Nurse Educator - Critical Care

UNC Health Care; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Medical Center, within the Center of Nursing Excellence in Chapel Hill, seeks a Clinical Nurse Educator to lead professional development for Critical Care nursing. You will drive evidence-based practice, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and advance nursing excellence across units.

The role requires BSN, NC RN licensure, CPR, and 3 years in tertiary care with 2 years in the specialty. This is a full-time, onsite position with day shifts and a 40-hour workweek.

Qualifications

• BSN from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.
• Three (3) years of experience in tertiary care with two (2) years clinical experience in the assigned specialty.
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina.
• CPR certification for Home Health/Hospice where applicable.
• Valid NC Driver's License.

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; 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 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 and care plans; facilitates implementation.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates educational materials and e-learning programs for nursing staff.
• Develops patient family education materials with other subject matter experts.
• Provides clinical supervision to staff to develop clinical knowledge, skills, and abilities

Skills

Nursing PD experience

Critical care experience

Evidence-based practice

Clinical supervision

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.

Empower Nursing. Elevate care. Shape the future. Join the Center for Nursing Excellence and make an impact!

As the Clinical Nurse Educator for our Critical Care services, you will lead professional development of our team, drive evidence‑based practice, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to advance nursing excellence.

What You\'ll Do:

• Champion education and competency for Critical Care departments
• Influence service line and organization‑wide initiatives, policies, and innovation
• Partner with staff and nursing leadership to inspire growth

Preferred Experience:

• Nursing professional development experience
• Recent critical care or intermediate care direct patient care experience (Required)

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:

• 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: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Center of Nursing Excellence

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:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

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.