Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Educator

Veterans Health Administration

Philadelphia (Philadelphia County)

On-site

USD 81,000 - 155,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Federal benefits

Pension/Retirement

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration in Philadelphia seeks a Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Educator to lead staff education and competency development. This role focuses on adult learning, curriculum design, and program evaluation across clinical and outpatient units.

You will coordinate training initiatives, mentor staff, and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to enhance patient care outcomes and staff performance. BLS instructor certification and an active RN license are required.

Qualifications

Current RN license and BLS instructor certification.
Experience in clinical staff education and competency assessment.
Ability to develop and deliver education using simulation and case studies.
Strong collaboration with interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate educational needs.
Coordinate staff education focused on self-management and satisfaction.
Develop curricula and learning plans; orient new employees.
Lead Redi program and track BLS/ALS compliance.
Collaborate with leadership to identify training needs.
Participate in committees and education projects.
Evaluate outcomes and apply evidence-based updates.

Skills

Adult learning

Educational assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Simulation training

Coaching/mentoring

Education

RN license

Bachelor's in Nursing

Tools

BLS Instructor Certification

Resuscitation Education Initiative (Redi)

Job description

Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Educator

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?

Key Responsibilities

The Registered Nurse (RN) - Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE) delivers a fundamental understanding of adult learning principles and a lifelong learner that can practice with flexibility to adapt or change learning strategies based on the assessment of learning needs within the healthcare organization. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates educational needs to facilitate learner development and skill training of clinical staff.

Utilizes innovative teaching strategies, assessment skills, and evaluation of outcomes. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of education focused on staff education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the healthcare continuum. Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influences educational outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.

The RN CNE's focus is on individual growth and development in practice with increased levels of self-direction and limited critical thinking skills. Provides educational instruction and training for nursing staff in clinical and outpatient units. The Clinical Nurse Educator understands instructional design, implementation, and application related to education and training. Performs learning needs assessments, develops educational trainings for staff within organization.

Assists with the orientation of new employees, evaluation of their progress in the orientation process, and development and implementation of a learning plan for improving identified deficiencies. Serves as a trainer and consultant for Resuscitation Education Initiative (Redi) Program including certification as Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor. Monitors and tracks BLS/Advanced Life Support (ALS) compliance within the organization.

Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to support and evaluate responses to emergency responses in the facility to include BLS and ALS. Organizes, participates, and evaluates mock codes. Supports Nurse Residency programs including the development of curriculum utilizing strategic learning methodologies such as simulation, lecture case studies and virtual reality. Develops entry level coaching and mentoring skills.

Systematically evaluates current practice, formulate outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within area of expertise. Collaborates with other Clinical Nurse Educators and interprofessional healthcare teams in the ongoing clinical education activities including in-services, training, competency assessment, and evaluations of both current and new staff nursing skills.

Reviews current nursing literature for new trends and changes based on evidence-based research with the ability to propose practice and documentation revisions based on evaluation of outcomes. Collaborates with leadership and unit managers to identify educational training needs for staff, while supporting activities that foster competence, critical thinking skills, and decision making.

Ability to analyze, interpret, and evaluate data to determine outcomes and changes related to educational programs. Participate in organizational committees and work groups as assigned. Assists with other departmental education/training projects and initiatives as assigned (e.g., competency/skills days, house-wide and unit specific, NEO, Relationship-Based Care, etc.). Additional duties as assigned.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:

VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Telework: Not authorized
Virtual: This is not a virtual position
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Physical Requirements: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $80848 – $154831/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-06.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Competitive' hiring path.