Clinical Education Specialist, Transformative Therapeutics

Children's Hospital Colorado; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 108,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation benefits

Annual bonus program

Job summary

Children's Hospital Colorado is seeking a Clinical Education Specialist to advance pediatric clinical education across Transformative Therapeutics and Clinical Translational Research. The role emphasizes onboarding, staff development, and evidence-based practice within a dynamic, research-forward environment.

The CES will drive competency, orientation, and scholarly inquiry initiatives, partnering with unit leadership to ensure safe, effective patient care and professional development for

Qualifications

• BSN or MSN with post-master's certification in education.
• Five years of clinical pediatric experience.
• Current Colorado RN license and BLS/CPR certification.
• ANCC or Magnet-approved certification.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, coordinates, facilitates onboarding and orientation for licensed and unlicensed staff.
• Demonstrates leadership to build partnerships across the system.
• Assess learning needs and plan, develop, implement, and evaluate clinical education programs and outcomes.
• Ensure competency assessment, documentation, and record keeping for team members.
• Mentor and develop preceptors to enhance learning experiences for new hires.
• Serve as a nurse planner, designer, and educator for unit education programs.
• Promote inter-disciplinary communication and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Guide and teach staff to advance patient care and nursing practice.
• Support quality improvement, regulatory, and patient safety standards.

Skills

Education design

Adult learning theory

Scholarly inquiry

Mentoring

Education

BSN

MSN with post-master's education cert

Job description

Job Overview

The Clinical Education Specialist (CES) utilizes nursing arts and sciences, child development, education, psychosocial, and cultural theories to facilitate the delivery of comprehensive clinical care to patients and families at the unit level. They work independently, and in partnership with unit leadership and colleagues across departments. The CES provides expertise in education, educational design, adult learning theory, and scholarly inquiry. Major role responsibilities include competency management, education, role development, orientation/onboarding, research/EBP/QI, and collaborative partnerships.

The Transformative Therapeutics team at Children's Hospital Colorado is advancing the future of pediatric care through innovative therapies, including gene therapy, cell therapy, personalized medicines, and other complex treatment modalities. Working in close partnership with the Clinical Translational Research Center (CTRC) and research teams across the organization, the department supports the safe implementation of clinical trials, novel therapeutics, and emerging treatment protocols. The team also supports therapeutic apheresis services, a specialized procedure used to collect, modify, or remove blood components as part of treatment and research initiatives. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, education, quality oversight, and process standardization, the department helps ensure the safe, effective delivery of cutting‑edge therapies while advancing a culture of excellence in pediatric research and precision medicine.
The Clinical Education Specialist is in support of Clinical Research and Transformative Therapeutics (gene therapy, cell therapy and medications with complex administration).

Additional Information

• Department
• Transformative Therapeutics and Clinical Translational Research
• Position Status
  Full‑time, eligible for benefits
• Shift
  Days, Monday-Friday
• Salary Information
  Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.
  Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $108,198.40 to $162,297.60
• Eligible Incentives
  Relocation benefits for eligible candidates moving 100 miles or greater

Duties & Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, coordinates, facilitates, and evaluates onboarding and orientation programs for licensed and unlicensed team members to ensure they are prepared to practice safely and independently.
• Demonstrates leadership through team building, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills to build partnerships across the system.
• Assess learning needs, incorporating adult learning principles, engaging learning strategies, and utilizing scholarly inquiry to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate clinical education programs and outcomes to optimize patient care delivery and for team member's ongoing clinical professional development.
• Ensures assessment, documentation, and record keeping of team members' clinical competency.
• Mentors, develops, and evaluates preceptors to enhance learning experiences for all new hires.
• Serves as a nurse planner, designer, and educator for unit clinical education programs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of effective communication principles and promotes communication among disciplines.
• Facilitates learning outcomes through innovative partnerships.
• Demonstrates skillful guidance and teaching of team members to advance the care of patients, families, and the profession of nursing.
• Supports quality improvement standards; regulatory standards; patient safety standards; error prevention tools, methodologies, technologies and resources.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degrees
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
  • Master's of Science in Nursing (MSN) or equivalent with post-master's certification in education
• Experience
  • Five (5) years of clinical pediatric experience
• Licenses & Certifications
  • BLS/CPR from the American Heart Association with at least 6 months left before expiration is required upon hire
  • American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or Magnet approved certification.
  • Current Colorado RN License

Benefits Information

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job‑related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

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