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Nursing Professional Development Specialist

American Nurses Association ANA

Silver Spring, MD 20910 • $83,000 to $104,000 / yr • 10/15/2026

Healthcare , Professional

Job Description

Job Description

Career Title: Nursing Professional Development Specialist

Department:ANCC CNO

Salary:Competitive salary commensurate with experience

FLSA:Exempt

Note:Union dues are 1.44% of bi-weekly pay as a member of the Baltimore-Washington News Guild.

Career Summary:

The American Nurses Enterprise (ANE) is seeking an innovative and collaborative Nursing Professional Development Specialist to help advance high-quality learning and professional development opportunities for nurses.In this role, you will assess needs and design, implement, manage, and evaluate professional development products and educational content that support ANE and its subsidiaries. Guided by ANE’s strategic priorities, you will contribute to credentialing and programmatic initiatives, with a particular focus on developing and advancing micro-credentialing programs that recognize targeted knowledge and skills. You will serve as the primary lead for assigned educational products and services, partnering with colleagues across the enterprise to deliver relevant, high-quality learning experiences for nurses and other key stakeholders.

Join the American Nurses Enterprise (ANE) and be part of the team building a healthy world through The Power of Nurses. Our goals are to (1) Elevate the Profession of Nursing Globally

(2) Evolve the Practice of Nursing to Improve Health, Health Care, and Health Equity and (3) Ensure the Professional Success of Nurses. Our core values: Trusted, Inclusive, Innovative and Empowered guide everything we do. We are committed to creating a supportive and dynamic workplace where employees can thrive.

We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexible work arrangements and generous paid time off. Our modern office spaces are designed to foster collaboration and creativity. The collaborative culture and supportive team environment make ANE a great place to grow your career.

What You Will Do:

Assessment:

  • Systematically collects and analyzes educational and product data aligned with organizational priorities.

Diagnosis:

  • Analyzes assessment data to identify practice gaps and collaborates with stakeholders for validation.
  • Prioritizes and analyzes practice gaps in alignment with organizational goals. Outcomes Identification:
  • Identifies desired outcomes for education plans aligned with assessment and practice gap analysis.
  • Defines and documents measurable outcomes, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

Planning:

  • Leads design processes to address practice gaps.
  • Assesses communication needs of learners, applying adult learning concepts.
  • Designs inclusive and culturally sensitive NPD activities.
  • Establish collaborative plans for achieving outcomes.
  • Plans for potential barriers at various levels of implementation.

Implementation:

  • Implement plans with judgment and innovative solutions.
  • Engages learners in educational activities, evaluating strategy effectiveness.

Evaluation:

  • Creates processes for stakeholder involvement in evaluation.
  • Utilizes valid methods to measure behavior change and impact.
  • Uses evaluation results for research and process improvements.

Collaboration and Communication:

  • Demonstrates ethical decision-making and fosters effective working relationships.
  • Collaborates with staff across the ANCC in conjunction and under the guidance of the ANA Accredited Provider (Accreditation and Continuing Nursing Education) to develop high-quality educational programs, products, and services. the enterprise to facilitate teamwork.
  • Utilizes negotiation skills for collaborative partnerships and resource acquisition.
  • Assesses and improves communication skills continuously.
  • Represents the division at national conferences and trade shows. Develops and delivers presentations at relevant local, state, regional & national me

Professional Development:

  • Engages in continuous professional development to enhance role performance.
  • Acquires knowledge and skills relevant to the specialty area.
  • Utilizes environmental scanning for personal professional development needs.

What you bring to the American Nurses Enterprise:

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) required.
  • MSN Preferred.

Certificates, licenses and registrations required:

  • NPD-BC or equivalent advanced certification or must be eligible or obtain certification within one year of employment
  • Unencumbered RN license

Related Work Experience

  • 2 years of experience in nursing professional development or education (3 or more years preferred).
  • Micro-credentialling experience preferred.

Computer skills required:

  • Excellent knowledge of Microsoft word, PowerPoint and Excel with strong willingness to learn new technologies as needed.
  • Ability to understand and discuss technical platform concepts related to content delivery including learning management systems (LMS).

Other skills required:

  • Knowledge of distribution modes supporting content delivery, web accessible and mobile applications, LMS platforms with a global view of evolving customer needs.
  • Experience in related duties with responsibility for educational content development/programming in health care, nursing continuing education programs, or consulting services. A minimum of 1 year of experience managing and leading a cross-functional project team to meet aggressive goals with high judgment applied on how products are prioritized and developed.

What ANE Offers You:

Join us and support more than 5 million Registered Nurses in the United States.

Every role within ANE contributes to a healthier world through The Power of Nurses.

An opportunity to help transform a 130-year-old organization to meet the future needs and demands within Health Care.

Be a role model for embracing and empowering the uniqueness of every employee.

Continuously innovating through creative and strategic initiatives.

Exceptional benefits including but not limited to 401K retirement contributions of up to 7%, generous PTO which includes the week-off between Dec 25 and Jan 1, in addition to Personal Days-off, 11 paid Holidays, excellent health/medical benefits, and much more.

Commitment to your career development and advancement through ANE learning and development programs (internally and externally).

Work Schedule:

Hybrid employees must work a minimum of 20% in the office.

Location:

ANE Headquarters office located at: 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 500, Silver Spring, MD 20906

Learn more about the American Nurses Enterprise:

https://www.nursingworld.org/ana-enterprise-jobs/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-nurses-association

The American Nurses Enterprise:

Founded in 1896, the American Nurses Enterprise is the family of nonprofit organizations that comprise of the American Nurses Association (ANA), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the American Nurses Foundation (ANF).