Title: Director, Professional Development & Innovation   

Location: Long Beach, CA

Department: Inservice Education

Status: Full-time

Shift: Days

Range: *$176,155.20 - $242,221.20 annually

At MemorialCare Health System, we believe in providing extraordinary healthcare to our communities and an exceptional working environment for our employees. MemorialCare stands for excellence in healthcare. Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation and teamwork.

Position Summary

The Director, Professional Development creates and sustains a culture of continuous learning, professional development, innovation, and nursing excellence that advances exceptional patient and family outcomes, workforce readiness, caregiver engagement, and organizational performance. The role provides strategic leadership for nursing education, professional development, professional practice, evidence-based practice, nursing research, innovation, and leadership development initiatives across the organization. Through collaboration with nursing, physician, operational, and executive leaders, the Director develops and implements strategies that strengthen clinical practice, workforce effectiveness, succession planning, professional governance, and innovation while supporting organizational and nursing strategic priorities.

• Develops and executes strategies for nursing education, professional development, innovation, professional practice, workforce development, and nursing excellence aligned with organizational goals and strategic priorities.
• Oversees nursing education programs, competency management, onboarding, transition-to-practice programs, continuing education, and leadership development initiatives.
• Leads professional practice, evidence-based practice, nursing research, and scholarly activities that advance clinical excellence, patient outcomes, and professional growth.
• Establishes structures that support professional governance, shared decision-making, leadership development, and succession planning across nursing services.
• Advances nursing excellence initiatives and professional recognition programs that support achievement of organizational quality, engagement, and professional practice goals.
• Cultivates a culture of inquiry, innovation, continuous improvement, inclusion, and lifelong learning throughout nursing services.
• Partners with academic institutions, professional organizations, and community stakeholders to strengthen workforce development and professional growth opportunities.
• Collaborates with clinical, operational, quality, informatics, and executive leaders to integrate evidence, innovation, technology, and best practices into care delivery and practice transformation initiatives.
• Utilizes data, outcomes, and performance metrics to evaluate program effectiveness and to drive strategic improvements in education, professional development, and professional practice outcomes.
• Directs departmental operations including planning, budgeting, resource allocation, staffing, and performance management to ensure achievement of organizational objectives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Placement in the pay range is based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, relevant years of experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for this role, including but not limited to, shift differentials, extra shift incentives, and bonus opportunities. Health and wellness is our passion at MemorialCare—that includes taking good care of employees and their dependents. We offer high quality health insurance plan options, so you can select the best choice for your family. And there’s more...Check out our MemorialCare Benefits for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications:

• Minimum 7 years’ progressive leadership experience in nursing education, professional development, workforce development, organizational effectiveness, or healthcare operations preferred.
• Minimum 5 years’ leadership experience with responsibility for strategic planning and program development preferred.

Education/Licensure/Certification:

• Master's degree in nursing, healthcare administration, education, organizational development, business administration, public health, or a related field required.
• Doctoral degree in nursing, education, healthcare administration, organizational leadership, or a related field required.
• Current California Registered Nurse (RN) license required.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Nursing Professional Development Certification (NPD-BC) preferred.