Make a difference in people’s lives every day. When you join UCLA Health, you’ll be working at an institution that provides leading-edge care to the people of L.A. and throughout the world. We provide our team members with the environment and support to do amazing work, because each and every one of them plays a vital role in our commitment to care.
Are you passionate about advancing nursing excellence and supporting lifelong learning? West Valley Medical Center (WVMC) is seeking a Nursing Professional Development Specialist (NPDS) to support Perioperative Services, including OR, PTU, PACU, GI, and ASC units.
This role is key in fostering professional growth through academic-practice partnerships, orientation programs, nurse residency, continuing education, certification support, and role development. The NPDS ensures staff competency, oversees training initiatives, and promotes evidence-based practice and clinical inquiry.
In collaboration with nursing leadership, the NPDS designs and delivers educational programs rooted in adult learning principles and responsive to unit needs, patient populations, regulatory standards, and strategic goals.
If you’re driven by a passion for developing others, elevating care quality, and shaping the future of nursing, we invite you to join our team.
Salary (CNE4): $124,600 – $289,400 Annually
Salary (CNE3): $112,900 – $256,900 Annually
Note: This position is eligible for an annual bonus.
Required:
- BLS through AHA or ARC – Required
- Current/active CA RN – Required
- MSN in Nursing Education or Master’s degree in Nursing with post certificate in Nursing Education – Required (for CNE4)
- 3 years of recent acute care experience – Required
- Certified within area of specialty – Preferred
- Advanced knowledge of developing and delivering clinical nursing education and training material for orientation, class training and skills/competency learning and leadership development
- Advanced interpersonal skills to participate in the development and delivery of new education and training programs and to develop positive working relationships with nursing staff and leadership
- Advanced organizational and project management skill to lead a team, prioritize tasks, and see projects through from inception to completion on schedule
- Advanced skills in written and verbal communication to convey the most complex clinical, technical, and education and training information in a clear and concise manner to produce high quality reports, documentation, and presentations
- Advanced knowledge of a broad spectrum of professional nursing practices and issues and in-depth knowledge in a clinical nursing specialty area
- Advanced knowledge of methodology for conducting evidence-based research, data collection, analysis, and reporting
- Advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills to manage multiple levels of information and responsibilities
- Advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills to quickly assess highly-complex and urgent problems to develop and expedient path of resolution
This position may be filled at the CNE3 level for candidates who are actively completing the educational requirements necessary to meet the minimum qualifications for the role.
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