Current RN licensure by the Kentucky Board of Nursing or comparable clinical licensure with ACLS and PALS included within the scope of practice.Check your license
Education
Bachelor’s degree is required or must be obtained within 3 years of hire.After hire · within 3 years
Experience
Three (3) years of acute care clinical experience within the last five years.
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
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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
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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
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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
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Paducah
Paducah is a compact Ohio–Tennessee river city of roughly 27,000 and a UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art—National Quilt Museum, QuiltWeek, fifty-plus Robert Dafford floodwall murals, and a working Lower Town arts district. For a nurse the practical draw is a ~13-minute average commute, easy traffic, and two hospital systems: Baptist Health Paducah (convenient from Clayshire) and Mercy Health-Lourdes, with housing well below national prices. Locals point to Lone Oak, Hendron, West Paducah, Midtown, and Pines; apartments cluster by the mall. Lone Oak and Reidland elementaries rate 10/10 on GreatSchools. Life runs through Bob Noble Park and the Greenway Trail, river docks, downtown’s Entertainment Destination Center, Red’s donuts, and BBQ on the River. Tradeoffs: high humidity, lower wages outside healthcare, higher utilities, and small-city nightlife. Residents call it friendly, low-crime, and cheap—best if you want art, river parks, and a short drive more than urban density.
