Nursing Professional Development Generalist​/Emergency

Position: Nursing Professional Development Generalist / Emergency
Job Description

Schedule:

Midshift - 36hrs
At Children’s, the region’s only full-service pediatric healthcare center, our people make us the very best for kids. Come cultivate your passion, purpose and professional development in an environment of excellence and inclusion, where team members are supported and deeply valued. Opportunities for career growth abound as we grow our services and spaces, including the cutting-edge Hubbard Center for Children. Join our highly engaged, caring team—and join us in providing brighter, healthier tomorrows for the children we serve.
Children's is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer including veterans and people with disabilities.
A Brief Overview The Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Generalist leads the onboarding, transition-to-practice, and professional development of newly hired clinical team members, serving as their direct leader throughout the probationary period. This role partners with preceptors, unit leaders, and interdisciplinary teams to advance clinical competency, professional growth, and workforce readiness through evidence-based education, coaching, mentorship, and competency validation. The NPD Generalist serves as a clinical expert and role model who integrates education, clinical practice, quality, safety, and regulatory standards to foster a culture of continuous learning and ensure exceptional patient and organizational outcomes.
Essential Functions

• New Team Member Onboarding and Transition-to-Practice Leadership
  • Responsible leader for new hire team members (RNs, LPNS, CNAs, etc.,) who will report directly to the NPD Generalist from hire through transition to practice during the 6-month probationary period.
  • Accountable for managing each team member’s unit-based orientation, developing attributes of personal growth, knowledge and skills critical to the profession and practice environment, and enculturation to the unit/organization
  • Fosters individual development in partnership with assigned preceptors by coaching professional and clinical competency progression to reach their top potential through sharing of ideas, discussing challenges, developing knowledge, building resources, facilitating skill competencies, and influencing morale in the unit practice environment, while collaborating with unit leaders on status and overall trends
  • Responsible for completing all orientation and performance documents during probationary period, including final probationary evaluation. Ensures appropriate record keeping of these activities.
  • Leads process for seamless transition of team member reporting structure to unit supervisor post successful probationary performance outcomes
• Patient Care
  • Serves as a clinical role model/area expert for bridging the gap between education, clinical practice, innovation and professional identity
  • Provides direct patient care
  • RN:
    Conducts individualized age-specific patient/family assessments according to defined unit scope and nursing practice standards, appropriate collaborative problems (CPG’s)/nursing diagnoses (ND’s) and protocols. (Individualization refers to the patients developmental, cognitive, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual and educational/family influences and physical/medical care needs.)
  • Develop individualized patient/family plan of care using applicable ND’s, CPG’s and practice guidelines/protocols to meet identified needs. (Plan of care includes current and anticipated actions focused on care, education, discharge needs.)
  • Implements and evaluates nursing actions in accordance with the individualized patient/family plan of care and patient condition/needs.
  • Documentation reflects assessment/evaluation, modification and patient’s response to therapy, changes in…