Education Coordinator, Inpatient - Acute Care

Texas Children's; Conroe (TX); Presencial; USD 85.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Texas Children's seeks an Education Coordinator - Inpatient to enhance unit operations and patient care through structured education and administrative support. You will coordinate orientation, training, competency development, preceptor support, and clinical education activities while continuing to provide direct patient care.

Responsibilities include designing orientation pathways, tracking progress, collaborating with leaders, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and outcomes in

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in nursing required.
• RN license required by Texas Board of Nursing or compact.
• Basic Life Support certification required (American Heart Association).
• Two years of clinical nursing experience required.
• One year of preceptor or educator experience preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Designs, implements, evaluates, and updates unit-based orientation pathways.
• Individualizes orientation plans and coordinates orientation/preceptor schedules.
• Monitors orientee progress and reports improvements to leaders.
• Teaches and develops staff for centralized courses and education planning.
• Identifies knowledge gaps using policies and regulatory standards.
• Develops and evaluates unit-specific training to address performance gaps.
• Tracks compliance with required training.
• Assesses staff development needs and plans for learning activities.
• Provides performance feedback and communicates safety concerns to leadership.
• Collaborates with practice council to address clinical development needs.
• Coordinates clinical experiences and orientations for students and faculty.
• Participates in quality-improvement initiatives and integrates findings.

Conocimientos

Education coordination

Staff training

Preceptor development

Healthcare administration

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Registered Nurse license

BLS certification

Descripción del empleo

At our company, our mission starts with our people. Guided by our HEART values of Humility, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Trust, we strive to create a workplace where teammates feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work every day. As Education Coordinator - Inpatient, you'll provide education and administrative support that helps ensure effective, efficient unit operations and high-quality patient care. You'll coordinate orientation, training, competency development, preceptor support, and clinical education activities while continuing to provide direct patient care.

Responsibilities

• Designs, implements, evaluates, and updates cost-effective, unit-based orientation pathways for each role
• Individualizes orientation plans to address staff learning needs and coordinates orientation and preceptor schedules
• Monitors orientee progress, reviews progress with orientees and leaders, and identifies opportunities to improve the orientation process
• Teaches, facilitates, or develops staff to participate in centralized courses and educational planning activities
• Identifies knowledge and skill gaps using policies, performance-improvement data, regulatory requirements, and accreditation standards
• Develops, implements, evaluates, and reports outcomes of required unit-specific training to address identified performance gaps
• Tracks and reports compliance with unit-based and organization-wide required training
• Assesses staff development needs and designs interactive, cost-effective learning activities for all shifts
• Provides individualized performance feedback and communicates competency, high-risk skill, and patient-safety concerns to leadership
• Collaborates with practice council members and leaders to develop, implement, and monitor plans that address clinical development needs
• Assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, evaluates, educates, and documents individualized, developmentally appropriate patient and family care
• Develops, implements, and sustains processes for preceptor orientation, development, coaching, support, and competency documentation
• Coordinates annual assessment and validation of unit-based and organization-wide high-risk skills
• Coordinates unit-based clinical experiences and orientations for students and faculty
• Participates in quality-outcomes and unit-based improvement initiatives and integrates improvement findings into educational offerings
• Adjusts schedules to support new-employee orientation, assumes on-call responsibilities as needed, and participates in hiring and selection activities
• Communicates unit, departmental, and organizational information as delegated by leadership

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in nursing required
• Registered Nurse license issued by the Texas Board of Nursing or through the Nursing Licensure Compact required
• Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association required
• Two years of clinical nursing experience required
• One year of preceptor or educator experience preferred