Nurse Educator 2 - Perioperative Services - UHealth SoLé Mia - Full Time

University of Miami; Florida; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Tuition remission

Job summary

The University of Miami Nursing Education team seeks an experienced Nurse Educator to assess and implement educational programs across multiple units. You will collaborate with nurse educators, practitioners, and management to address learning needs and ensure competency.

You will develop activities to improve knowledge and practice, coordinate onboarding, and lead continuing education events. The role emphasizes retention, growth, and high-quality patient care within a university health system.

Qualifications

• Ability to lead, motivate, develop, and train others.
• Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships.

Responsibilities

• Assess and implement multi-site educational programs for nursing staff.
• Develop and evaluate activities to close knowledge gaps and improve practice.
• Create a learning environment with practitioners and educators for continuing education.
• Coordinate education of patient care staff for equipment and supplies.
• Document competency and address competency deficits.
• Orient and socialize new staff for retention and growth.
• Facilitate onboarding for licensed and unlicensed staff across units.
• Collaborate to develop onboarding and orientation programs.
• Plan and evaluate continuing education programs, conferences and workshops.

Skills

Lead and train others

Independent collaboration

Decision making

Effective communication

Interpersonal relationships

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

• 1. Collaborates with Nurse Educator 3 and under the direction of the Manager, assesses and implements multi-site/specialty unit(s) educational programs for nursing and clinical staff based on environmental scanning: identified practice gaps, regulatory/accreditation, specialty standards, PI reports, mission/values, policies, procedures, guidelines, and learning needs.
• 2. Develops and evaluates activities to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skills, or practice.
• 3. Creates a learning environment by collaborating with practitioners, leaders, nurses, educators, patient care staff, and unit management in providing continuing nursing education and inservices.
• 4. Coordinates education of patient care staff to ensure proper use and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
• 5. Documents completion, reviews and recommends revision of competency, and addresses competency deficits in staff members and teams.
• 6. Assesses and evaluates the process of orienting, socializing, and integrating an employee to the organization with a focus on retention and growth.
• 7. Facilitates multi-site/specialty unit(s) orientation of licensed and unlicensed healthcare personnel during onboarding and when changes in roles, responsibilities, and practice settings occur.
• 8. Collaborates with PDD to develop, coordinate, manage, facilitate, conduct, and evaluate onboarding and orientation programs for multi-site/specialty unit(s) licensed and unlicensed healthcare personnel.
• 9. Appraises professional knowledge by partnering with individuals, groups, and/or organizations to share expertise in planning and decision-making to achieve common goals. Collaborative partnerships may include interprofessional groups within the organization, academic/practice partnerships, and community partnerships.
• 10. Participates in the planning and approval of applicable continuing education programs, conferences, seminars, and workshops.
• 11. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Certification and Licensing:

Valid Florida RN license

CNOR Required

Experience:

Minimum 3 years of relevant experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes:

• Ability to lead, motivate, develop, and train others.
• Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff