Join the mission of Improving Lives as a Nurse Professional Development Specialist at Jefferson Health. With more than 42,000 employees, we’re the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in the Philadelphia region. And our work to improve lives is never done.

Professional Nurse Development Specialists are responsible for the following:

• Provides professional nursing care based on nursing standards, policies, and procedures.
• Serves as a role model and mentor for students and other staff.
• Maintains accountability for own practice and aspects of care delegated to others.

Jefferson Health is searching for a registered nurse Professional Development Specialist with advanced skills who demonstrates a high degree of professional competence in a specialized nursing field.

Primary Function:

Under the supervision of Nursing Director of Professional Services, the Nurse Professional Development (NPD) member will cover areas throughout the hospital and develop, provide, and evaluate hospital-based staff performance education within the assigned Patient Care Service areas. The NPD staff member will also provide BH training and onboard Clinical Ancillary staff. The NPD staff member overviews education needs and performance requirements to develop programs that foster career growth and outstanding job performance for the clinical staff that contributes to department and units covered goal achievement.

Collaboration with other NPD staff on nursing initiatives required and active participation in Professional Nursing Shared Governance as a mentor are also parts of the role. Additional parts of this role involve being a change agent, learning facilitator, leader, champion for inquiry, advocate for NPD practice, and partner for practice transitions in the following areas:

• Competency Management
• Education
• Role Development
• Collaborative Partnerships
• Inquiry
• Onboarding/Orientation

Experience: Five (5) years of clinical nursing experience required. Clinical background in acute care preferred. Demonstrated experience in planning, implementing, and evaluating teaching/learning experiences. Experience in course development and delivery.

Education & Training: Masters of Science in Nursing required, or to be completed within 2 years of hire.

License, Certification & Registration: Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Current certification of BLS through American Heart Association required.

Other Requirements: Demonstrates ability to communicate appropriately and effectively. Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in clinical nursing practice.

Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jefferson’s clinical entities or at the University. If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jefferson’s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.