Professional Development Nurse (RN) - Heart & Vascular Unit

Position range in Grafton County $76k

• $101k Per Year Professional Development Nurse (RN)
• Heart & Vascular Unit Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Occupation:

Registered Nurses

Location:

Lebanon, NH

• 03766 Positions available: 1 Job #: 169235979

Source:

IntelyCare, Inc.

Posted:

03/06/2026

Web Site:

www.intelycare.com

Job Type:

Full Time (30 Hours or More) Job Requirements and Properties Work Onsite Full Time Schedule Full Time Job Description Help for Partial Job Description. Overview Professional Development Nurse (RN)

• Heart & Vascular Unit Monday
• Friday, 8:00am
• 5:00pm, Days Why this role? Join a centralized Nursing Education team aligned with the Chief Nursing Officer and Center for Nursing Excellence to mentor and grow nurses across their careers—through orientation, competency, preceptor excellence, and continuous professional development. These are just a few highlights of being a nurse at Dartmouth Health in New Hampshire.
• We have loan repayment up to $20,000
• We offer Relocation Assistance and a Housing Coordinator to take on the burden of finding a home.
• We have new, updated nursing rates
• We offer generous tuition reimbursement
• We have a very popular "earned time" plan
• We have extensive CEU/Training programs
• Our 8,000 ft Patient Safety and Training Simulation Center is state-of-the-art
• Our nurses serve as central figures in the success of our system through our shared governance nursing model
• We offer a rigorous, research-focused environment Why are we so unique?

We are a nationally recognized Academic Medical Center in the middle of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We understand that "quality of life" means different things to different people, but we are confident you will love it here as we have beautiful, rural and suburban housing options, world-class primary, secondary and graduate schools, hundreds of lakes, thousands of miles of hiking trails and some of the best skiing in the country. This means you can be a happy nurse with more quality time with friends, family, pets, or maybe just quiet hikes by yourself. Our idea of traffic is a line at the chair lift on the ski mountain. Read more about Dartmouth Hitchcock and why YOU should work here. Responsibilities

• 1. Orientation and Onboarding
• Coordinates and implements unit based orientation programs for nursing staff (RNs, LPNs, LNAs, patient care assistants, and others) new to DHMC or transferring to assigned unit
• Delivers training and ensures new staff competency regarding organizational systems, including, but not limited to, point of care testing, medication dispensing systems, electronic health record
• Assigns preceptors in collaboration with unit leadership
• 2. Competency Management
• Manages competencies for nursing staff on assigned unit
• Collaborates with unit leadership to identify appropriate competencies and ensure program is carried out in a timely and coordinated fashion
• Participates in the development of and implements staff competencies based on needs assessments, regulatory requirements, policy/procedure changes, new equipment and quality metrics
• 3. Education
• Conducts and participates in practice gap analysis and learning needs assessments
• Participates in the development of, implements and evaluates education programs related orientation, competency and continuing nursing education
• Demonstrates innovation within designated programs
• Integrates technology into educational programming
• Participates in the development of new educational programs as identified through needs assessment, gap analyses or regulatory requirements
• 4. Role Development
• Implements and maintains unit-based orientation programs for new to practice staff and staff transitioning from one specialty or role to another in alignment with accreditation criteria
• Participates in the development of and implements initial and ongoing preceptor development programs
• Supports succession planning
• Conducts career coaching
• Supports clinical advancement models
• 5. Collaboration
• Collaborates with other departments to facilitate high quality, cost effective patient care
• Participates in the development of and implements interprofessional education in collaboration with interprofessional colleagues
• Participates in interprofessional committees
• Supports and is a champion for excellence initiatives and shared governance
• 6. Inquire
• Participates in research, evidence-based practice and quality improvement initiatives
• Collects, analyzes and presents data related to educational programs Qualifications
• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required OR
• Non-nursing bachelor's degree AND Associate's Degree in Nursing with commensurate experience and matriculation into a Master's in Nursing program required
• 3 years of clinical experience in identified specialty.
• Excellent informatics, verbal and written communications skills desired
• Nursing Professional Development-Board Certified preferred within 1 year Additional Information Help for Additional Information. Required Licensure/Certifications
• Licensed Registered Nurse with NH eligibility
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required.