Professional Development Specialist

Baptist Health; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance

Paid parental leave

Bereavement Leave (includes pets)

Paid Time Off

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement plans with company match

Job summary

Baptist Health in Kentucky is seeking a Professional Development Specialist to lead educational initiatives that enhance patient care and staff performance through education, consultation, and leadership.

You will identify learning needs, develop orientation and continuing education, coordinate and deliver programs using adult learning principles, evaluate outcomes, maintain accreditation records, and collaborate with department leaders to advance evidence-based practice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or must be obtained within 3 years of hire.
• Three (3) years of acute care clinical experience within the last five years.
• Current RN licensure by the Kentucky Board of Nursing or comparable clinical licensure with ACLS and PALS included within the scope of practice.

Responsibilities

• Assesses learning needs and develops evidence-based education programs for hospital staff (orientation, in-service training, mandatory education, continuing education).
• Coordinates and delivers educational activities using adult learning principles to enhance staff knowledge, performance, and patient outcomes.
• Evaluates program effectiveness, communicates results, maintains documentation, and manages continuing education accreditation and compliance records.
• Serves on and leads committees, teams, and projects to support organizational initiatives and drive evidence-based practice improvements.
• Provides consultation, education, and clinical support to staff, integrating research findings and best practices into clinical standards and patient care.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Summary

Days: Monday-Friday; hours may vary based on department needs. The Professional Development Specialist serves as a transformational leader who enhances patient care and staff performance through education, consultation, and leadership. This role identifies learning needs and develops orientation programs, mandatory training, in-service education, and continuing education opportunities to support hospital staff excellence and organizational goals.

Job Duties

Assesses learning needs and develops evidence-based education programs, including orientation, in-service training, mandatory education, and continuing education for hospital staff.

Coordinates and delivers educational activities using adult learning principles and innovative instructional methods to enhance staff knowledge, performance, and patient outcomes.

Evaluates program effectiveness, communicates results, maintains required documentation, and manages continuing education accreditation and compliance records.

Serves on and leads committees, teams, and projects to support organizational initiatives and drive evidence-based practice improvements.

Provides consultation, education, and clinical support to staff, integrating and disseminating research findings and best practices into clinical standards, policies, and patient care.

Maintains current knowledge in clinical education and area of specialty.

Collaborates with other educators, department directors, staff, and others to facilitate achievement of identified goals for interdisciplinary staff education & competency assessment/ maintenance.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree is required or must be obtained within 3 years of hire.

Three (3) years of acute care clinical experience within the last five years.

Current RN licensure by the Kentucky Board of Nursing or comparable clinical licensure with ACLS and PALS included within the scope of practice.

Benefits

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity leave
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• Paid Time Off available upon hire
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plans with company match

About Baptist Health

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centres, home care, fitness centres, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognised by the American Nursing Credentialing Centre with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post-offer, pre-employment drug testing.

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