Nurse Educator Perioperative

HCA Healthcare; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

HCA Healthcare in Nashville, TN is seeking a Nurse Educator Perioperative to influence patient care through collaboration with leadership and participation in hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You will help shape decisions that elevate outcomes and the future of nursing.

The role leads onboarding and orientation programs, promotes retention, and designs competency-based activities to close practice gaps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing is required.
• Master's degree in nursing is preferred.
• 2+ years in clinical education, CSC, academia or leadership is preferred.
• 2+ years in acute care hospital is preferred.
• RN license in state of practice or active compact license required.
• Nationally recognized specialty certification preferred.
• BLS (Basic Life Saving) required.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Develop onboarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.
• Provide onboarding to promote employee retention.
• Collaborate with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to adjust programs.
• Develop, coordinate, and manage competency evaluation activities.
• Design educational activities to address practice gaps for licensed and non-licensed staff.
• Plan content delivery to encourage learner engagement.
• Promote evidence-based practice and participate in research, EBP, and QI.
• Foster lifelong learning and skill maturation across staff.

Skills

Nursing education

Onboarding & orientation

Collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Master's degree in nursing

Job description

Job Summary and Qualifications

As aNurse Educator Perioperative, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empoweredat every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives.You\'llhelp shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

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

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, includingfree counselingand referral services
• Time away from workprograms 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
• Educationsupport through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor 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.

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.

\"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient\'s family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual.\"- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Nurse Educator opening.

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