Nursing Professional Development Specialist - Critical Care - West Valley

General Information

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Work Location: West Hills, CA, USA Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule Monday-Friday 8am-5pm Posted Date 10/06/2025 Salary Range: $128500 - 298100 Annually Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration Indefinite Job # 27045

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

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UCLA Health is seeking a Nursing Professional Development Specialist (NPDS) to lead and inspire professional growth among our Critical Care nursing team at West Valley Medical Center (WVMC). If you’re passionate about empowering clinicians through education, advancing evidence-based practice, and elevating patient care standards, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact within one of the nation’s most respected academic health systems.

As the NPDS for WVMC Critical Care, you will:

• Champion required education, clinical training, and ongoing professional development for ICU nursing staff
• Design and deliver dynamic learning experiences grounded in adult learning principles
• Foster clinical excellence through competency validation, skill enhancement, and evidence-based best practices
• Partner with nursing leadership and interdisciplinary teams to align educational strategies with patient care priorities and system-wide goals
• Promote a culture of inquiry, innovation, and lifelong learning within a high-acuity, collaborative environment

This role is ideal for a skilled clinical educator with a deep understanding of critical care nursing and a passion for developing others through mentorship, education, and professional advancement—while upholding UCLA Health’s mission of healing humankind and its values of compassion, integrity, and excellence.

Salary (CNE4): $128,500 - $298,100 Annually

Salary (CNE3): $116,300 - $264,600 Annually

Note: This position is eligible for an annual bonus.

Job Qualifications

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• 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
• 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.
• 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