Nursing Professional Development Specialist - General Intensive Care Unit

Sentara Health

Norfolk (VA)

On-site

USD 85,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental & Family Leave

Tuition Assistance

401k/403B with Employer Match

Student Debt Pay Down

Life Insurance

Legal Resources Plan

Ephemeral annual discretionary bonus (

Job summary

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is hiring a Nursing Professional Development Specialist for the General Intensive Care Unit. The role focuses on promoting professional development and applying nursing clinical expertise, serving as a mentor and clinical resource to staff.

You will lead interprofessional quality initiatives and implement evidence-based nursing practices to improve patient outcomes. The position primarily supports the General ICU with some overlap for IMCUs.

Qualifications

MSN is required for the role.
Registered Nursing License is required.
BLS, ACLS and PALS are required.
Minimum of 3 years relevant nursing experience.

Responsibilities

Promotes professional development and nursing education in identified populations.
Serves as expert clinician and clinical resource for staff development.
Leads, facilitates, and participates in quality initiatives and evidence-based practices.
Supports and improves outcomes through education plans and activities.

Skills

Mentorship

Clinical expertise

Evidence-based practice

Interprofessional collaboration

Education

MSN (Required)

Job description

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is hiring a Nursing Professional Development Specialist for the General Intensive Care Unit!

City/State: Norfolk, VA

Work Shift: First (Days)

Hours/Shift: Full Time (40 hr/week) - Day Shift

The Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Specialist promotes professional development application of nursing clinical expertise in specified patient populations. Serves as an expert clinician, consistently serving as a clinical resource to staff. Recognized as a mentor; works to develop staff from beginner to expert status. Critically analyzes care delivered in identified service area against evidence based practice standards and seeks ways to improve outcomes. Accountable for defined aspects of staff development, continuing education and professional development of nursing staff. Leads, facilitates, and/or participates in interprofessional quality initiatives, implementing evidence-based nursing practices, shared decision making, and other educational plans and activities.

This position will primarily suport the General ICU with overap for IMCUs.

Education

MSN (Required)

Certification/Licensure

Registered Nursing License (Required)
BLS, ACLS and PALS (Required)

Experience

Minimum of 3 years relevant nursing experience

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

Medical, Dental, Vision plans
Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
Emergency Backup Care
Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
Life Insurance
401k/403B with Employer Match
Tuition Assistance - $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
Student Debt Pay Down - $10,000
Pet Insurance
Legal Resources Plan
Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Here at Sentara, we are committed to consistently enhancing our training, advancement tracks, work-life benefits, and more. Our goal is to make you feel more excited to be here every day!

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, located in Norfolk, VA, is a 525-bed tertiary care facility that is home to the only Level I Adult Trauma Center and burn trauma unit in Hampton Roads, and also serves as the primary teaching hospital for Eastern Virginia Medical School.

In addition to the high-quality heart program at Sentara Heart Hospital, our facility is home to Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance and several other dedicated facilities and specialized services. As a recognized accredited Comprehensive Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, our hospital specializes in heart and vascular, neurosciences, neurosurgery, urology, oncology, spine care, advanced imaging, behavioral health, maternity, and women’s health, including a state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment.

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