Nurse Education Coordinator

COPAA; Brownsburg (IN); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

COPAA is seeking a Nurse Education Coordinator for Surgical Services (RN) to lead education and mentorship for Operating Room staff, including RNs and Surgical Technologists.

The role requires scrubbed participation in cases, curriculum development, and ongoing evaluation of education programs, ensuring clinical competency and adherence to standards.

Qualifications

• Associate degree from a professional nursing program is required.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing is required.
• Current RN license in the State of Illinois is required.
• CNOR, ACLS, CPR certifications are preferred or required within specified timelines.
• Experience as a Scrub Nurse in multiple surgical specialties is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Uses the nursing process and critical thinking to care for an assigned patient population.
• Plans care and delegates tasks to staff based on patient assessment.
• Assesses educational needs of staff and develops learning experiences.
• Scrubs into surgical cases to mentor staff and support complex procedures.
• Maintains compliance with regulatory standards and accreditation requirements.
• Documents teaching and discharge planning and coordinates in-service education.

Job description

As an integral member of our healthcare team The Nurse Education Coordinator for Surgical Services (RN) uses critical thinking skills, professional judgment, and leadership to anticipate, plan, direct, and evaluate the care of patients provided by a team of perioperative personnel.

Job Summary

They are responsible for planning, coordinating, and evaluating education programs for Operating Room staff, including RNs, Surgical Technologists, and ancillary personnel. A core requirement of this role is maintaining high-level clinical proficiency; the Educator will be required to scrub into surgical cases to provide direct patient care, mentor staff in the sterile field, and maintain departmental staffing agility. They ensure clinical competency in both scrub and circulating roles, sterile technique, and advanced surgical technology.

The Nurse Education Coordinator for Surgical Services (RN) operates on a 8hr shift schedule, providing coverage from 7.00 am to 3.30 pm, ensuring around-the-clock attention to the critical needs of our patients.

Responsibilities

• Uses the nursing process, critical thinking skills, professional judgment, and the attributes of Careful Nursing to provide care for an assigned population of patients.
• Assesses patient needs to determine care requirements.
• Plans care and delegates tasks to ancillary personnel based on patient assessment.
• Evaluates patient response to care provided and makes changes in plan for care as needed.
• Promotes patient/family independence through provision of education related to patient's condition, treatment, medications and on-going self-care requirements
• Plans and conducts a variety of in-service orientation and educational programs to meet the needs of Patient Care Services staff at all levels.
• Evaluates and revises centralized programs and orientation programs as required to maintain current content and congruency with the patient care model.
• Discusses patient progress, problems, and needs with physician and multidisciplinary team members regularly to ensure that goals for discharge are met.
• Assesses educational needs of staff throughout Patient Care Services and develops plans for learning experiences appropriate for meeting recognized needs.
• Plans and prepares curriculum content and course outlines in conformance with program objectives and accreditation standards.
• Functions independently within established protocols, policies and procedures.
• Seeks appropriate resources in a timely fashion.
• Demonstrates basic unit specific competencies.
• Meets productivity and quality standards for unit; able to care for an average workload
• Plans and demonstrates appropriate delegation of duties and follow-up.
• Participates and documents client specific teaching and discharge planning.Gives clear, concise report (shift, transfer, discharge etc.).
• Assumes responsibility for professional education and development.
• Completes mandatory in-service requirements.
• Verbalizes an understanding of the committee structure and function in the Department of Nursing and at the unit level.
• Regularly scrubbing into surgical cases to mentor staff and support complex procedures.
• Keeps abreast of new developments in training techniques, methods and programs for possible application in nursing education programs.
• Assures high levels of quality of care through compliance with regulatory standards, reference to current research related to patient care outcome and participation in the data collection and analysis process of ongoing quality monitoring.
• Serves on hospital-wide committees as educational consultant as appropriate

Qualifications

Associate degree from a professional nursing program (required)

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing required.
• Current RN License in the State of Illinois required.
• Mastery of AORN Guidelines, aseptic technique, and sterile processing standards.
• Technical Proficiency: Demonstrated ability to perform as a Scrub Nurse in multiple surgical specialties.
• Current CPR certification required.ACLS certification required within first year of hire.
• CNOR (Certified Perioperative Nurse) certification highly preferred.
• Ability to stand in a sterile gown and gloves for extended periods during surgical procedures.
• Ability to quickly recognize changes in patient condition under anesthesia.
• Knowledge of patient positioning and skin integrity risks.
• 4+ years of nursing experience( OR/Surgical Services)

Job Type: Full-time