Nursing Professional Practice Consultant

Job Overview

The Nursing Professional Practice Consultant serves as an expert practitioner and change agent to advance high-quality, evidence-based nursing care across the organization. In addition to providing professional practice consultation, this role leads the design, development, implementation, and ongoing evaluation of education programs for nursing and interprofessional staff. The role integrates clinical expertise with educational leadership to support standardization of care, competency assurance, professional development and continuous improvement of patient outcomes.

Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley

• Provide expert nursing consultation to optimize patient outcomes, safety, and adherence to best practices and regulatory standards.
• Lead or participate in the development and revision of clinical practice guidelines, standards of care, policies, and care pathways in collaboration with nursing leadership and interprofessional teams.
• Facilitate evidence-based practice (EBP) initiatives, including needs assessments, gap analyses, literature reviews, implementation planning, and outcome measurement.
• Lead or participate in performance improvement activities using quality improvement methods and data-driven approaches.
• Support professional practice governance through participation in committees and work groups; translate policy into practice with practical tools and standard work.

• Ensure alignment of education programs and competency assurance initiatives across nursing and interprofessional teams with organizational goals, regulatory requirements, and hospital safety standards.
• Develop, implement, and manage comprehensive education programs, including onboarding/orientation, residency/new-graduate programs, specialty tracks, competency-based curricula, and ongoing clinical education.
• Manage learning management system (LMS) activities: course creation, enrollment, tracking, certifications, and reporting; ensure compliance with continuing education (CE) requirements and documentation.

• Build strong working relationships with nursing leadership, medical staff, quality, safety, informatics, education, and operative services to enable practice changes.
• Serve as a consultant, educator, and mentor to promote professional practice, professional development and lifelong learning.
• Advocate for and facilitate practice changes using structured change management approaches; address barriers to adoption and sustain improvements.
• Support interprofessional education initiatives to improve teamwork, communication, and patient-centered care.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited college or university (Required)
• Master’s Degree in nursing (Preferred)
• 5–7 years of experience as a registered nurse (Required)
• 3–5 years in education, practice development, or quality improvement (Required)

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to influence and collaborate across disciplines and levels of leadership.
• Project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, timelines, and resources; demonstrated change management capabilities.
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice, patient safety, quality improvement methods (e.g., PDSA cycles), and regulatory standards (e.g., Joint Commission, State Board of Nursing, CMS).
• Able to manage time and prioritize effectively; organized and self-driven.
• Ability to read, write and understand English language.
• Fluency in Microsoft Suite.

• CA Registered Nurse – Valid license as a Registered Nurse issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).
• BLS – Basic Life Support required.

Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above.

People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.