Nurse Educator

UNC Health Care; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 50,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, NC is seeking a Nurse Educator to support medical,surgical and intermediate care units. This full-time role emphasizes evidence-based practice, staff education, and clinical mentorship across units.

Requirements include a BSN, NC RN license, CPR, and a minimum of three years in tertiary care with two in the assigned specialty. The position is onsite with a 40-hour workweek and a daytime schedule.

Qualifications

• BSN from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina.
• CPR certification for Home Health/Hospice roles.
• Valid NC Driver's License.
• Three years of tertiary care experience with two years in the assigned specialty.

Responsibilities

• Act as resource and role model in evidence-based practice; lead clinical practice groups.
• Assist with orientation and placement of nursing students; mentor graduates.
• Support design and implementation of nursing research and performance improvement projects.
• Support preceptor responsibilities to ensure new staff orientation and competency.
• Conduct learning needs assessments to plan staff educational programs.
• Coordinate orientation, staff development and continuing education.
• Develop evidence-based standards of care and clinical pathways; implement them.
• Create and evaluate educational materials, self-instruction, and e-learning programs.
• Develop patient-family education materials with subject matter experts.
• Provide clinical supervision to staff developing knowledge, skills and abilities.

Skills

Evidence-based practice

Clinical education

Mentoring

Unit-based education

Education

BSN from an accredited school

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary

The Rex Clinical Education team is seeking a Nurse Educator that willprovide support to severalmedical surgical and intermediate careunits within UNC Rex Hospital.Prior experience in med-surg and intermediate care is preferred.

Responsibilities

1. Acts as resource and role model in use of evidence based practice. Leads unit/service based clinical practice groups
2. Assists in orientation and placement of nursing students in clinical units. Serves as resource to faculty. Mentors graduate students
3. Assists nursing staff in design and implementation of clinical nursing research/performance improvement projects.
4. Assists nursing units with preceptor responsibilities to ensure that all new staff are oriented and meeting competency expectations
5. Conducts learning needs assessments to plan staff educational programs
6. Coordinates orientation, staff development and continuing education for nursing staff
7. Develops evidence-based standards of care, comprehensive nursing plans, clinical pathways for patients and families and facilitates implementation of same.
8. Develops, implements, and evaluates educational materials, self instructional programs, teaching protocols, and e-learning programs for nursing staff.
9. In conjunction with other subject matter experts, develops and evaluates patient family education materials.
10. Serves as a clinical resource and role model, provides clinical supervision to staff in developing clinical knowledge, skills and abilities

Other Information

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
• For Home Health/Hospice: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification
• For Home Health/Hospice: Valid NC Driver's License

Professional Experience Requirements

• Three (3) years of experience in tertiary care with two (2) years clinical experience in the assigned specialty.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex Clinical Education

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range:$35.87 - $51.57 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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