Professional Development Specialist - Nursing Education and Professional Development
Company: Children's National Medical Center
Location: Washington
Posted on: June 2, 2025
Job Description:
Job Description - Professional Development Specialist - Nursing
Education and Professional Development (250001HP)Job
DescriptionProfessional Development Specialist - Nursing Education
and Professional Development - ( 250001HP )DescriptionDescription
The Professional Development Specialist will work in collaboration
with Director of Professional Development to support the plans,
development, implementation and evaluation of nursing education and
professional development. Support the functions of nursing
professional development in advancing nursing practice and
dimensions of professional development through knowledge and skill
acquisition, competency validation and life-long learning. All
nursing practice is based on the legal scope of practice, national
and specialty nursing standards, CNMC Policies and Procedures, and
in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. The
Professional Model of Care requires registered professional nurses
to be responsible and accountable for their own practice. CNMC
support the development of RN relationships within the community;
specifically those relationships associated with the health and
well-being of the community at large.
QualificationsQualifications Minimum Education
M.S. Nursing or Masters of Education or related field, with
baccalaureate degree in nursing (Required)
Minimum Work Experience
5 years related and progressive acute care and management
experience (Required)
Required Skills/Knowledge
Will successfully complete the hospital and nursing orientation at
CNMC.
Accountable for providing services in a manner that is sensitive to
diversity.
Demonstrates skills consistent with providing CPR Instruction and
other clinical programs.
Required Licenses and Certifications
Registered Nurse in District of Columbia (Required)
Licensure/certification in specialty required as applicable
(Required)
Functional Accountabilities
Professional Practice
- Support/participate in Shared Leadership.
- Contribute to CNMC's Magnet Journey .
- Ensure nursing practice is based on evidence of best practice.
- Participate in performance improvement activities (division or
unit level).
- Participate in community activities.Education
- Collaborate with department manager/director and staff to plan,
develop, implement and evaluate educational programs for the CNMC
nurse.
- Design, implement and maintain systems to document clinical
competency and participation in education programs.
- Manage continuing education programs.
- Develop plans and present educational programs consistent with
the educational needs assessments.
- Use knowledge base of teaching and learning theories to develop
curriculum design, test and measurement evaluation.Facilitator
- Facilitate the ongoing competency assessment for nursing staff
related to orientation, in-service education and/or continuing
education.
- Use adult learning principles to contribute to professional
development activities.
- Serve as a role model for other educators and facilitate team
building.
- Serve as faculty/coordinator for centralized nursing
orientation and other in-service programs for professional and
para-professional nursing staff.Leadership
- Collaborate with the Director/Manager for Professional
Development and other organizational leaders to promote AHA
guidelines across healthcare disciplines.
- Participate in assigned organizational committees.
- Design, coordinate, and evaluate interventions which advance
CNMC's mission, support the strategic plan, and deliver designated
outcomes.
- Serve as consultant in instructional design and evaluation.
- Collaborate with hospital committees and shared nursing
leadership council to review and revise nursing practice
guidelines, policies and procedures in keeping with current
evidence based practice.Change Agent
- Collaborate with members of organizational team to review,
revise, and develop appropriate tools to meet CNMC's and other
accreditation agency's competency assessment standards.
- Implement processes to monitor organizational competency
assessment.
- Collaborate with nursing leadership to develop intervention
plans based on needs assessment, mission and strategic plan.
- Collaborate with the health care community (academic partners,
DOH, Board of Nursing) to strengthen professional nursing practice
at CNMC.Research
- In collaboration with the Director/Manager , engage research/PI
process as principal investigator , collaborator or evaluator.
- Evaluate the outcomes of educational endeavors and track
learner's outcomes.
- Responsible to ensure review and revision of clinical practice
guidelines, policies, and procedures in keeping with recent
research, theory and innovation.
- Assess, measure and report performance using appropriate
methodologies and strategies.
Organizational Accountabilities
Organizational Commitment/Identification
- Partner in the mission and upholds the core principles of the
organization
- Committed to diversity and recognizes value of cultural ethnic
differences
- Demonstrate personal and professional integrity
- Maintain confidentiality at all timesCustomer Service
- Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until
needs are metT eamwork/Communication
- Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
- Partner with all team members to achieve goals
- Receptive to others' ideas and opinionsPerformance
Improvement/Problem-solving
- Contribute to a positive work environment
- Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
- Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative
processes
- Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgmentCost
Management/Financial Responsibility
- Use resources efficiently
- Search for less costly ways of doing thingsSafety
- Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or
performance
- Continuously validate and verify information needed for
decision making or documentation
- Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the
situation
- Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written
communication
- Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and
co-workers
- Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think,
Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and
performancePrimary LocationPrimary Location: District of
Columbia-WashingtonWork LocationsWork Locations: CN Hospital (Main
Campus) 111 Michigan Avenue NW Washington 20010JobJob:
NursingOrganizationPosition Status : R (Regular) - FT -
Full-TimeShift : DayWork Schedule : M - F, 40 hrs/weekJob
PostingJob Posting: May 28, 2025, 2:47:28 PMFull-Time Salary
RangeFull-Time Salary Range: 89752 - 149593.6Childrens National
Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified
applicants without regard to race, color, national origin,
religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status,
sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics
protected by law. The "Know Your Rights" poster is available here:
and the pay transparency policy is available here:Know Your Rights
Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.Please note that it is
the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a "drug-free"
work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession
or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the
Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by
all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though
recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of
Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the
right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free
workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed
marijuana.
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