Nurse Educator Critical Care

HCA Healthcare; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 77,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) plan with match

Tuition assistance

Professional development opportunities

Employee assistance program

Job summary

HCA Healthcare's Nurse Educator – Critical Care role drives professional practice and patient care quality by delivering evidence-based educational programs to nursing, inter-professional, and clinical staff at the facility.

You will lead onboarding and orientation, design competency activities, collaborate with the Director of Clinical Professional Development, and promote lifelong learning and EBP to close knowledge gaps and improve outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing is required.
• Master’s degree in nursing preferred.
• 2+ years in clinical education, CSC, academia or leadership preferred.
• Current RN license in practicing state or compact license required.

Responsibilities

• Participates in onboarding and orientation for nursing and other staff.
• Provides orientation to promote employee retention.
• Collaborates with Director of Clinical Professional Development to adjust programs.
• Manages competency development and evaluation.
• Designs educational activities to address practice gaps.
• Develops outcomes-focused content and promotes lifelong learning.
• Promotes EBP and participates in research and QI activities.

Skills

Nursing education experience

Clinical education

Leadership capabilities

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Master’s degree in nursing

Job description

Salary Estimate: $76752.00 - $115148.80 / year

The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.

As a Nurse Educator Critical Care, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn - whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Job Summary and Qualifications

• The Nurse Educator enhances professional practice and the provision of quality patient care by providing evidence-based quality educational programs and activities that promote professional competency for nursing, inter-professional, and non-licensed clinical staff at the assigned facility.


• In this role you will:


• Participates in the development, coordination, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating of onboarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.


• Provides orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention.


• Collaborates with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to adjust the program based on evaluation results.


• Participates in the development, coordination, and management of facilitating, conducting, and evaluating competency.


• Designs and identifies educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, including licensed and non-licensed healthcare personnel, in alignment with HCA and division clinical education request and development processes.


• Develops activities to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skill and practice. Plans educational content delivery that encourages learner engagement.


• Promotes and integrates the EBP in order to continuously improve practice. Conducts, encourages, facilitates, and/or participates in research, EBP, and QI in patient care settings.


• Identifies and develops strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning.


• Utilizes novice-to-expert continuum when developing staff. Identifies and provides opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery.

What experience and education is needed for this role

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing Required


• Master’s degree in nursing Preferred


• 2+ years of experience in clinical education, CSC, academia or leadership. Preferred


• 2+ years of experience in acute care hospital. Preferred


• Currently licensed as an RN in the state of practice or has an active compact state license in accordance with law and regulation Required


• Nationally Recognized Specialty certification Preferred


• Basic Life Saving (BLS) Required


• Ability to Travel up to 25%

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services


• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services


• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long-and-short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence


• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling


• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing


• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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HealthTrust Supply Chain is a critical part of HCA Healthcare's strategy. Our focus is to improve performance and reduce costs. We do this by joining non-clinical and administrative functions. HealthTrust Supply Chain best practice methodologies. We develop, apply and monitor cost-efficient initiatives and programs for HCA Healthcare. By improving facility efficiency, medical professionals can focus on our mission - patient care.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.