Nursing Professional, Development Specialist

The Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Specialist influences professional role competence and professional growth of learning in a variety of settings through a systems model. The NPD Specialist supports lifelong learners in an interprofessional environment that facilitates continuous development and learning for the healthcare team. The NPD Specialist is also responsible for utilizing the Standards of NPD Practice and Professional Performance to provide the framework that delineates the expected level of professional performance. Key

Responsibilities

Develops, coordinates, manages, facilitates, conducts, and evaluates clinical onboarding/orientation programs for nursing & other healthcare personnel. Assesses, measures, documents and supports competency, and addresses deficiencies in staff members' competence. Creates, manages, implements, coordinates, and evaluates continuing educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audience developed to achieve specific outcomes to identified gaps in knowledge, skills, or practice.

Identification and development of strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning that allows for role transition, role integration, skill acquisition and succession planning. Promotes and integrates the science of NPD specialty to continuously improve practice. In addition, promotes research, EBP, QI in patient care settings.

NPD Specialist may conduct, encourage, participate in research, EBP, QI, including dissemination of findings.