Nurse Educator - Operating Room

UNC Health; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Rex Healthcare is seeking a Nurse Educator to support the OR departments at Raleigh and Holly Springs. The role emphasizes evidence-based practice, staff education, and clinical supervision.

Requirements include a BSN, NC RN license, CPR, a valid NC driver’s license, and at least three years in tertiary care with two in the assigned specialty. CNOR certification preferred.

Qualifications

• BSN from a state-accredited program.
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina.
• CPR certification required.

Responsibilities

• Acts as resource and role model in evidence-based practice.
• Assists in orientation and placement of nursing students and mentors graduate students.
• Assists nursing staff with design and implementation of clinical nursing research and performance improvement projects.
• Coordinates orientation, staff development and continuing education for nursing staff.
• Develops and evaluates educational materials, self instructional programs, teaching protocols, and e-learning programs for nursing staff.
• Serves as a clinical resource and role model, providing clinical supervision to staff.

Skills

Evidence-based practice

Clinical supervision

Mentoring

Precepting

Staff education

Education

BSN

Job description

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

UNC Rex has a robust and efficient surgical program at both Main Campus and Holly Springs that perform both inpatient and outpatient procedures on adult and pediatric populations. Our OR West has 12 Operating Rooms, OR East has 11 Operating Rooms and 2 Procedure Rooms, Holly Springs has 3 Operating Rooms and 1 Procedure Room. The Nurses and Surgical Technologists provide intraoperative care for a variety of service lines including Plastics, GYN, GU, General, Bariatrics, Colorectal, Orthopedics, Neuro, Urology, Pulmonology, Robotics, and ENT. This Nurse Educator position will support the OR departments at both UNC Rex in Raleigh and UNC Rex in Holly Springs. Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) certification is preferred.

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. Serves as resource to faculty. 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 that all 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, comprehensive nursing plans, clinical pathways for patients and families and facilitates implementation of same.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates educational materials, self instructional programs, teaching protocols, and e-learning programs for nursing staff.
• In conjunction with other subject matter experts, develops and evaluates patient family education materials.
• 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:

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Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH Entity: UNC REX Healthcare Organization Unit: Rex OR Operations 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:Raleigh Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System. This is not a State employed position.

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.