Acute Care Nurse Educator

Clinical Management Consultants; Fayetteville (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Clinical Management Consultants seeks an Acute Care Nurse Educator for a coastal North Carolina hospital, offering meaningful clinical impact, visible leadership support, and ongoing professional growth with modern healthcare technology.

The educator will develop and deliver education, validate competencies, mentor staff, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient safety, quality care, and workflow efficiency.

Job description

Make your 2026 career move count as an Acute Care Nurse Educator, combining meaningful clinical impact, visible leadership support, professional growth, modern healthcare technology, and the coastal quality of life that selective nursing professionals value.

This healthcare organization offers the Acute Care Nurse Educator the reach of an established acute care hospital with a strong commitment to safe practice, quality outcomes, and clinician development. Experienced nurses considering hospital careers will find an environment where education directly strengthens bedside confidence, interdisciplinary coordination, workflow efficiency, and the patient experience. Technology and evidence-based resources support—not replace—clinical judgment, giving the Clinical Educator Acute Care an influential voice in preparing teams for evolving standards of care.

Within Clinical Education, the Acute Care Nurse Educator will support professional development across an over 100-bed acute care facility recognized with awards for patient safety and quality patient care. This educator can expect a varied, high-impact setting shaped by the learning needs of nurses and other hospital-based clinicians across departments, experience levels, and shifts. By connecting competency development, practical coaching, regulatory education, onboarding, and evidence-based practice, the Clinical Educator Acute Care will help clinicians translate knowledge into safer, more consistent care.

Working in partnership with Clinical Education leadership and operational stakeholders, the Clinical Educator Acute Care will assess learning needs, develop and deliver education, validate competencies, support orientation, mentor preceptors, and coordinate initiatives tied to patient safety, quality improvement, regulatory readiness, and clinical practice standards. The role is well suited to an experienced registered nurse with a strong acute care foundation and demonstrated interest in education, precepting, staff development, or performance improvement. Rather than working in isolation, the Acute Care Nurse Educator will collaborate with bedside nurses, nursing leaders, physicians, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, therapists, technicians, case management, and other clinical professionals to solve practice gaps and make education relevant to daily workflow.

For a nurse ready to move beyond task-based education, this Acute Care Nurse Educator opportunity offers a platform to lead change, expand specialty knowledge, strengthen presentation and curriculum-development skills, and influence care across the hospital. Opportunities may include advancing simulation and competency programs, supporting shared learning initiatives, participating in committees, coaching emerging leaders, and contributing to evidence-based practice and performance improvement. The Clinical Educator Acute Care can build a compelling path toward broader professional development, nursing leadership, quality, or healthcare management roles while remaining closely connected to frontline clinical practice.

Life outside the hospital adds another reason to consider this Clinical Educator Acute Care position in southern coastal North Carolina. The region offers access to beaches, boating, fishing, golf, nature preserves, and relaxed weekend destinations, along with local seafood, community festivals, and convenient connections to larger coastal cities. Compared with dense metropolitan markets, many professionals appreciate the area’s less congested pace and range of housing choices, while major coastal celebrations such as the North Carolina Azalea Festival provide an easy seasonal getaway. For candidates exploring North Carolina nursing jobs, healthcare careers, and medical center jobs, the Acute Care Nurse Educator role pairs professional purpose with room to enjoy life beyond work.

The hospital offers the Acute Care Nurse Educator competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package, with complete total-rewards details available during the recruitment process. This is an opportunity to bring clinical credibility, creativity, and a passion for developing others to a hospital that values patient safety, quality care, and professional growth.