• Learning & Professional Development
• Tech Proficiency
• Research Integration
• Evidence-Based Practice
• Quality Improvement

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution (degree verification required).
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification for healthcare providers.
• Demonstrated experience in adult or staff development.
• Demonstrated nursing experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in nursing or a related field.
• Certification in Nursing Professional Development (NPD-BC) or a related specialty.
• Three (3) years of relevant nursing experience.
• Local, Regional, or National Presentations or Publications.

Physical Requirements

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs. Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately. Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc. For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location

Location: Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital. Work City: Ogden. Work State: Utah. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40. The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $45.31 - $67.01

Benefits

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

Equal Opportunity

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Privacy and AI

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Company Overview

Headquartered in Utah with locations in six primary states and additional operations across the western U.S., Intermountain Health is a nonprofit system of 34 hospitals, 400+ clinics, a medical group of more than 4,800 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plan division called Select Health with more than one million members, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality improvement and efficient healthcare delivery.

PEAK Program

Intermountain Health’s PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment. Learn more.

Closing

All positions subject to close without notice. The primary intent of this job description is to set a fair and equitable rate of pay for this classification. Only those key duties necessary for proper job evaluation and/or labor market analysis have been included. Other duties may be assigned by the supervisor.

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