Nurse Educator

UNC Health; United States; On-site; USD 50,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health is seeking a Nurse Educator for the Rex Clinical Education team to support medical-surgical and intermediate care units in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Required: BSN, North Carolina RN license, CPR certification, and a total of three years in tertiary care with two years in the assigned specialty. This full-time, onsite role offers day schedule and a competitive salary range.

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

Responsibilities

• Acts as resource and role model in evidence-based practice and leads unit/service-based clinical practice groups.
• Assists in orientation and placement of nursing students in clinical units; mentors graduate students.
• Supports in design and implementation of clinical nursing research and performance improvement projects.
• Assists units with preceptor responsibilities to ensure new staff are oriented and meet competency expectations.
• Conducts learning needs assessments to plan staff educational programs.
• Coordinates orientation, staff development and continuing education for nursing staff.
• Develops evidence-based standards of care and clinical pathways for patients and families; facilitates implementation.
• Develops and evaluates patient and family education materials; supports teaching protocols and e-learning programs.
• Serves as clinical resource and role model; provides supervision to staff developing knowledge and skills.

Education

BSN

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.

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.

The Rex Clinical Education team is seeking a Nurse Educator that will provide support to several medical surgical and intermediate care units within UNC Rex Hospital. Prior experience in med-surg and intermediate care is preferred.

Summary

Coordinates staff development and educational needs of patient care nursing staff, patients, and families. This is an advanced level position in education, which is performed under minimal supervision. Assignments may be characterized as those requiring collaboration to address staff educational needs within a specialty practice area and/or service. Serves in a lead capacity over others as it relates to special projects or subject matter expertise. Work maybe performed collaboratively for multiple disciplines across the continuum of care or for a specific patient population or service area.

Responsibilities

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

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.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.