Professional Development Specialist
BHS Baptist Healthcare System
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Job Description:
Professional Development Specialist
Full-Time | First Shift | 5F and 5 G/H
Educational and Development | Lexington
The Educational Development and Community Education Department provides clinical and non-clinical education, professional development, leadership development, and community education across the organization.
The Professional Development Specialist (PDS) supports clinicians through orientation, education, and ongoing competency validation to ensure safe, high-quality patient care. This role provides clinical leadership, mentoring, and consultation to help staff grow professionally and deliver excellent care.
The PDS collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to develop policies, procedures, and educational programs based on evidence-based practice and regulatory standards. This position promotes continuous learning and serves as a valuable resource for staff and leaders.
Description:
The Professional Development Specialist (PDS) functions to ensure that clinicians are prepared to be responsible for promoting patient safety and high-quality patient care through clinical leadership, education, consultation, modeling, and research.
The PDS incorporates evidence-based practice, theory, and research into various patient care settings according to patient needs by collaborating with multi-professional multidisciplinary groups, facilitating the development of hospital and department policies, nursing procedures, regulatory standards and guidelines, and research.
The role also includes functioning as a community resource on topics within scope of practice and providing nursing orientation, education, and ongoing competency verification.
The PDS is a role model for caring that honors the patient’s mind, body, and spirit.
Requirements:
Master’s Degree in Nursing
Current Ky RN license
Three (3) years of acute care experience in the designated specialty within the last five (5) years
ACLS, PALS, NRP, TNCC, ENPC certifications as required by department of assignment
BLS within 30 days from date of hire
Certification as Professional Development Specialist (PDS) preferred
Benefits:
- Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short Term and Long Term Disability and Life Insurance
- Identity Theft Protection
- Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
- Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
- 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
- Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
- PTO Sell Back Program
- Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
- Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
- Retirement 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.
Summary
Supports clinicians with education, orientation, competency, and policy development.
Job title
Professional Development Specialist
Experience level
3+ years
Minimum experience
3+ years exp
Industry
healthcare
Location requirements
Lexington, KY; remote work not specified.
Salary
Not specified
Management role
No
Required skills
Preferred skills
Specializations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Lexington, KY, USA