Nursing Professional Development Specialist

150 Shriners Hospitals for Children; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision insurance

Tuition assistance

Retirement matching

Job summary

Shriners Children’s is seeking an NPD Specialist to develop, implement, and evaluate perioperative education and professional development programs, serving as a subject matter expert for nursing professional development initiatives.

You will lead onboarding and competency programs, coordinate continuing education, support staff development, promote research and evidence‑based practice, and collaborate with clinical education teams across the network.

Qualifications

• BSN in nursing.
• Current CPR certification.
• Current BLS certification.
• 2 years of peri-op experience.

Responsibilities

• Develops, coordinates, manages, facilitates, conducts, and evaluates onboarding/orientation programs for nursing and healthcare personnel.
• Assesses, measures, documents and supports staff competency and addresses deficiencies.
• Creates, manages, implements, coordinates, and evaluates continuing education activities to address knowledge/skill gaps.
• Identifies and develops strategies for lifelong learning, role transition, and succession planning.
• Promotes NPD science to continuously improve practice and outcomes.
• May conduct/participate in research, EBP, QI and disseminate findings.

Skills

CPR

BLS

Perioperative experience

Education

BSN - bachelor’s in nursing

Job description

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families. With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status.

Job Summary

The NPD Specialist is responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating education and professional development programs, with a primary focus on perioperative services. This role serves as a perioperative subject matter expert while also supporting organization-wide Nursing Professional Development initiatives, including orientation, competency management, continuing education, and staff development.

Key Responsibilities

• Develops, coordinates, manages, facilitates, conducts, and evaluates clinical onboarding/orientation programs for nursing & other healthcare personnel.
• Assesses, measures, documents and supports competency, and addresses deficiencies in staff members’ competence.
• Creates, manages, implements, coordinates, and evaluates continuing educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audience developed to achieve specific outcomes to identified gaps in knowledge, skills, or practice.
• Identification and development of strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning that allows for role transition, role integration, skill acquisition and succession planning.
• Promotes and integrates the science of NPD specialty to continuously improve practice.
• In addition, promotes research, EBP, QI in patient care settings.
• NPD Specialist may conduct, encourage, participate in research, EBP, QI, including dissemination of findings.

Required Qualifications

• BSN- bachelor's in nursing
• Current CPR
• Current BLS
• 2 years of Peri-Op experience

Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.

We invite you to explore the many rewarding career paths at Shriners Children’s, from clinical and non-clinical positions to education and research opportunities. We’re always looking for driven, compassionate professionals to join our team as nurses, physical therapists, medical assistants, administrative staff and much more. No matter where you're located, you'll find openings at our Shriners Children’s facilities across the U.S., in Canada and Mexico and at our corporate headquarters in Tampa, Florida.

Eligible Shriners Children’s employees receive comprehensive benefits packages:

• medical
• dental and vision insurance
• tuition assistance
• retirement matching
• and so much more!