Registered Nurse - Nursing Professional Development Practitioner

<p>The Milwaukee VA Medical Center is looking for a Nursing Professional Development Practitioner (NPDP) in the Nursing Education, Research, and Simulation Division. The NPDP-RN is a specialized role that optimizing Veteran outcomes through facilitation of the professional development and growth of nurses and other healthcare personnel along the continuum from novice to expert.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>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</p><h3>Requirements</h3>U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probationary period. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.<h3>Education</h3>IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. Note for RNs: Nursing education must be from a school of professional nursing accredited by one of the following accrediting organizations at the time the program was completed by the applicant. The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), located at 3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850, Atlanta, GA 30326. The ACEN accredits all levels of nursing programs, including clinical doctorate, masters/post master's certificate, baccalaureate, associate and diploma nursing education programs. (Note: The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission/NLNAC changed its name to ACEN in May 2013. ACEN's website may be utilized to verify accredited programs using automated inquiry processes; however, for verification of any nursing program's accreditation prior to 1998, an automated inquiry cannot be used and ACEN must be contacted directly via their email contact information on the ACEN website to verify.) The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), located at 655 K Street, NW, Suite 7, Washington, DC 20001. The CCNE is an accrediting arm of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and accredits nursing education programs at the bachelor and master's level.