Registered Nurse - Nurse Educator

Veterans Health Administration; Temple (TX); On-site; USD 79,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs seeks a Nurse Educator to lead expert, evidence-based staff education across inpatient and outpatient units.

The role emphasizes adult learning principles and the ability to adapt training strategies to learner needs. Duties include orientation of new employees, development of learning plans, Redi program training (BLS/ACLS), and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams to improve curricula, assessments, and clinical education outcomes across the

Qualifications

• ADN/BSN/MSN recognized by ACEN or CCNE at time of graduation.
• Education from USDE-recognized accredited institutions is required for Federal employment.
• Foreign education requires a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with transcript for credit.

Responsibilities

• Provides expert, evidence-based education to staff.
• Delivers educational instruction and training for clinical staff in inpatient and outpatient units.
• Performs learning needs assessments and develops trainings for clinical staff.
• Assists with orientation of new employees and develops learning plans.
• Trains for Redi program including BLS and ACLS instruction.
• Monitors BLS/ALS compliance and supports emergency responses.
• Develops curricula using simulation, lectures, case studies, and VR.
• Collaborates with leadership and interprofessional teams on education activities.

Skills

Instructional design

Staff education

Educational training

Lifelong learning

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

Tools

ACLS Instructor

Redi Program

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This position is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing staff education. 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.

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Nurse Educator is responsible for providing expert, evidence-based education to staff. Provides educational instruction and training for clinical staff in inpatient and outpatient units. The Nurse Educator understands instructional design, implementation, application. and evaluation related to education and training. Performs learning needs assessments, develops educational trainings for clinical 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. 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) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) 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 health profession trainee and residency programs including the development of curriculum utilizing strategic learning methodologies such as simulation, lecture case studies and virtual reality.

Develops expert 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 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 skills.

Reviews current 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 to identify educational training needs for staff, while supporting activities that foster competence, critical thinking, and decision making. Provides consultation and collaboration through the participation within organizational committees.

Ability to analyze, interpret, and evaluate data to determine outcomes and changes related to educational programs. Responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level.

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 - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm or 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements & Education

EDUCATION ACCREDITATION: The Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), or Master of Science Degree in Nursing (MSN) must be recognized by the appropriate State‑accrediting agency and accredited by either of the following accrediting agencies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) OR The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) ACEN/NLNAC or CCNE program or degree accreditation may also be found under the U.S.

Department of Education NOTES: Department of Education: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.

Foreign Education: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. School Name: If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.

No longer on accreditation site: If your school was accredited by ACEN or CCNE at the time of graduation, but is no longer listed on the websites, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet

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 $79295 – $139966/yr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-04.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.