Clinical Educator - Critical Care - Full time

Texas Health Resources; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

PTO

Medical

Dental

Paid Parental Leave

Flex spending

Tuition reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment Program

Job summary

Texas Health Resources invites a Clinical Educator - Critical Care to join our Plano campus. This role partners with leadership to design, implement, and deploy specialty nursing education across the system, focusing on critical care and related disciplines.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a Master’s preferred, and at least 1 year of staff development plus 3 years clinical experience (2 in specialty) or 2 years in clinical education. RN licensure required at hire.

Qualifications

• RN license required upon hire.
• 1 year staff development or adult education experience required.
• 3 years clinical experience including 2 years in area of specialty or 2 years in clinical education department required.

Responsibilities

• Designs and implements clinical skill/competency development solutions.
• Partners in onboarding programs, transitions, and continuing education deployment.
• Provides clinical coaching to staff to adopt new practices and tools.
• Serves as a clinical skill development consultant to management and committees.

Skills

RN license

Staff development

Clinical education

Nursing leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Master's in Nursing/Education (preferred)

Job description

Clinical Educator - Critical Care - Full time

Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together

Work location: Texas Health Plano - 6200 W Parker rd, Plano, Texas 75093

Work hours: Full time from Monday - Friday from 8am - 5p

Department highlights:

• Strong Team Atmosphere
• Opportunity to advance nursing professional practice across the healthcare system
• Collaborative environment

Here’s What You Need

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing required
• Masters Degree in nursing, education or related field preferred
• 1 year staff development or adult education experience required and
• 3 years clinical experience including 2 years in area of specialty or 2 years in the clinical education department required
• RN - registered Nurse upon hire required

What You Will Do

The clinical educator works within a specialized discipline to partners with leadership in the design of relevant education, as well as partner in the integration and deployment of that education across the system. This role is intended to be a specialist within one or two disciplines of nursing, allied health, or related specialty areas.

Program Design, Development, and Implementation

• Partners in the development and implementation of clinical skill/competency development solutions, in service of the unit, department, entity/system high risk/low volume activity.
• Develops and implements clinical skills development solutions for changes in clinical practice, including documentation.
• Partners in development and implementation of onboarding programs, transition residency programs, clinical academic partnership placement, continuing education deployment, safety training across the organization.

Change Management

• Helps move clinical staff through changes by partnering in the adoption of new clinical practices on the unit.
• Provide clinical coaching to staff in order to drive adoption of new tools.

Consulting

• Serves as a clinical skill development consultant to management for assigned client groups: discusses and identifies skill development needs and participates in the evaluation and monitoring of competency development programs, life support programs, onboarding program needs, and processes as well as continuing education efforts.
• Serves on entity level root cause analysis teams, conducts board of nursing investigation practices, partners with Unit Based Councils, and serves on NCAP committee (as appropriate).

Competency & Accreditation Support

• Maintains documentation for clinical competencies and supports accreditation readiness.
• Collaborates with coordinators to ensure proper storage and tracking of competency records.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Communicates regularly with clinical teams and leadership to assess satisfaction, identify gaps, and troubleshoot educational challenges.
• Builds strong relationships across departments to foster a culture of learning and excellence.

Additional perks of being a Clinical Educator

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.
• At Texas Health, our people make this a great place to work every day. Our inclusive, supportive, people-first, excellence-driven culture make Texas Health a great place to work.
• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

Texas Health requires a resume when an application is submitted. Employment opportunities are only reflective of wholly owned Texas Health Resources entities.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employees or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.