Nurse Educator ICU

HCA Healthcare; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

HCA Healthcare's TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville is seeking a Nurse Educator to advance professional practice through evidence-based education for nursing, inter-professional and clinical staff.

You will lead onboarding, competency development, and educational activities, collaborate with the Director of Clinical Professional Development, and promote lifelong learning and EBP to improve patient care.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing is required.
• Master’s degree in nursing is preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in clinical education, CSC, academia or leadership.
• 2+ years of experience in acute care hospital.
• Current RN license in state of practice or active compact state 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.
• Designs educational activities to address practice gaps for identified audiences.
• Develops activities to improve knowledge, skills and practice.
• Promotes and integrates evidence-based practice (EBP) to improve practice.
• Encourages lifelong learning and research, EBP and QI in patient care settings.
• Utilizes the novice-to-expert continuum to plan staff development.
• Provides opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery.

Skills

Clinical education

Leadership

Educational program development

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Master's degree in nursing

Job description

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Nurse Educator with TriStar Skyline Medical Center you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

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

TriStar Skyline Medical Center, 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

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

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