Specialist-Nursing Professional Development
Indiana University HealthAbout the role
The Specialist-Nursing Professional Development (NPD) utilizes NPD practice judgment and expertise to lead initiatives around improving and influencing professional role competence and growth of learners in a variety of settings with a desired outcome to support the IU Health Way. In addition, the Specialist-NPD is an expert in NPD practice and develops tools, theories, skills, and knowledge to advance the practice of the NPD specialty along with mentoring NPD practitioners. This role has six primary responsibilities including onboarding/orientation, competency management, education design, role development, collaborative partnerships, and inquiry and prioritizes work based on the IU Health Promise Dashboard. This role may function at a unit, service-line, facility, regional, or organizational level exhibiting systems thinking to forecast needs, synthesize data, and assess patterns and variances in practice in relation to IU Health’s vision, values, and promise, strategic goals, and national standards and benchmarks.
- Bachelors Degree of Nursing (BSN) required.
- Requires an active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Indiana or an active Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) RN license.
- Masters in nursing, education or relevant field required.
- Requires completion of ANCC Nursing Professional Development Certification within 1 year.
- Requires Basic Life Support certification through the AHA. Other advanced Life Support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies.
- Requires that the RN has graduated from a nationally accredited nursing program.
- 3-5 years of experience in nursing professional development preferred.
- Must have the ability and willingness to travel as needed to meet the system educational needs.
- Must have the ability to display knowledge and utilization of principles of adult learning.
- Indiana University Health has nearly 40,000 team members, including more than 3,600 physicians and 1,200 advanced practice providers, and we’re home to the largest nursing network in Indiana with more than 9,000 nursing team members at over 800 sites of care.
- IU Health is ranked No. 1 in Indiana by U.S. News & World Report, Riley Children's Health is ranked among the top children's hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
- A unique partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine – one of the nation’s largest medical schools – gives patients access to groundbreaking research and innovative treatments, and it offers team members access to the latest science and the very best training – advancing healthcare for all.
- With 15 hospitals, including seven with Magnet designation and eight with Pathways to Excellence designation, our team members are leading the way through excellence.
- At Indiana University Health, your personal and professional growth is a top priority. You will have access to many diverse opportunities to learn and develop in meaningful ways that matter most to you, such as advanced clinical training, leadership development, promotion opportunities and cross training development.
- Indiana University Health is invested in the lives of Hoosiers, leading the transformation of healthcare to make Indiana one of the nation’s healthiest states.
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