Nursing Professional Development Specialist – Howley Aspire Nurse Scholar Program
8:00am-4:00pm/4:00pm-8:00pm Cleveland, OH US June 13, 2025
Cleveland Clinic’s Nursing Education team is looking to add a Nursing Professional Development Specialist (NPDS) to its talented and compassionate team of caregivers. This position plays a vital role in educating entry-level nursing support caregivers by ensuring that they provide safe, high-quality patient care. By serving entry-level nursing support caregivers, NPDSs in this role can positively impact caregiver's career trajectory within Cleveland Clinic and patient outcomes.
The Howley ASPIRE Nurse Scholars Program is an enrichment program sponsored by Cleveland Clinic and The Howley Foundation in collaboration with Ursuline College Breen School of Nursing. This enrichment program is designed for high school juniors interested in pursuing a career in nursing. The Howley ASPIRE Nurse Scholars Program focuses on providing participants with career information and critical skill sets to support their matriculation through higher education, nursing school, and beyond.
This program will offer instruction to high school juniors to develop their understanding of a nursing career. Students can expect to be enlightened on, but not limited to:
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Profession of Nursing
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Relationship Based Care
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Personal Brand
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Simulation Skills Lab Experience
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Health Literacy/Health Care Disparities
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CPR Certification
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Shadow Experience
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Healthcare & Technology
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Diversity & Cultural Competence
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Nursing and the Community
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Research and Evidenced Based Practice
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Professional Communication/Presentation Skills
A caregiver in this position works Day/Evening/Weekend, from 8:00am—4:30pm. This position is hybrid. Currently 3 days onsite, and 2 days remote. Saturdays included and 2 evenings a month from 4 -7:30.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
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Design, direct, implement, and evaluate educational offerings based on knowledge, skills and learning levels of nursing staff.
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Identify learning needs and desires of nursing personnel.
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Develop and utilize appropriate evaluation systems to determine the effectiveness of educational activities.
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Consult with individuals within the Nursing Institute and Ambulatory Nursing, Cleveland Clinic and the community regarding professional nursing practice and roles.
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Assist in the development of department specific orientation and competencies.
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Assist departments in orientation of staff.
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Develop and maintain a cataloging system for tracking and retrieval of all available teaching-learning resources.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
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Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
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Current state licensure as Registered Nurse (RN).
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Two years of recent nursing experience with demonstrated clinical expertise to include clinical nursing experience, preceptor, BCLS or ACLS instructor.
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Knowledge of education methodology such as needs assessment, curriculum development, instructional design, and principles of adult learning.
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Presentation skills.
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
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Master's degree (Master’s degree in Nursing with a non-nursing Bachelor’s degree is acceptable).
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Certification in specialty.
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Physical Requirements:
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Requires full range of motion; manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
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Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.
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Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
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Requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
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Light Work – Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.
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Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.
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Note: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.
Personal Protective Equipment:
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Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
