Professional Development Manager, Critical Care Surgical Trauma

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Professional Development Manager - Leader (PDM) - Critical Care Surgical Trauma

40 Hours | Full-Time | Boston Main Campus

The Professional Development Manager (PDM) is a nursing leadership position at the director level responsible for advancing clinical excellence, professional development, nursing practice, and workforce readiness across the Critical Care Surgical Trauma team. The PDM provides professional development support for nursing staff across the Surgical Intermediate Care and Intensive Care teams. Working in close partnership with Nurse Directors and other nursing leaders, the PDM develops and implements an integrated professional development strategy that supports organizational priorities, patient outcomes, regulatory requirements, and the unique clinical needs of the Critical Care Surgical Trauma population.

• Nursing Leadership:
  Serve as a visible departmental nurse leader, support frontline teams, communicate effectively, contribute to policy development, and advance patient safety and clinical excellence. Multitask and prioritize in a complex clinical environment.
• Onboarding & Orientation:
  Coordinate onboarding, orientation, and specialty education for new staff. Oversee preceptor selection, development, and scheduling, and provide structured touchpoints to address learning needs and support successful integration.
• Quality & Patient Safety:
  Lead quality improvement, safety reporting, and performance improvement initiatives across the unit, nursing division, and hospital. Support Joint Commission readiness and specialty certifications, including trauma and transplant.
• Competency Management:
  Lead annual education and competency requirements, ensuring staff maintain organizational, clinical, and specialty competencies. Use data, documentation, workflows, and practice trends to identify gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Staff Education & Clinical Practice:
  Provide real-time coaching, bedside education, and unit rounding. Address practice gaps, lead unit-based practice councils, support staff meetings, and collaborate on research to strengthen clinical practice.
• Professional Development:
  Support staff growth through mentorship, preceptor development, recognition, certification, continuing education, and professional organization engagement. Partner with Nurse Directors to address individual and team development needs.
• Compensation and benefits:
  Enjoy MGB's generous package which includes several medical plans, dental, matched 403B, pension/cash balance, generous paid time off, tuition reimbursement and much more!

The Professional Development Manager (PDM), in collaboration with the Associate Chief Nursing Office (ACNO) for the Center for Nursing Excellence and the Associate Chief Nursing Officer/Senior Nursing Director of the division to which the PDM is assigned, and in partnering with the Nurse Directors of the assigned division, is accountable for designing, coordinating, and implementing programs for staff development, education, research, quality, and defining and implementing evidence-based practice.

PDM will promote an environment that facilitates professional growth and role…