Nursing Professional Development Specialist

Northshore Home Health Care; Iona (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Northshore Home Health Care in Florida is seeking a Clinical Education specialist to design, deliver, and evaluate learning programs that strengthen care standards. You will support onboarding, validate competency, and drive professional growth across units to improve patient safety and satisfaction.

In this role, you will partner with care teams to assess outcomes, implement education improvements, and promote best practices, ensuring ongoing staff development and high-quality clinical

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of clinical education, competency development, and standards of care.
• Ability to design, implement, and assess effective learning programs.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and coaching skills.
• Commitment to patient safety, quality improvement, and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Design, deliver, and evaluate clinical learning programs for assigned units.
• Support orientation and onboarding of new staff through structured learning activities.
• Validate clinical competency and support professional growth and development.
• Evaluate program effectiveness and use outcomes to improve education processes.
• Collaborate with teams on improvement initiatives focused on patient and staff safety.
• Promote clinical practice standards that enhance care quality and satisfaction.

Skills

Clinical education & competency

Learning program design

Communication & coaching

Patient safety & quality improvement

Job description

designs, delivers, and evaluates clinical learning programs for assigned units to strengthen standards of care and improve clinical competence.

Key Responsibilities

• Support orientation and onboarding of new staff through structured learning activities.
• Provide staff development, training, and educational resources aligned to unit needs.
• Validate clinical competency and support professional growth and development.
• Evaluate program effectiveness and use outcomes to improve education processes.
• Collaborate with teams on improvement initiatives focused on patient and staff safety.
• Promote clinical practice standards that enhance care quality and satisfaction.

Required Qualifications/skills

• Strong knowledge of clinical education, competency development, and standards of care.
• Ability to design, implement, and assess effective learning programs.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and coaching skills.
• Strong commitment to patient safety, quality improvement, and continuous learning.