Nursing Professional Development Specialist

We seek a Nursing Professional Development Specialist (NPDS) to work with our Vascular Access, Ambulatory Infusion Center and Radiology teams as a member of the health care team and Nursing Professional Development & Education department. Our NPDS will provide oversight of education for staff & interprofessional teams, support for role transition, professional development, and evidence-based quality nursing practice through support of ChristianaCare, Department of Nursing, Service Line, and local department strategic goals.

This position reports to the Manager of Nursing Professional Development and is imbedded within these teams. The selected candidate for this position will work in staffing occasionally. The successful candidate will be qualified and deliver care across the lifespan in team members' assigned clinical area.

Highlights: Why work at ChristianaCare?

• Healthcare Benefits at Day One!
• Tuition Assistance, Generous Paid Time Off, 403b with defined contribution and more!
• Professional Development and growth opportunities

Qualifications:

BSN required, MS/MSN required or current enrollment in MS/MSN program with completion within three years.

BLS certification.

Professional board certification required. CEN or CCRN preferred.

Critical Care experience preferred.

Interprofessional experience to include direct involvement in performance improvement, regulatory compliance, and the development and delivery of quality educational programming in a hospital-based system.

Position will require travel between Newark and Wilmington locations.

About ChristianaCare

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, ChristianaCare is one of the country’s most dynamic health care organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,299 beds), a free-standing emergency department, a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women’s health. It also includes the pioneering Gene Editing Institute and was rated by IDG Computerworld as one of the nation’s Best Places to Work in IT. ChristianaCare is a nonprofit teaching health system, Magnet Designated and continually ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a Best Hospital.