Emergency Dept Clinical Nurse Educator: Elevate Care

Baptist Health; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Pet Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Paid Time Off

Bereavement Leave

PTO Buyback

PTO Donation

Employee Support Fund

Retirement with Company Match

Job summary

Baptist Health Lexington is seeking an Emergency Dept Clinical Nurse Educator to lead education, orientation, and competency verification across the department, promoting patient safety and high‑quality care through evidence‑based practice.

The full‑time, day shift collaborates with nursing leadership, educators, HR, and staff to coach preceptors, assess educational needs, and integrate research into clinical guidelines.

Qualifications

• Current RN license or work permit in Kentucky.
• Three (3) years of acute care experience in the designated specialty within the last five (5) years.
• BSN from accredited nursing program.
• Certification as Professional Development Specialist (PDS) preferred.
• Basic Life Support certification.
• ACLS/PALS/NRP/TNCC/ENPC certifications as required by department of assignment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with department directors, nursing staff, and others to identify unit-specific educational needs.
• Collaborates with other educators to prevent redundancies of educational efforts.
• Collaborates with human resources department, nurse educators, professional development specialists, clinical nurse specialists, and department directors to facilitate the unit/hospital orientation program for area of responsibility.
• Provides ongoing support and coaching to preceptors and/or new employees.
• Assesses educational needs through a variety of methods, both formal and informal, for orientation, in-service education and continuing education to preceptors, new employees, and experienced staff.
• Demonstrates ability to teach programs using adult learning principles, professional presentation skills, and quality audiovisual aids and handout materials.
• Evaluates achievement of learning objectives.
• Facilitates attainment of necessary or desired educational credit from accreditation bodies for a given professional category and submits required documentation after the program.
• Participates in patient care delivery.
• Participates indirectly in the delivery of patient care in area of specialization.
• Acts as a resource for staff in locating answers to questions, best evidence, current policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Provides clinical consultation.
• Participates in research/evidence-based practice.
• Incorporates research findings and best practice findings into the development of clinical practice guidelines/standards/policies.

Skills

Collaboration

Clinical coaching

Adult learning

Education leadership

Education

BSN degree

RN license in Kentucky

PDS certification preferred

Job description

Baptist Health Lexington is seeking an Emergency Dept Clinical Nurse Educator to lead education, orientation, and competency verification across the department, promoting patient safety and high‑quality care through evidence‑based practice.

The full‑time, day shift collaborates with nursing leadership, educators, HR, and staff to coach preceptors, assess educational needs, and integrate research into clinical guidelines.