Nurse Education & Training Manager

USA Health Systems; Mobile (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

USA Health is seeking an experienced nursing education instructor to lead and coordinate resilience training and certification programs. The role requires developing curricula, promoting American Heart Association certifications, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and best practices.

Ideal candidates hold a healthcare-related Bachelor's (Master's preferred) with ACLS, PALS, and BLS instructor certifications; experience in teaching, budget management, and staff leadership is

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a healthcare-related field with 4 years nursing experience and 2 years education-related experience.
• Master's degree preferred.
• ACLS, PALS and Basic Life Support instructor certifications required on hire.
• Comparable combination of education and experience may substitute for the above.

Responsibilities

• Ensures that internal and external regulatory standards or nursing practice are met or exceeded.
• Integrate current scientific evidence with standards of practice.
• Develops, coordinate, teach and promote the American Heart Association resuscitation programs along with various National Specialty certifications at USA Health.
• Ensures that appropriate services are available to staff.
• Supervises team of professionals / paraprofessionals which may include nursing staff, nurse educators, nursing assistants and utility aides.
• Effectively uses clinical and financial information to establish and meet budgetary goals.
• Implements strategies to increase revenue and cost-effectively manage personnel, supply, and equipment resources.
• Implements departmental invoicing for employee certification training.
• Manages invoicing and collections related to non-employee certification training.
• Creates an educational environment conducive to student learning, staff continuing education, and orientation of new instructor members.
• Accountable for annual competency evaluation of instructors that ensures staff has the knowledge and skills that align with training center standards & regulations.
• Designing rubrics, scenarios, and simulation agreements for training purposes.
• Auditing training sessions delivered by other instructors. Organizing facility training quarterly calendar.
• Effectively manages human resources.
• Creates an environment conducive to recruiting and retaining staff.
• Applies organizational policy and procedures in hiring, promoting, transferring and terminating staff.
• Provides staff with annual performance feedback and opportunity to set professional goals. Integrates scientific evidence regarding retention of nursing staff into unit planning.
• Leads and participates in quality improvement initiatives that focus on identified patient safety or quality of care deficits.
• Ensures appropriate training equipment is secured for the training center
• Keep track of equipment servicing (warranties, product trade-ins/upgrades, etc.); ordering/re-ordering supplies for training center.
• Completes all mandatory department, educational and hospital requirements
• Adheres to current Infection Control and Safety Standards
• Regular and prompt attendance
• Ability to work schedule as defined and overtime as required
• Related duties as assigned

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a healthcare-related field

Master's Degree

ACLS Instructor - American Heart Association

PALS Instructor - American Heart Association

Basic Life Support Instructor - American Heart Association

Job description

USA Health is seeking an experienced nursing education instructor to lead and coordinate resilience training and certification programs. The role requires developing curricula, promoting American Heart Association certifications, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and best practices.

Ideal candidates hold a healthcare-related Bachelor's (Master's preferred) with ACLS, PALS, and BLS instructor certifications; experience in teaching, budget management, and staff leadership is