Nurse Educator Critical Care

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Free counseling

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Tuition assistance

Job summary

HCA HealthONE Swedish is seeking a Nurse Educator, Critical Care, to influence patient care through collaborative relationships with management and hospital councils. You will help shape decisions that elevate patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

The role develops onboarding and orientation for nursing and other clinical staff, delivers evidence‑based education, promotes EBP, and partners with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to evaluate and refine programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing required.
• 2+ years of experience in clinical education, CSC, academia or leadership preferred.
• Current RN license in practice state or active compact license required.
• Basic Life Saving (BLS) required.

Responsibilities

• Develops onboarding and orientation programs for nursing and other clinical staff.
• Provides orientation/onboarding to promote employee retention.
• Collaborates with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to adjust programs based on evaluation results.
• Participates in development and management of competency.
• Designs educational activities to address practice gaps for target audiences.

Skills

Educational program development

Collaboration with leadership

Evidence-based practice promotion

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Master’s degree in nursing

Job description

Salary Estimate: $76752.00 - $115148.80 / year

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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

HCA HealthONE Swedish, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• 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

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note:

Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

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