Clinical Onboarding Educator

Baptist-Health; Homewood (AL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Clinical Onboarding Educator to develop, standardize, and implement core education for new hires across facilities in Alabama. The role partners with clinical and operational leaders to ensure onboarding aligns with best practices and accreditation standards.

Responsibilities include designing curricula, delivering courses for nursing and allied staff, and coordinating timelines across units while monitoring outcomes and adjusting content to evolving site needs.

Qualifications

• Education/Training: Bachelors in nursing, education, or related field; Masters preferred.
• Experience: 5 years clinical nursing; 2 years education/onboarding experience.
• Proficiency with learning management systems and standard tools.

Responsibilities

• Designs and maintains standardized onboarding curricula for new hires.
• Delivers formal education to nursing, allied, and operational staff.
• Partners with site educators and leaders to identify learning needs.
• Coordinates onboarding plans and aligns content with standards.
• Evaluates program effectiveness and reports outcomes to stakeholders.
• Supports orientation and transition activities for new staff.

Skills

Adult learning principles

Curriculum development

Facilitation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Learning management systems

Office productivity tools

Job description

Position Summary

The Clinical Onboarding Educator supports onboarding initiatives by developing, standardizing, and implementing core education for new hires across assigned facilities and service lines. Partners with clinical, operational, and education leaders to ensure onboarding content aligns with best practices, organizational standards, and role-specific needs. Helps create scalable education programs, supports consistent application of core onboarding education, and assists with market-level implementation to ensure new team members transition safely and effectively into practice.

Responsibilities

• Designs and maintains standardized, evidence-based onboarding curricula for new hires across the assigned region.
• Provides general and specialty-specific education to prepare team members to be safe, efficient, and competent practitioners.
• Facilitates onboarding courses and delivers formal education to nursing, allied, and/or operational staff.
• Partners with site educators, leaders, and operational stakeholders to identify learning needs and close education gaps.
• Assist in implementing and reinforcing standardized core onboarding education for all staff.
• Support orientation and transition activities for newly hired staff as needed.
• Equips site PDPs and preceptors with training resources, facilitator guides, and coaching support to deliver standardized onboarding content with fidelity.
• Coordinates onboarding plans, timelines, and readiness activities across facilities, units, and role groups.
• Integrates adult learning principles and competency-based education into all program design and delivery.
• Monitors market trends, practice changes, and site educators feedback to adjust core onboarding content and specialty courses so they remain responsive to evolving site needs and best practice.
• Evaluates program effectiveness and reports continuing professional development data, trends, and outcomes to stakeholders.
• Develops critical thinking and clinical reasoning opportunities through curriculum, simulation, and consolidation-of-learning activities.
• Aligns onboarding content with organizational policy, regulatory requirements, and accreditation standards (e.g., Joint Commission, CMS, ANCC).
• Participates in committees and initiatives that influence organizational strategic priorities related to workforce development.
• Participates in professional development opportunities that enhance his/her effectiveness in the role.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Baptist Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Baptist Health policies and procedures.
• Serves as a resource and consultant to leaders and staff on onboarding processes, competency, and education standards.
• Develops supplementary learning materials, job aids, and reference tools to support onboarding.
• Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, patient rights, and standards of regulatory and accrediting agencies.
• Participates in process improvement and other education initiatives as assigned.
• Maintains compliance with all organizational policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education/Training • Bachelor\'s degree in nursing, education, or related field required. • Master\'s degree preferred. • Working knowledge of adult learning principles, curriculum development, and competency assessment frameworks. • Strong communication, facilitation, organization, and collaboration skills. • Proficiency with learning management systems and standard office productivity tools. • Strong communication, facilitation, organization, and collaboration skills required. • Ability to work independently while coordinating effectively with multiple stakeholders.
• Licensure/Certification • Maintains current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Alabama or valid eNLC multistate RN license. • BLS certification through the American Heart Association required. • Nursing Professional Development – Board Certified (NPD-BC) through ANCC preferred.
• Experience • Five (5) years of clinical experience in acute care nursing or healthcare are required. • Two (2) years of experience in staff education, onboarding, or professional development required. • Experience in a multi-site, market, or system-level education role preferred.