Nurse Educator Emergency Room

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

HCA Florida West Hospital is seeking an experienced Nurse Educator in the Emergency Room to lead onboarding, orientation, and competency initiatives for nursing and allied staff. You will collaborate with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to tailor education programs based on evaluations and outcomes.

The role focuses on evidence-based practice, lifelong learning, and patient care quality. A BSN is required, an MSN is preferred, and RN licensure or compact license is necessary;

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing required.
• 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 holds an active compact license.
• Nationally recognized specialty certification preferred.
• Basic Life Saving (BLS) required.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Participates in 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 development, coordination and management of competency activities.
• Designs educational activities to address practice gaps for licensed and non-licensed staff, in alignment with hospital processes.
• Develops activities to improve knowledge, skill and practice; plans content delivery to engage learners.
• Promotes and integrates evidence-based practice (EBP) to improve practice; participates in research, EBP and quality improvement in patient care settings.
• Identifies strategies to support lifelong learning and staff development.
• Utilizes a novice-to-expert continuum to guide staff skill enhancement.

Skills

BLS Certification

Travel up to 25%

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Master's degree in nursing (preferred)

Nationally Recognized Specialty certification (preferred)

Job description

As a Nurse Educator Emergency Room, 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 Florida West Hospital, offers a total