Registered Nurse - Nursing Professional Development Practitioner

NPDP Professional Development Position

The NPDP follows the Association of Nursing Professional Development (ANPD) Scope and Standards of Practice. With throughputs of environment and learner to produce responsibilities within onboarding/orientation, competency management, education, professional role development, participation in research, evidence-based practice and quality improvement activities, and collaborative partnership to influence change, learning, competence and growth of nursing personnel. The NPDP practice with flexibility to adapt and influence change through learning strategies based on the needs of the healthcare organization. The NPDP collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to ensure utilizing subject matter experts for education development, aligning with highly reliable principles. The NPDP assumes responsibility for the coordination of education focused on staff response/feedback, organizational data, and best practices findings throughout the healthcare continuum. Duties of the NPDP include but are not limited to:

• Execute position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex situations.
• Uses educational and instructional design and adult learning principles to bridge knowledge, skills and/or practice gaps identified through learning needs assessment and evaluation outcomes.
• Collaborates with interprofessional healthcare teams in the ongoing clinical education activities including in-service, training, competency assessment, and evaluations of both current and new staff nursing skills.
• Mentors by creating relationships with assigned areas to support staff through their professional journey.
• Promotes spirit of inquiry, dissemination of new knowledge, uses best practice standards to guide competence and practice of assigned area.
• Responsible for program evaluation including cost savings/return on investment to organization.

Preferred Experience:

• Advanced clinical expertise and leadership experience.
• Ability to facilitate learning, mentor staff, and lead change initiatives.
• Background in evidence-based practice, research, and quality improvement.
• Experience in program evaluation, competency management, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Commitment to professional development, patient advocacy, and high reliability principles.
• Flexibility, resilience, and effective communication skills.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

Paid Time Off: Up to 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm.

Telework: Ad-Hoc may be authorized with management approval.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

US Department of Veterans Affairs