Nursing Professional Development Specialist - Wage/PRN

Nursing Professional Development Specialists are responsible for the centralized orientation continuing

education professional development and mandatory training of the UVA Health System nursing staff. Specifically this includes assessment of needs the design marketing delivery and evaluation of learning programs.

Learning Facilitator Change Agent Mentor Leader Champion for Scientific Inquiry Advocate for NPD Specialty Partner for Practice Transition.In addition to the above job

responsibilities, other

duties may be assigned.

Position

Compensation Range: $36.01 - $57.62 Hourly

Minimum

Requirements

Education: Graduate of accredited Nursing program required. Master’s Degree required within 12 months of hire. Master’s in Nursing or Master’s in

Education strongly preferred.

Experience: 3 years clinical nursing

experience required. 2 years

educational

experience preferred

Licensure: Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia required. American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required. Certification in an associated specialty is expected within 2-3 years upon reaching eligibility requirement.

Physical Demands

This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.

The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician’s Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the

diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe

diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived

experiences. We are

equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.