Nurse Education Coordinator

Sovereign Care Services LLP; Brownsburg (IN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Signing bonus

Vision insurance

Job summary

Sovereign Care Services LLP in Indiana is seeking a Nurse Education Coordinator for Surgical Services. The role requires leading education programs, mentoring perioperative staff, and maintaining clinical proficiency with scrubbing into cases.

The Educator coordinates curriculum, ensures aseptic techniques, and partners with physicians and teams to meet discharge goals and patient care standards. 8-hour shifts are provided.

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).

Responsibilities

• Uses the nursing process 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 and adjusts plans as needed.
• Promotes patient/family independence through education related to condition, treatment, medications and self-care requirements.
• Plans and conducts in-service orientation and educational programs for staff at all levels.
• Evaluates and revises programs to align with care models.
• Regularly discusses patient progress with physicians and multidisciplinary team.
• Assesses educational needs and develops learning plans for staff.
• Prepares curriculum content and course outlines.
• Operates independently within protocols and procedures.
• Seeks appropriate resources in a timely fashion.
• Maintains unit competencies and productivity standards.
• Demonstrates delegation and follow-up of duties.
• Participates in patient teaching and discharge planning.
• Delivers clear shift/discharge reports.
• Engages in professional education and development.
• Completes mandatory in-service requirements.
• Understands committee structure and function within Nursing Department.
• Regularly scrubs into surgical cases to mentor staff and support procedures.
• Keeps abreast of training innovations for nursing education.
• Ensures quality through regulatory standards and data-driven quality monitoring.
• Serves on hospital committees as an educational consultant.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Education planning

Critical thinking

Scrub nursing

Education

Associate degree in nursing

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

RN license (Illinois)

Tools

AORN Guidelines

Sterile processing standards

CPR

ACLS

Job description

Nurse Education Coordinator

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.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Signing bonus
• Vision insurance

Nurse Education Coordinator

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

Job Type: Full-time

• 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)