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Registered Nurse - (RN) Nursing Professional Development Generalist

Advocate Health · Oak Lawn, IL · $41.10–$61.65 an hour · Full time

Posted Sep 21, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 22, 2026

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About your past

Monday to Friday, forty hours. How does that fit your life after working shifts?

What they are checking: The posting states the schedule, and moving off shifts is a real change for a nurse.

What would you do

How do you support a nurse moving into a new role?

What they are checking: The posting names role transition, role integration and skill acquisition.

How do you work with operational leadership who want education to fix a staffing problem?

What they are checking: The posting names collaborating with system and operational leadership on education needs.

How do you teach experienced nurses who think they already know it?

What they are checking: The permanent difficulty of nursing professional development.

About the work

Tell me about designing and running an orientation programme for new nurses.

What they are checking: The posting names developing, coordinating, facilitating and evaluating orientation.

How do you find out what a unit actually needs to learn rather than what it says it needs?

What they are checking: The posting names designing activities to address identified practice gaps.

How do you assess whether someone is genuinely competent at something?

What they are checking: The posting names competency management using tools capturing objective and subjective data.

What adult learning principles do you actually use when you build a session?

What they are checking: The posting names adult learning principles in planning, design, implementation and evaluation.

How do you know whether education changed anything at the bedside?

What they are checking: The measurement question, which most education functions avoid.

Tell me about your own clinical background and how current it is.

What they are checking: Credibility with bedside nurses rests on it.

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The full job description

As published by Advocate Health.

Department: 34026 Advocate Christ Medical Center - Nursing Professional Development and Education Status: Full time Benefits Eligible: Yes Hou rs Per Week: 40 Schedule Details/Additional Information: 40 hrs M-F Pay Range: $41.10 - $61.65 Major Responsibilities: • Supports the orientation process by developing, coordinating, facilitating, conducting and evaluating orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel. • Assists with competency management, which includes using tools that capture objective and subjective data regarding an individual’s knowledge base and actual performance. • Designs educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences in consultation with a Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Specialist. • Utilizes best practice standards including adult learning principles in the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of educational activities in order to facilitate the achievement of desired outcomes (for learners). • Provides strategies to facilitate a continuous process of lifelong learning which may include role transition, role integration, skill acquisition, and mastery as learners advance from novice to expert in their professions and specialties. • Collaborates with system and operational leadership to meet the education needs of the site and nursing departments. • Adjusts materials and teaching strategies appropriate to the situation and the learner’s developmental level, learning needs, readiness, ability to learn, language preference, and culture. Implementation reflects awareness of scope of practice of different employees and disciplines. Uses assisted aids/technologies as needed to meet learners needs. • Evaluates and analyzes the impact of programming on learners, organizational resources, and patient outcomes and makes adjustments in consultation with an NPD Specialist as needed. • Establishes and implements appropriate evaluation tools and methodologies to identify needs or gaps in the knowledge, skills, and competencies of nursing personnel to advance the practice of nursing in consultation with an NPD Specialist as needed. • Develops and supports education needs based on specialty or department in collaboration with regional and system teams. • Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards. Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required: • Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices, and Education Required: • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing. Experience Required: • Typically requires 3 years of experience in front line nursing. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required: • Excellent written and oral communications including strong presentation/speaking skills. • Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, planning and problem solving skills. • Critical thinking and analytical skills. • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: • Generally exposed to a normal office environment. • Must have functional speech, hearing, and senses to allow effective communication. • Position requires travel, may be exposed to road and weather hazards. • Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job. This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties. Our Commitment to You: Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including: Compensation • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job • Incentive pay for select positions • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance Benefits and more • Paid Time Off programs • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs • Educational Assistance Program Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview. About Advocate Health Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.