All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family: 

• Benefits and Paid Days Off from Day One
• Paid Parental Leave
• Debt-free Education (Certifications and Degrees without out-of-pocket tuition expense)
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Whole Person Well-being and Mental Health Resources 

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better. 

Schedule: Full-time 

Shift: Days 

Location: 1193 S. Woodland Blvd, DeLand, FL 32720 

The role you’ll contribute:

The Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Practitioner functions as a learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for inquiry, advocate for NPD specialty and partner for practice transitions as they guide the learner toward desired outcomes. The NPD Practitioner continuously uses environmental scanning to intentionally assess opportunities and challenges within and externally to the organization, and identifies opportunities based on global and national healthcare trends, legislative changes, needs of collaborative partners, educational gaps, emerging technologies, and the clinical staff member’s desire for growth. The NPD Practitioner actively interacts with learners to contribute to nursing professional development processes and ensures the achievement of measurable outcomes, influences professional role competence and growth of learners in a variety of settings. 

The value you’ll bring to the team:

The NPD Practitioner demonstrates, through behavior, alignment with AdventHealth’s mission, vision, and service standards. The principal duties and job responsibilities are based on the Standards of the Association of Nursing Professional Development. The NPD Practitioner supports learners in interprofessional practice and learning environments to facilitate continuous development and learning for the healthcare team. 

Orientation/Onboarding: 

• Creates, plans, implements, and coordinates orientation for individuals new to the nursing unit/department using the NPD standards of practice including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation with the NPD Practice model using inputs, throughputs, and outcomes to ensure a systematic approach to onboarding orientation.
• Adjusts implementation strategies as needed based on the learner’s developmental level, learning needs, readiness, ability to learn, language, and cultural preferences.
• Engages learners in planned educational activities through effective facilitation skills.  

Competency Management: 

• Creates, plans, implements, and coordinates activities related to training of new graduates, experienced nurses, and ancillary staff new to the unit/department based on collection of data that is used systematically and purposefully to ensure relevant and evidence-based learning for each clinician.
• Activities include coaching of new nurses, facilitation of learning, using simulation, and tools that capture objective and subjective data about the individual’s knowledge base and actual performance.
• Utilizes clinical problems to promote inquiry/investigation and improvement, follows through with competency assessment of new/changed skills and concepts. 

Education/Continuing Nursing Education: 

• Designs engaging, interactive, state of the art educational activities/plans rooted in adult learning principles; implements and coordinates activities related to clinical practice and lifelong career development. Integrates regulatory standards to meet the requirements for continuing education contact hours, when appropriate.
• The programs/activities are based on identification of a professional practice gap/needs assessments, and current evidence-based practice/literature.
• Programs are designed to augment the knowledge, skills and attitudes of assigned staff including continuing education, in-service education, continued competence training, or new information based on unit/department needs, organization initiatives/goals and policy revisions. 

Professional Role Development: 

• NPD Practitioner may assist others in their professional role development, practice role transitions, and succession planning. 
• Assists staff to identify areas for individual growth, including opportunities for advancement.
• Promotes certification and advanced formal education. 

Collaborative Partnership: 

• Promotes a supportive environment for students by partnering with the academics department for student placement and a positive student experience within the unit/department.
• Implements the NPD initiatives demonstrating caring behaviors, respect, equity, inclusiveness and empathy in actions and interactions with others.
• Identifies opportunities for collaboration/partnership related to education and clinical practice. 

Research/Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)/Quality Improvement (QI):

• Serves as a resource for clinical inquiry, including identification of potential projects, and/or subject matter expertise. 
• Demonstrates a “spirit of inquiry” to support professional curiosity including research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement initiatives using the organization’s preferred structure, i.e. PDSA (plan, do, study, act).
• Works with others to identify problems and solutions and collaboratively create and assists in the implementation of the changes planned.

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:

Minimum qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN)
• Current, valid Florida State of Nursing license as a registered professional nurse
• Minimum two (2) years nursing experience
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification 
• Advanced Life support certification (ACLS, PALS, NRP) per specialty/unit requirements
• Knowledge of the Associate of Nursing Professional Development (ANPD) skills and standards for Nursing Professional Development. 

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Nursing (MSN) or related field
• Prior experience as a preceptor/educator
• Previous teaching experience in formal/informal settings
• Previous experience in Critical Care
• Basic or advanced life support instructor, specialty instructor depending on specialty
• Certification in Nursing Professional Development (NPD)
• Self-directed, creative, and demonstrates initiative to fulfill the seven roles of the ANPD practitioner: learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for inquiry, advocate for the NPD specialty and partner for practice transitions. 
• Knowledge of regulatory standards (CMS, DNV, TJC, OSHA) for professional specialty served.

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About AdventHealth

At AdventHealth, Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ is our mission. It calls us to be His hands and feet in helping people feel whole. Our story is one of hope — one that strives to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. Our more than 80,000 skilled and compassionate caregivers in hospitals, physician practices, outpatient clinics, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospice centers are committed to providing individualized, wholistic care.

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