Educator RN Perioperative

CommonSpirit Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 122,531 - 186,410; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking an Educator, RN in Periop to guide staff development and ensure educational initiatives align with perioperative goals. You will act as educator, facilitator, change agent, and researcher to advance patient outcomes.

This role covers Trauma ORs in Northridge, CA, and St Mary, requiring collaboration with interdisciplinary teams and ongoing leadership engagement to drive outcomes and safety initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in staff education and competency development.
• Ability to assess learning needs and plan educational activities.
• Strong teamwork with perioperative and leadership teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess educational needs through formal and informal methods with Perioperative teams.
• Conduct annual educational needs assessments and present plans to leadership.
• Evaluate projects and report progress to leadership.
• Collaborate to implement perioperative safety initiatives and patient safety projects.
• Report status to Chief nurses and risk management leaders.
• Review data to ensure compliance with safety initiatives and policies.
• Support rollout of safety projects and provide training.
• Develop and facilitate learning opportunities and drills.

Skills

Staff development

Educational assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

Job description

Overview

As our Educator, RN in Periop, you will serve as a consultant/resource professional by providing staff development expertise as an educator, facilitator, change agent, leader, and researcher, ensuring educational initiatives are strategically aligned with the Perioperative department’s operational goals.

Support development of direct‑care nurses and foster nursing excellence through new knowledge and evidence‑based practice. Facilitate educational processes including assessment, development, planning, implementation, and evaluation of competency assessment, continuing education, and leadership development.

Serve as a role model for professional behavior and demonstrate effective collaboration with an interdisciplinary team to advance patient outcomes.

This position will cover the Trauma ORs at Northridge, California, and St Mary.

Responsibilities

• Assess educational needs through formal and informal methods in consultation with Perioperative Management teams and staff.
• Conduct educational needs assessment annually, presenting findings and proposed educational plans to the Perioperative leadership team for feedback and approval.
• Evaluate educational projects based on system needs and agreed outcome criteria, communicating progress to leadership.
• Collaborate with market leaders of Perioperative Services to ensure 100% implementation of perioperative safety initiatives and other identified patient safety projects.
• Report status of perioperative safety initiatives to Chief nurses, Directors of Emergency Services, Patient Safety, and Clinical Risk Management leadership.
• Review data and processes to evaluate compliance with perioperative safety initiatives, regulatory requirements, and hospital policies.
• Support market in roll‑out of perioperative safety projects and goals, reporting results and providing necessary training.
• Develop, implement, and facilitate learning opportunities and drills for the perioperative departments, including topics such as Mock Codes, disaster preparedness, and critical incident simulations.

Qualifications

• Current and active California Registered Nurse license
• 3‑5 years of clinical experience
• Bachelor of Nursing
• AHA Basic Life Support
• AHA Basic Life Support Instructor (BLS‑I)

Benefits

Pay Range: $58.94 – $89.62 per hour