Nurse Educator, Quality & Risk, Full-time

University of Miami; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Miami is seeking a Nurse Educator who serves as a clinical resource and role model, aligning with Nursing Professional Development standards. The role emphasizes learning facilitation, mentorship, leadership, and practice transitions across units in a university-based health system.

The position requires a Florida RN license, a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, and at least four years of acute care experience, with a focus on developing education programs and onboarding for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field is required.
• Valid State of Florida RN license required.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in acute care setting.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, designs, coordinates, conducts, facilitates and evaluates educational programs for nursing and clinical staff based on identified gaps and regulatory standards.
• Develops and evaluates activities to improve knowledge, skills, or practice.
• Creates a learning environment through collaboration with practitioners, leaders, educators and staff for continuing education.
• Collaborates to develop an education plan for patient care staff for proper use and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
• Supports ongoing assessment and evaluation of skills, knowledge and judgment of licensed and unlicensed personnel.
• Measures and documents competency and addresses deficits among staff and teams.
• Assesses onboarding and orientation processes for new employees to support retention and growth.
• Designs, facilitates, and evaluates onboarding and orientation programs for licensed and unlicensed personnel.
• Initiates partnerships and promotes research, evidence-based practice and quality improvement initiatives.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field

Job description

The Nurse Educator is a Registered Nurse with System-wide Professional Development responsibilities, demonstrates understanding of the theoretical basis of nursing, and serves as a clinical resource, and role model, within their area of expertise. The incumbent fulfills their organizational functions according to the Nursing Professional Development (NPD) roles of learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, advocate for NPD specialty, and partner for practice transitions. The Nurse Educator 3 carries out these responsibilities in alignment with the current Nursing Professional Development Scope & Standards of Practice and utilizing the nursing process as applied to the specialty (assessment, learning needs and outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation).

• Assesses, designs, coordinates/conducts/facilitates and evaluates educational programs for nursing and clinical staff based on environmental scanning results: identified practice gaps, regulatory/accreditation, specialty standards, PI reports, mission/values, policies, procedures, guidelines, and learning needs.
• Develops and evaluates activities to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skills, or practice.
• Creates a learning environment by collaborating with practitioners, leaders, nurses, educators, providers, patient care staff, and unit management in providing continuing nursing education, quality education, and interprofessional education.
• Collaborates with the educators to develop an education plan for patient care staff to ensure proper use and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
• Supports ongoing assessment and evaluation of the skills, knowledge, abilities, and judgement of licensed and non-licensed healthcare personnel.
• Measures, documents, and supports competency, and addresses competency deficits in staff members and teams.
• Assesses and evaluates the process of hiring, orienting, socializing, and integrating an employee to the organization with a focus on retention and growth.
• Designs, facilitates, and evaluates orientation of licensed and unlicensed healthcare personnel during onboarding and when changes in roles, responsibilities, and practice settings occur.
• Creates, coordinates, manages, facilitates, conducts, and evaluates onboarding and orientation programs for licensed and unlicensed healthcare personnel.
• Initiates collaborative partnerships and promotes and participates in research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement initiatives.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field required

Certification and Licensing:

Valid State of Florida RN license required

Experience:

Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in acute care setting

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida’s only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We’re the challenge you’ve been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Staff