Posted: 08-Mar-25
Location: Akron, Ohio
Categories:
Internal Number: 26875
Full-time, 36 hours/week
Days
Onsite
Summary:
The NPD Practitioner will adhere to the Scope and Standards of NPD practice to improve the practice of staff.
Responsibilities:
· The NPD practitioner advances the profession by contributing to the professional development of others, supporting collaborative relationships and supporting life-long learning.
· Uses the educational design process to bridge the knowledge, skills and practice gaps identified through needs assessment.
· Influences the inter-professional practice and learning environments, the NPD specialty, and the profession of nursing and healthcare through collaboration with leadership in planning and decision making to achieve desired results.
· Actively works to transform processes at all levels through inspiration, initiation, adoption and sustainment of and adaptation to change using project management and improvement processes.
· Promotes the generation and dissemination of new knowledge and the use of evidence to advance NPD practice, guide clinical practice and improve patient care.
· Actively supports, promotes, and demonstrates nursing professional development as a nursing practice specialty through promotion of research, EBP, and QI.
· Supports the transitions of nurses and other healthcare team members across learning and practice environments, roles and professional stages.
· Other duties as required.
Other information:
Technical Expertise
· Experience in project management with interdisciplinary team is required.
· Experience in data analysis and presentations is required.
· Experience working with all levels within an organization is required.
· Experience in healthcare is preferred.
· Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required.
Education and Experience
· Education: Education: Master?s degree in Nursing or BSN and in process of attaining Master?s degree in Nursing within three years. Completion of Nurse Education track of MSN program is preferred.
· Certification: Registered Nurse licensure is required; BLS certification is required; ACLS or PALS certification may be required by area of service. Nursing Professional Development certification preferred.
· Years of relevant experience: 5 or more years is preferred.
· Years of experience supervising: None.
Full Time
FTE: 0.900000
Status: Onsite
