Registered Nurse-Educator

Veterans Health Administration

Miami (FL)

On-site

USD 97,000 - 177,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

The Miami VA Healthcare System's Nursing Service is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse-Educator Spinal Cord to contribute to quality care standards and the growth of a VA academic hospital program.

The Clinical Nurse Educator will provide evidence-based education to staff, design and implement training, and support nurse residency with simulation-based curricula within clinical and outpatient units.

Qualifications

The Clinical Nurse Educator Spinal Cord provides evidence-based education to staff.
Involves educational instruction and training for nursing staff in clinical and outpatient units.

Responsibilities

Serves as trainer for the Redi program including BLS instructor certification.
Performs learning needs assessments and develops trainings; tracks BLS/ALS compliance.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to support emergency responses and mock codes.
Supports nurse residency programs with curriculum development using simulation, lectures, case studies.
Develops coaching and mentoring skills; evaluates current practice and outcomes.
Assists orientation and learning plan development for new employees; contributes to education evaluations.

Job description

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The Miami VA Healthcare System's Nursing Service is seeking an experienced and dynamic Registered Nurse-Educator Spinal Cord. Our ideal applicants are those who want to contribute to the achievement of quality care standards, as well as the growth and development of a VA academic hospital program.

Key Responsibilities

The Clinical Nurse Educator Spinal Cord is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based education to staff and provides educational instruction and training for nursing staff in clinical and outpatient units. He/She understands instructional design, implementation, and application related to education and training.

Duties include but are not limited to: Serves as a trainer and consultant for Resuscitation Education Initiative (Redi) Program including certification as Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor. Performs learning needs assessments, develops educational trainings for clinical staff within organization. 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 proficient level coaching and mentoring skills.

Systematically evaluates current practice, formulate outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within area of expertise. 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.

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.

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: 7:00am-3:30pm/7:30am-4:00pm (Note: Work schedules are determined and approved by the supervisor.

The incumbent may be required to work various shifts on a permanent or temporary basis based on facility/patient care needs).

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 $97198 – $176691/yr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-13.

Who is eligible to apply?

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