Critical Care Nurse Educator: Elevate Practice & Education

HCA Healthcare; Georgetown (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

HCA Healthcare seeks a Nurse Educator at St. David's Round Rock Medical Center in Round Rock, TX. This full-time, onsite role supports nursing education, onboarding, and competency development across licensed and non-licensed staff.

The educator leads evidence-based programs, collaborates with clinical leadership, and advances professional practice while fostering lifelong learning and patient care improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing required.
• Master’s degree in nursing preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in clinical education, CSC, academia or leadership preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in acute care hospital preferred.
• Currently licensed as an RN in the state of practice or has an active compact state license required.
• Nationally Recognized Specialty certification preferred.
• Basic Life Saving (BLS) required.
• Ability to Travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the development, coordination, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating onboarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.
• Provides orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention.
• Collaborates with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to adjust the program based on evaluation results.
• Participates in the development, coordination, and management of facilitating, conducting, and evaluating competency.
• Designs and identifies educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, including licensed and non-licensed healthcare personnel, in alignment with HCA and division clinical education request and development processes.
• Develops activities to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skill and practice. Plans educational content delivery that encourages learner engagement.
• Promotes and integrates the EBP in order to continuously improve practice. Conducts, encourages, facilitates, and/or participates in research, EBP, and QI in patient care settings.
• Identifies and develops strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning.
• Utilizes novice-to-expert continuum when developing staff. Identifies and provides opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery.

Skills

Critical Care

Travel up to 25%

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Master’s degree in nursing

RN licensure in state or compact state

Tools

BLS Certification

Nationally Recognized Specialty certification

Job description

HCA Healthcare seeks a Nurse Educator at St. David's Round Rock Medical Center in Round Rock, TX. This full-time, onsite role supports nursing education, onboarding, and competency development across licensed and non-licensed staff.

The educator leads evidence-based programs, collaborates with clinical leadership, and advances professional practice while fostering lifelong learning and patient care improvements.