--- title: Nurse Professional Development Specialist description: MedStar Health is hiring for the Nurse Professional Development Specialist Cardiovascular ICU RN role. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/nurse-professional-development-specialist-cardiovascular-icu-rn-at-medstar-health-01a0ed49-a6e2-747a-a41f-c7023fe29c61 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join MedStar Health as Nurse Professional Development Specialist Cardiovascular ICU RN in Baltimore, MD. Pays $42.82–$71.16 per hour. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/m0ixg5.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [MedStar Health](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/medstar-health?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Baltimore, MD | | **Salary** | $89.1K/yr - $162.8K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Sep 28, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A- · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** No H-1B sponsorship on record for MedStar Health. - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for MedStar Health. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $104,000 – $126,000 a year (median $116,000). ## Description **About the Job** ***** Candidate must have cardiovascular intensive** **care experience ***** **General Summary of Position** Responsible for the assessment planning development implementation and evaluation of learning and development programs that enhance associates' performance promote professional development or otherwise support the mission vision and SPIRIT Values of MedStar Health and the Department of Nursing.These activities include onboarding/orientation competency management education professional role development career coaching and collaborative partnerships. **Primary Duties and Responsibilities**  - Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies procedures quality standards and safety standards. Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations. - Applies teaching techniques that promote critical thinking clinical reasoning and decision making and evidence-based practice incorporating principles of adult learning theory. - Coaches nurses and other associates. Provides feedback to enhance professional nursing practice and professional advancement of nurses and other associates. - Collaborates with other departments experts and leaders both internal and external to MedStar Health to obtain information needed to purse development of relevant learning programs. Serves as a liaison with academic partners and clinical student placements. - Conducts educational activities that inform teach and facilitate adoption of new procedures technologies equipment and patient care trends with continuing education credits where appropriate. - Coordinates and plans educational offerings for nursing associates with consideration of but not limited to mandatory regulatory requirements quality and safety performance improvement and clinical advancement. - Demonstrates clinical expertise leadership communication skills and knowledge of education theory and principles necessary to develop learning programs and achieve optimal educational outcomes. - Designs implements and evaluates designated learning and educational programs and related consultative services. Assesses learning needs through formal and informal approaches to data collection to determine specific education needs of associates. - Develops evaluation plans and applies evidence-based evaluation systems to determine the effectiveness of educational activities and learning programs. Involves learners in the evaluation process. - Identifies and assesses learning needs and knowledge or skill gaps that require remediation and collaborates with unit leaders to promote critical thinking and competent patient care delivery. - Maintains knowledge of professional development standards available evidence and current trends and innovations in nursing practice clinical instruction nursing education staff development and use of simulation and learning technologies. Pursues ongoing learning and educational opportunities to enhance own practice knowledge skills and competencies. - Meets identified learning needs of nurses and other associates fosters lifelong learning and supports career advancement in a wide-range of nursing specialties. - Plans and conducts orientation of new personnel to facilitate a new associate's transition to the practice environment and meeting competency assessment requirements in conformance with departmental objectives regulatory requirements and accreditation standards. - Plans and regularly conducts competency validation programs for nursing department associates. Applies principles of adult learning to assess staff learning and competency needs. Offers competency-building activities to enhance associates' educational and experiential learning. - Supports and participates in the transition to practice of newly licensed nurses using the MedStar Health New to Practice Nurse Residency Program. - Participates in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams as appropriate. Participates in meetings serves on committees and represents the department and hospital/facility in community outreach efforts as appropriate. **Minimal Qualifications** **Education** - Master's degree in Clinical Nursing Nursing Education or related field required **Experience** - 3-4 years Progressive clinical nursing experience required - Staff development or continuing education experience preferred **Licenses and Certifications** - RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in the State of Maryland. required - CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (includes BLS and NRP) for healthcare providers from either the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cros within 90 Days required - Additional unit/specialty certifications may vary by department or business unit. **Knowledge Skills and Abilities** - Demonstrated high level of clinical competence. - Effective interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication. - Basic math skills. - Basic computer skills preferred. **This position has a hiring range of** USD $89,065.00 - USD $162,801.00 /Yr. ## Skills - Regulatory Compliance - Competency Assessment - Employee Development - Nursing Education - Registered Nurse - Decision Making - CPR/BLS Certification - Teaching - Quality Standards - Experiential Learning - Patient Care - Basic Math - Critical Thinking - Interpersonal Skills - Performance Improvement - Adult Education - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Cpr) - Resuscitation - Statistics - Basic Life Support - Nurse Residency Program - Community Outreach - Lifelong Learning - Basic Computer Skills - Continuous Learning - Simulations - Continuing Education - Data Collection - Nurse Licensure Compact (Nlc) - Leadership - Clinical Reasoning - Communication - Neonatal Resuscitation Program (Nrp) Certification ## Benefits - Professional Development ## Related - [More jobs at MedStar Health](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/medstar-health?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Healthcare & Medicine jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/healthcare-and-medicine?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Nursing Leadership & Education jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/healthcare-and-medicine/nursing-leadership-and-education?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Clinical Nurse Educator jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/healthcare-and-medicine/nursing-leadership-and-education/clinical-nurse-educator?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [Hospitals and Health Care](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/healthcare/hospitals-and-health-care?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 385445 jobs - [Maryland](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/maryland?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 52275 jobs - [Baltimore, MD](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/maryland/baltimore?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 9237 jobs - [MedStar Health](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/medstar-health?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 1154 jobs ## Related pages - [Hospitals and Health Care](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/healthcare/hospitals-and-health-care?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 385445 jobs - [Maryland](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/maryland?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 52275 jobs - [Baltimore, MD](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/maryland/baltimore?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 9237 jobs - [MedStar Health](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/medstar-health?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 1154 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)