Med/Surg Nurse Educator: Educate, Onboard & Elevate Care

HCA Healthcare; Myrtle Beach (SC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription, dental, vision

Education support and tuition

401(k) with company match

Wellbeing and counseling

Paid time off

Job summary

Grand Strand Medical Center is seeking a Nurse Educator for the Med/Surg unit to lead evidence-based educational programs and advance professional practice. You will design onboarding activities, promote retention, and collaborate with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to improve outcomes.

You will develop competency measures, address practice gaps, and drive lifelong learning across licensed and non-licensed staff while incorporating EBP and QI initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing is required.
• Master’s degree in nursing is 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.
• Experience in a Med/Surg environment.
• 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

Clinical education

Onboarding design

EBP integration

QI initiatives

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Master's degree in nursing (preferred)

RN license (state or compact)

Job description

Grand Strand Medical Center is seeking a Nurse Educator for the Med/Surg unit to lead evidence-based educational programs and advance professional practice. You will design onboarding activities, promote retention, and collaborate with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to improve outcomes.

You will develop competency measures, address practice gaps, and drive lifelong learning across licensed and non-licensed staff while incorporating EBP and QI initiatives.