Registered Nurse (RN) - Nursing Professional Development Specialist, Operating Room (OR)

Nursing Professional Development Specialists are responsible for the centralized orientation continuing education professional development and mandatory training of the UVA Health System nursing staff. Specifically this includes assessment of needs the design marketing delivery and evaluation of learning programs.

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• In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.
  

Position Compensation Range: $74,900.80 - $119,849.60 Annual

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

NPDS and other departments:
Education: Graduate of accredited Nursing program required. Master’s Degree required within 1 year of hire. Master’s in Nursing or Master’s in Education strongly preferred.
Experience: 3 years clinical nursing experience required. 2 years educational experience preferred.
Licensure: Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia required. American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required. Certification in an associated specialty is expected within 2-3 years upon reaching eligibility requirement.

Operating Room Only:

Education: Graduate of accredited Nursing program required. Master’s Degree required within 1 year of hire. Master’s in Nursing or Master’s in Education strongly preferred.
Experience: 4 years OR Nurse experience; 2 years OR Nurse Educator experience preferred.

Licensure: CNOR certification required. Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in Commonwealth of Virginia required. American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.

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