Registered Nurse (RN) - Facility Educator - Perioperative Services

Atrium Health; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Atrium Health Mercy in Charlotte, NC is seeking an experienced RN Educator to lead orientation and ongoing education for nursing staff. The role partners with nursing leadership to design and implement evidence-based training that supports patient-centered care and clinical excellence.

Key duties include coordinating facility-specific onboarding, facilitating 30-day and 90-day sessions, and creating programs that promote licensure compliance, continuous learning, and professional growth for

Qualifications

• Current RN licensure in the state
• BSN required
• 3 years clinical experience in OR, ER, or acute care
• BLS required per policy guidelines
• Specialty certification may be preferred or required for specific area

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with nursing leadership to assess orientation and continuing education needs.
• Develops facility-specific orientation for licensed and non-licensed nursing staff.
• Facilitates 30‑day new employee orientation and 90‑day reunion sessions as part of service excellence initiatives.
• Designs programs that enhance nursing practice and assist learners to comply with licensure and certification requirements.
• Coordinates with Nurse Managers to place and orient students and organize preceptorships for students.
• Uses adult education principles to plan, design, and implement educational activities.
• Works as a program planner.
• Assesses learning needs through direct observation, formal needs assessment, and program evaluation.

Skills

Adult education principles

Critical thinking

Teaching and training

Education

BSN

Job description

Atrium Health Mercy, a 196-bed facility of Carolinas Medical Center, is one of two Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) locations and is 1.3 miles from CMC. As a Planetree Certified facility, we focus on the following:

• Connect values, strategies, and action
• Implement practices that promote partnership
• Use evidence to drive improvement
• Create organizational structures that promote engagement

For more than 100 years, Atrium Health Mercy has treated approximately 80-110 ED and 130-212 in-patients daily with a special combination of human compassion and leading-edge expertise. Atrium Health Mercy is a full-service community hospital, specializing in the care of seniors and in complex foot and ankle surgery, hip and knee surgery, bariatric surgery, and women’s pelvic health. Atrium Health Mercy is Magnet certified in Nursing Excellence and is also a Planetree certified, patient-centered hospital. The Planetree model is committed to enhancing health care from the patient's perspective; empowers patients and families by providing information and education, cultivates healing of the mind-body-spirit, provides patient-directed care, is value-based, holistic and promotes safety of patients through active involvement in their own care.

Essential Functions

• Collaborates with nursing leadership to assess needs for orientation and continuing education needs for nursing team.
• Develops and conducts facility specific orientation for licensed and non-licensed nursing team.
• Facilitates 30 day new employee orientation and 90 day reunion sessions as part of the facility service excellence initiatives.
• Designs programs that enhance the practice of nursing; assists the learner to comply with licensure and certification requirements.
• Coordinates with Nurse Managers to place students, orient students, and organize preceptorships for undergraduate and graduate students.
• Utilizes adult education principles, plans, designs, and implements educational activities based on identified learning needs.
• Works as a program Planner.
• Assesses learning needs through direct observation, formal needs assessment, and program evaluation or other organizational activity reports.

Physical Requirements

Works in an office setting which requires long periods of sitting, frequent walking and travel within the hospital grounds and to other facilities. Work will require walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stopping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 51 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for light work. Must exhibit intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch and finger dexterity. Must be able to concentrate and apply critical thinking skills.

Education, Experience And Certifications

Current applicable state RN licensure required. BSN required. 3 years clinical experience in related area (OR, ER, acute care) required. Specialty certification may be preferred or required for specific area (e.g., Med Ctr Air Flight Nurse Educator).BLS required per policy guidelines.