Nursing Professional Development Practitioner

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

• Benefits from Day One

• Paid Days Off from Day One

• Student Loan Repayment Program

• Career Development

• Whole Person Wellbeing 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

The community you’ll be caring for: AdventHealth Waterman - 1000 WATERMAN WAY, Tavares, 32778

The role you’ll contribute:

The Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Manager is an advocate for the nursing professional development team and manages the activities and personnel in the NPD department to provide the development of clinical excellence in assigned areas through active participation in education, role development, collaborative partnerships, research/ evidence-based practice/ quality/performance improvement, onboarding/orientation, and competency management. The NPD Manager 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 department towards desired outcomes. The NPD Manager is responsible for, as a result, quality and safety are enhanced, and patient outcomes are improved.

The value you’ll bring to the team:

The principal duties and job responsibilities are based on the Standards of the Association of Nursing Professional Development including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes, planning, implementation, coordination, health promotion and evaluation. Additional standards integrated into the manager’s assessment and interventions include ethics, advocacy, respectful and equitable practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, scholarly inquiry, quality and practice, professional practice evaluation, resource stewardship, and environmental health.

• Leadership and Human Resources - Monitors performance of the staff and takes corrective action for improvement as appropriate. Uses independent judgment to: select applicant for interview and hire and assures appropriate orientation. Suspend or invoke other discipline for work infractions, performance deficiencies and conduct violations by exercising supervisory authority.

• Financial Management – Understands health care economics, public policy, and finance as it pertains to the delivery of patient care.

• Performance Improvement – Demonstrates familiarity with the performance improvement model of the organization.

• Critical Thinking/Technology – Utilizes critical thinking skills in the performance of their duties.  Demonstrates and understanding of technology utilized in the organization.

• Leadership and Clinical Practice Knowledge – Provides leadership for the effective and efficient operation of assigned unit.  Assures clinical practice is of the highest quality.

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.

• Minimum two (2) years in Nursing Professional Development role or previous clinical leadership experience.

• Current, valid Florida State of Nursing license as a registered professional nurse.

Preferred qualification:

• Experience in acute care hospital setting.

• Master’s degree in nursing or related field.

• Clinical or Leadership certification.

• Advanced Life Support Provider Certification, per specialty.

• ANCC Certification in Nursing Professional Development (NPD-BC).