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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
8am-5pm
Posted Date
11/06/2023
Salary Range: $95900 - 222100 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
10659

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Nurse Professional Development Specialist (NPDS) coordinates student placement, preceptor development, and EKG education and is a registered nurse whose practice is clinical nursing education and who oversees required education, competency, training, and professional development for nursing staff in the UCLA Health system.  The role encompasses the delivery of clinician (primarily nursing), professional/leadership development, policies, activities, assessment tools, and system; promotes excellence in patient care, through skill acquisition in evidence based nursing practice and clinical inquiry; collaborates with nursing leadership (Unit Director, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and Nursing Professional Development Specialists) to deliver educational programs and secure resources based on needs assessments and adult learning theory; and meets the diverse requirements of the nursing units, patient populations, regulatory and accreditation and strategic goals of the organization/health system.

Salary range : $105,200 - $250,600 annually

Job Qualifications

REQUIRED:

  • CPR: ACLS from AHA or ARC
  • License: Current CA RN
  • Certification: Certified within area of specialty
  • Degree: MSN in Nursing Education or MSN with post certificate in Nursing Education 
  • Experience: 3 years of recent acute care experience
  • Advanced knowledge of developing and delivering clinical nursing education and training material for orientation, class training and skills/competency learning and leadership development
  • Advanced interpersonal skills to participate in the development and delivery of new education and training programs and to develop positive working relationships with nursing staff and leadership
  • Advanced organizational and project management skill to lead a team, prioritize tasks, and see projects through from inception to completion on schedule
  • Advanced skills in written and verbal communication to convey the most complex clinical, technical, and education and training information in a clear and concise manner to produce high quality reports, documentation, and presentations
  • Advanced knowledge of a broad spectrum of professional nursing practices and issues and in-depth knowledge in a clinical nursing specialty area
  • Advanced knowledge of methodology for conducting evidence-based research, data collection, analysis, and reporting
  • Advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills to manage multiple levels of information and responsibilities
  • Advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills to quickly assess highly-complex and urgent problems to develop and expedient path of resolution