Clinical Educator - System Adult Trauma

St. Luke's Health System; Boise (ID); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke’s Health System seeks an experienced System Adult Trauma Clinical Educator to lead education across our health system. The role supports a hybrid model, developing programs and hands-on training to improve care for trauma patients.

Working with nursing education teams and clinical departments, you will implement competency validation and performance improvements across units including ICU, telemetry, ED, and perioperative services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing is required.
• Current RN license is required.
• Minimum of four years’ experience in trauma, critical care, emergency nursing, or related acute care.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of trauma education across the health system.
• Create targeted educational programs, hands-on skills training, and competency validation.
• Implement performance improvement initiatives to enhance trauma care.
• Collaborate with leaders and educators across departments to tailor learning.
• Support a hybrid trauma education model and ensure ongoing staff readiness.

Skills

Staff development

Clinical education

Precepting

Mentoring

Presentation skills

Facilitation

Relationship-building

Project leadership

Simulation-based education

Trauma verification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Job description

Position Summary

The System Adult Trauma Program is seeking an experienced and innovative System Adult Trauma Clinical Educator to lead the development and delivery of trauma education across our health system. This role will support a hybrid trauma education model designed to enhance trauma competency, improve patient outcomes, and deliver specialty-specific education that meets the unique needs of inpatient caregivers.

Working closely with trauma program leadership, nursing education teams, and clinical departments, the Trauma Clinical Educator will create and implement targeted educational programs, hands‑on skills training, competency validation processes, and performance improvement initiatives that support excellence in the care of injured patients throughout the continuum of care.

About the Role

A comprehensive evaluation of trauma education identified opportunities to improve staff knowledge, confidence, and preparedness when caring for trauma patients. While Trauma Care After Resuscitation (TCAR) provided a strong foundational knowledge base, ongoing feedback from leaders and educators highlighted the need for more specialty-focused and unit-specific education.

This position is a key investment in building internal trauma education expertise and creating sustainable, relevant learning experiences tailored to the unique needs of intensive care, telemetry, medical‑surgical, emergency, perioperative, and specialty care teams.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing required.

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license.

• Minimum of four years’ experience, strongly prefer trauma, critical care, emergency nursing, or related acute care experience.

Preferred:

• Experience in staff development, clinical education, precepting, or mentoring

• Strong presentation, facilitation, and relationship‑building skills.

• Demonstrated ability to lead projects and influence practice changes across multiple departments/locations.

• Experience with simulation‑based education and competency assessment.

• Previous involvement with trauma verification, accreditation, or performance improvement programs.

At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission - and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.