Are you ready to be a Mentor? Do you inspire?

A true leader strives to inspire—and at Cedars-Sinai, that’s exactly what our Nurse Professional Development (NPD) Practitioner do. They have a strong combination of clinical skills, management abilities and integrity, and as a result, they play an indispensable role in the success of our organization. They are also part of the foundation for the world-class healthcare provided at Cedars-Sinai. Our people bring an unmatched passion to their craft and it shows in everything they accomplish, including achieving Magnet® designation for an outstanding five times! Now we invite you to join us. From working with a team of dedicated healthcare professionals using state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll have everything required to do something incredible—for yourself, and for others.

As a Nurse Professional Development (NPD) Practitioner you will take a leadership role in the development, coordination, implementation and evaluation of education programs and projects for patients, personnel and community.

As a Nurse Professional Development (NPD) Practitioner you will provide overall outputs the practices of learning, change, professional role competence and growth, which supports the optimal patient care, population health, and protection of the public within a unit/department, inter-departmental, or house-wide level in select cases. As a learning facilitator, you will create a process to bridge the knowledge, skills, and/or practice gaps identified through needs assessment. As a change agent, you will transform processes at micro and ecosystem levels through encouragement, initiation, adoption, and sustainment of and adaptation to change using project management and improvement processes. As a mentor to clinical nurses and other inter-professionals, you will advance the profession by contributing to the professional development of others and supporting life-long learning as individuals develop across practice, professional and educational settings. As a leader, you will influence the interprofessional practice and learning environments, the NPD specialty, the profession of nursing, and healthcare.

NPD practitioners are champions for scientific inquiry, promoting the generation and dissemination of new knowledge and the use of evidence to advance NPD practice, guide clinical practice, and improve patient care. NPD practitioners are advocates for NPD specialty actively supporting, promoting, and demonstrating nursing professional development as a nursing practice specialty. Additionally, the NPD practitioner is a partner for practice transitions, supporting the transition of nurses and other healthcare team members across learning and practice environments, roles, and professional stages