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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
8am-5pm
Posted Date
11/01/2024
Salary Range: $124600 - 289400 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
20104

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Nursing Professional Development Specialist (NPDS) is a registered nurse whose practice is clinical nursing education and who oversees required education, competency, training, and professional development for the inpatient Operative Services population specific nursing staff at UCLA Health. Encompasses the delivery of clinician (primarily nursing), professional/leadership development, policies, activities, assessment tools, and systems.  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, Clinical Nurse Managers, and Nursing Professional Development Specialists) to deliver educational programs and secure resources based on needs assessments and adult learning theory.  Meets the diverse requirements of the nursing units, patient populations, regulatory and accreditation and strategic goals of the organization/health system.

Salary Range: $124,600 to $289,400 Annually (budget = $135,720 - $197,775 depending on paid professional experience)

Job Qualifications

Required:

  • CPR: BLS
  • Current CA RN License
  • MSN in Nursing Education, or Education, or Post-master’s certificate in nursing education
  • 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

 Preferred:

  • Certified within area of specialty

*Position can be filled as CNE3 if candidate is completing educational requirement



As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.