NPD Practitioner (Congenital Cardiac) - Pediatric Intensive Care (PICU) - 10-Hours Days - $5,000 Hiring Incentive!

Make a difference every single day!

At Cedars-Sinai, the work you do every day directly affects others' lives. Our passionate and dedicated culture has earned us six Magnet designations for nursing excellence. Join us and experience why U. S. News & World Report recognizes us as one of America's Best Hospitals.

This Nurse Professional Development (NPD) Practitioner role provides overall outputs the practices of learning, change, professional role competence and growth, which supports the optimal patient care, population health, and protection of the public within a unit/department, inter-departmental, or house-wide level in select cases. As a learning facilitator, the NPD practitioner uses the educational design process to bridge the knowledge, skills, and/or practice gaps identified through needs assessment. As a change agent, the NPD practitioner actively works to transform processes at micro and mesosystem levels through inspiration, initiation, adoption, and sustainment of and adaptation to change using project management and improvement processes.

As a mentor to clinical nurses and other inter-professionals, the NPD practitioner advances the profession by contributing to the professional development of others and supporting life-long learning as individuals develop across practice, professional and educational settings. As a leader, the NPD practitioner influences the interprofessional practice and learning environments, the NPD specialty, the profession of nursing, and healthcare.

The NPD practitioner is a champion for scientific inquiry, promoting the generation and dissemination of new knowledge and the use of evidence to advance NPD practice, guide clinical practice, and improve patient care. The NPD practitioner is an advocate for NPD specialty actively supporting, promoting, and demonstrating nursing professional development as a nursing practice specialty. Additionally, the NPD practitioner is a partner for practice transitions, supporting the transition of nurses and other healthcare team members across learning and practice environments, roles, and professional stages.

**Qualifications**

**Education**

• Bachelor's Degree Accredited nursing program, Bachelor of Science in Nursing - minimum
• Master's Degree Accredited nursing program, Master of Science in Nursing - preferred

Experience

• 3 years minimum of three(3) years clinical experience and demonstrated progressive leadership activities including certification in nursing specialty area. - minimum
• Congenital Cardiac experience strongly preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• RN State License - minimum California RN License
• ANCC Specialty Certification - minimum
• Cert Nursing Prof Development - preferred
• ACLS and PALS from American Heart Association or American Red Cross

Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients.

Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.

Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U. S., with 915 licensed beds, 2,993 physicians, 4,700+ nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Choose this if you want to work in a fast-paced environment that offers the highest level of care to people in the Los Angeles that need our care the most.

**Req ID** 19183**Working Title** NPD Practitioner (Nurse Educator) - Congenital Cardiac - Pediatric Intensive Care (PICU) - 10 Hours Days - $5,000 Hiring Incentive!**Department** Pediatric Intensive Care 1**Business Entity** Cedars-Sinai Medical Center**Job Category** Nursing**Job Specialty** Nursing Education**Additional Locations** CA,United States**Overtime Status** EXEMPT**Primary Shift** Day**Shift Duration** 10 hour**Base Pay** $68.88 - $110.21

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