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Clinical Professional Development Specialist III - Progressive Care Units - RMC

Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Presbyterian Rust Medical Center Posted Oct 26, 2026
Full-time

About this role

Location Address:

2400 Unser Blvd SE Rio Rancho, NM 87124

Compensation Pay Range:

Minimum Offer $0.00 Maximum Offer $0.00

Summary:

*Serves as educator, consultant, researcher, instructional and evaluation designer, clinical practice expert, and interprofessional collaborator supporting the clinical development needs of staff throughout the PHS enterprise

*Supports the educational components of the organizations clinical initiatives and practices

How you grow, learn and thrive matters here.

  • Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
  • Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
  • Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
  • Malpractice liability insurance
  • Loan forgiveness through the  New Mexico Higher

Education

  • Department

  • EPIC electronic charting system

  • Type of Opportunity: Full time

  • FTE: 1.00

  • Job Exempt: Yes

  • Work Shift: Weekday Schedule Monday-Friday (United States of America)

  • Responsibilities:

Educator:

  • Provides educational activities based on learning needs assessments, utilizing the right instructional design, training delivery, learning technology, and evaluation methodology to provide learning opportunities with high impact.
  • *Independently drives learning / performance needs assessment
  • *Collaborates in the identification of target audience performance needs/gaps
  • *Defines the performance gap objectives and partners with management to achieve agreement on approach to bridge the gap
  • *Creates optimal, budget-conscious instructional design to achieve performance objectives
  • *Incorporates evidence-based data to structure instructional design and performance content
  • *Drives the implementation of educational content/program in collaboration with management and team members
  • *Builds the approach, deployment, collection, analysis and reporting of educational program effectiveness
  • *Designs new programs to meet organizational strategic objectives
  • *At the elbow support for team and clinical staff in informatics systems

Performance Evaluator:

  • Applies a systematic process for analyzing human performance or practice gaps and develops and implements a plan to effectively close the gaps.
  • *Builds and implements Levels 1-4 evaluation tools to measure satisfaction, learning, and transfer to performance based upon performance objectives
  • *Partners with management to assess clinical performance gaps and build remediation action plans

Clinical Practitioner:

  • Acts as a role model for high standards of practice, coaches to resolve practice issues or foster professional growth, and implements evidence-based practice changes to improve patient outcomes or enhance staff knowledge and skills.
  • *Role models and coaches in the moment at the point of care
  • *Role models highest specialty standards
  • *Mentors others in evidence-based-practice to enhance practice
  • *Organizes and deploys clinical practice leaders in partnership with management

Consultant / Collaborator:

  • Engages intra- and interprofessional groups in practice or process/workflow-related problem-solving through data analysis, development of an action plan, consensus and commitment building, and incorporation and evaluation of changes.
  • *Works and mentors team members within Clinical Education team and nursing management to accelerate clinical performance
  • *Initiates and/or supporting changes in practice through the clinical governance process
  • *Participates and leads in local, state and/or national committees, specialty groups

Researcher:

  • Incorporates a problem-solving approach to produce better patient and/or educational outcomes that incorporates the best evidence, is cost effective, acknowledges patient / learner knowledge, and results in more individualized, streamlined, effective and dynamic nursing care and/or education.
  • *Incorporates research into clinical practice; leads research projects
  • *Supports, builds, initiates new research to enhance practice
  • *May participate in the PHS Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Promise and CARES Commitment:

  • Supports, role models, champions, and integrates into assignments behaviors supporting The Promise and CARES Commitments

Specialty Role Focus:

  • Leads advanced clinical skills and critical thinking related to specialty practice if assigned to a specialty area and area of assignment

  • Qualifications:

  • Licensure: State of New Mexico or Compact State Nursing License Academic Preparation:

  • *Bachelors Degree in Nursing required; Master s Degree in Nursing, Nursing Education, Education, Instructional Design, Business, Leadership, Informatics, Administration or equivalent degree required.

  • Specialty Certifications: Specialty certification in nursing, informatics, education or equivalent certification preferred

Professional Requirements/Emergency Response: Maintains current training in following:

  • *BLS

  • *ACLS, PALS, NRP, TNCC, and other emergency response certification may be required depending upon area of assignment

  • Experience: Minimum At least 3 years of clinical care expertise required in clinical specialty

  • We're all about well-being, starting with yours.

  • Presbyterian employees have access to a fun, engaging and unique wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges and more.

  • Learn more about our employee benefits.

  • About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

  • Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

  • Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

  • AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.

  • Compensation Disclaimer

  • The compensation range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience and training, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.

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