Professional Development Specialist, Days

Baptist Health; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Bereavement Leave

Paid Time Off

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement with company match

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Professional Development Specialist to enhance patient care and staff performance through education, consultation, and leadership. The role develops orientation programs, mandatory training, in-service education, and continuing education opportunities for hospital staff.

The position emphasizes evidence-based practice, collaboration with interdisciplinary teams, and advancing clinical standards to meet organizational goals.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Assesses learning needs and develops education programs for hospital staff.
• Coordinates and delivers educational activities using adult learning principles.
• Evaluates program effectiveness and maintains documentation and compliance records.
• Leads committees and projects to support organizational initiatives and evidence-based practice.

Skills

Adult learning principles

Education program development

Evidence-based practice

Education

Bachelor’s degree

RN licensure with ACLS/PALS

Job description

Summary Job Description: 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.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, BaptistHealth 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 centers, home care, fitness centers, 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 recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center 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, color, 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.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRMISSION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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