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

• Benefits and Paid Days Off from Day One
• Paid Parental Leave
• Whole Person Well-being and Mental Health 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, Exempt 

Shift: Days 

Location: AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway – 1 AdventHealth Way, Palm Coast, FL 32137 

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: 

• Leadership and Human Resources - Monitors performance of the staff and takes corrective action for improvement as appropriate. Uses independent judgment to:
  • Selects 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.
  • Evaluates supervised employees, recommends promotion of supervised employees, and recommends bonuses and awarding of other discretionary rewards to supervised employees.
• Financial Management – Understands health care economics, public policy, and finance as it pertains to the delivery of patient care.
  • Develops, analyzes, and interprets department-based budgeting. Maintains staffing and scheduling, and resource utilization within budgeted targets for the department.
  • Utilizes information systems to support business decisions.
• Performance Improvement – Demonstrates familiarity with the performance improvement model of the organization.
  • Champions performance improvement activities within the NPD department through problem identification, assessment, data gathering, change implementation, and evaluation of outcomes.
  • Supports continual process improvement by sponsoring and/or participating in performance activities and initiatives.
  • Sets quality standards and initiatives for the NPD department through collaboration with leadership and implementation of evidence-based practice where appropriate.
• Critical Thinking/Technology – Utilizes critical thinking skills in the performance of their duties. Demonstrates and understanding of technology utilized in the organization.
  • Utilizes data driven decision making, incorporating evidence into the decision process.
  • Employs strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills and utilizes defined models for problem solving.
  • Considers the system as a whole when analyzing data and making decisions.
• Leadership and Clinical Practice Knowledge – Provides leadership for the effective and efficient operation of assigned unit. Assures clinical practice is of the highest quality.
  • Leads the employees in a manner that develops the employee to their optimal level of performance.
  • Establishes and maintains a communication plan that disseminates key messages and decisions
  • Deliver culturally competent nursing professional development activities.
• Communication and Relationship Building – Utilizes relationship in influencing behaviors on the unit
  • Utilizes active listening, feedback, inquiry, and validation in communicating with others in relation to meeting the goals of the NPD department.
  • Understands the functions of a group process. Is able to facilitate effective groups and collaboration with other disciplines.
  • Supports academic relationships through welcoming students to the campus and assisting in their training process.
• Professionalism – Demonstrates a professional persona in their work
  • Acts as a role model for professional behavior and professional appearance.
  • Maintains the confidentiality of employee information.
  • Encourages involvement of at least one professional nursing organization

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed: 

Minimum qualifications: 

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Current State of Florida or Multistate license as a Registered Nurse
• Two (2) or more years in a Nursing Professional Development role or previous clinical leadership experience 
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
• Knowledge of the Association of Nursing Professional Development (ANPD) skills and standards for Nursing Professional Development.
• Leadership ability and working knowledge of leadership principles and management skills.
• Knowledge of regulatory standards (CMS, DNV, TJC, OSHA) for professional specialty served. 

Preferred qualifications:

• Master of Science degree in Nursing, or related field
• Experience in acute care hospital setting 
• Nursing Professional Develop Cert (NPD-BC) ANCC certification
• Clinical or Leadership certification 

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About AdventHealth

At AdventHealth, Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ is our mission. It calls us to be His hands and feet in helping people feel whole. Our story is one of hope — one that strives to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. More than 100,000 skilled and compassionate caregivers in physician practices, hospitals, outpatient clinics, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospice centers provide individualized, wholistic care.Our Christian mission, shared vision, common values and focus on whole-person health is our commitment to making communities healthier with a unified system: 51 hospital campuses and hundreds of care sites in diverse markets throughout nine states.

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