Perioperative Nurse Educator: Education Innovator

HCA Healthcare; Smyrna (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

HCA Healthcare in Smyrna, TN is seeking a Nurse Educator Perioperative to influence patient care through collaborative relationships with your manager and involvement in hospital councils and national nursing initiatives.

You will shape onboarding and competency programs, promote evidence-based practice, and design educational activities to close practice gaps for licensed and non-licensed staff. Travel up to 25% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing is required.
• Master's degree in nursing is preferred.
• RN license active in state or compact.
• BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the development, coordination, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating 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.

Skills

Clinical education expertise

Leadership experience

Employee development

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Master's degree in nursing

RN license active

Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification

Nationally Recognized Specialty certification

Job description

HCA Healthcare in Smyrna, TN is seeking a Nurse Educator Perioperative to influence patient care through collaborative relationships with your manager and involvement in hospital councils and national nursing initiatives.

You will shape onboarding and competency programs, promote evidence-based practice, and design educational activities to close practice gaps for licensed and non-licensed staff. Travel up to 25% is required.