Acute Care Nurse Educator

Clinical Management Consultants; Washington; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Clinical Management Consultants is seeking an Acute Care Nurse Educator to join a community-focused hospital in northwest Washington. You will lead education across acute care nursing, support competency validation, orientation, and quality/safety initiatives while collaborating with clinical leaders and bedside teams.

This role offers autonomy within Nursing Education and Professional Development, visibility across the organization, and the opportunity to translate education into measurable

Job description

Bring your acute care expertise to an Acute Care Nurse Educator opportunity where meaningful patient impact, visible leadership support, technology-enabled practice, professional growth, and the quality of life found in northwest Washington come together in one compelling hospital career.

As an Acute Care Nurse Educator, you will join a community-focused medical center where your influence can reach nurses, patients, and interdisciplinary clinicians across the organization. The hospital’s focused scale supports accessible leadership, closer professional relationships, and the opportunity to translate education into measurable improvements in clinical confidence, workflow, safety, and care delivery. This is an appealing environment for an experienced nurse educator seeking autonomy, broad organizational impact, and a hospital-based nursing job where clinical judgment remains central to technology-supported practice.

Within Nursing Education and Professional Development, the Clinical Nurse Educator Acute Care will support learning across an under 100 bed acute care hospital that operates as a 24/7 Level III Trauma Center seeing more than 27,000 emergency department visits annually. That combination creates a dynamic educational setting shaped by emergency response, acute illness, trauma readiness, transitions of care, and competency needs across multiple clinical disciplines. The Acute Care Nurse Educator can expect meaningful visibility throughout the hospital while helping bedside teams build knowledge, strengthen readiness, and deliver consistent evidence-based care in a high-accountability environment.

The Acute Care Nurse Educator will work within the hospital’s nursing leadership structure and collaborate closely with clinical leaders, bedside nurses, physicians, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, therapists, technicians, case management, and other hospital professionals. Day-to-day priorities may include assessing learning needs, coordinating orientation, validating competencies, developing education, supporting preceptors, reinforcing policies and regulatory standards, and advancing quality and patient-safety initiatives. By remaining accessible to clinicians and responsive to real-time practice needs, the Clinical Nurse Educator Acute Care can help teams adopt improved workflows and clinical tools without losing the professional judgment essential to safe nursing care.

For an experienced RN ready to move beyond a traditional bedside position, the Acute Care Nurse Educator role offers a meaningful path into professional development and clinical leadership. The position can expand expertise in adult learning, competency assessment, evidence-based practice, simulation-informed education, change management, performance improvement, and interdisciplinary program development. Through mentoring, preceptor support, committee involvement, readiness initiatives, and collaboration with nursing leaders, the Clinical Nurse Educator Acute Care can build credentials for future advancement in education, quality, professional practice, or healthcare leadership.

Living and working as an Acute Care Nurse Educator in northwest Washington places Olympic Peninsula landscapes, mountain trails, forests, waterfront recreation, boating, and memorable weekend destinations within reach. Communities throughout the region offer a more grounded pace than central Seattle while retaining access to the Puget Sound corridor and its dining, arts, airport connections, and major events, including FIFA World Cup matches in Seattle during 2026. Housing and travel considerations vary by community, but professionals drawn to nature, smaller-city connection, and a career with visible local impact may find this Clinical Nurse Educator Acute Care opportunity especially rewarding.

The hospital offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package for the Acute Care Nurse Educator, with specific total-rewards details available during the recruitment process. Healthcare professionals exploring nursing education jobs, hospital careers, professional development roles, and clinical leadership opportunities in northwest Washington are encouraged to take the next step.