About this role
Summary Job Description: Days: Monday–Friday; hours may vary based on department needs
The Professional Development Specialist serves as a transformational leader who enhances patient care and staff performance through education, consultation, and leadership. This role identifies learning needs and develops orientation programs, mandatory training, in-service education, and continuing education opportunities to support hospital staff excellence and organizational goals.
Job Duties
• Assesses learning needs and develops evidence-based education programs, including orientation, in-service training, mandatory education, and continuing education for hospital staff. • Coordinates and delivers educational activities using adult learning principles and innovative instructional methods to enhance staff knowledge, performance, and patient outcomes. • Evaluates program effectiveness, communicates results, maintains required documentation, and manages continuing education accreditation and compliance records. • Serves on and leads committees, teams, and projects to support organizational initiatives and drive evidence-based practice improvements. • Provides consultation, education, and clinical support to staff, integrating and disseminating research findings and best practices into clinical standards, policies, and patient care. • Maintains current knowledge in clinical education and area of specialty. • Collaborates with other educators, department directors, staff, and others to facilitate achievement of identified goals for interdisciplinary staff education & competency assessment/ maintenance.
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree is required or must be obtained within 3 years of hire. • Three (3) years of acute care clinical experience within the last five years. • Current RN licensure by the Kentucky Board of Nursing or comparable clinical licensure with ACLS and PALS included within the scope of practice.
Benefits
• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program • Company paid Maternity and Paternity leave • Bereavement Leave (includes pets) • Paid Time Off available upon hire • Employee Assistance Program • Retirement plans with company match If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.