RN Educator

On With Life; Ankeny, Northern (IA, KY); Hybrid; USD 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

On With Life in Ankeny, IA is seeking a Nurse Educator to lead onboarding, training, and ongoing staff development across the facility. Reporting to Nursing leadership, you will ensure compliance with updated procedures and evidence-based practice while building a robust training program.

The role includes coordinating on-site education, conducting monthly audits of nursing skills, and supporting recruitment and orientation for new hires; there is a leadership on-call rotation with occasional

Responsibilities

• Lead onboarding, initial training, and ongoing staff training across the facility.
• Maintain current knowledge of federal, state and local regulations and inform facility leaders of issues.
• Assist in education, monitoring and coaching nursing staff on continuous quality improvement.
• Draft, implement, and update nursing policies and procedures.
• Provide hands-on education to nursing and facility staff on a routine basis.
• Perform monthly audits and oversight on nursing team skills.
• Educate team members on new processes and equipment as needed.
• Monitor compliance of nursing team members including online compliance learning, CPR, and licensures.
• Assist in screening nursing candidates, including interview and hiring processes.
• Meet with all new hires on orientation day with follow-up during first 90 days of employment.
• Act as secondary infection preventionist and provide support to primary IP as needed.
• Collaborate with nursing leadership to provide support and coverage for other leaders as needed.

Job description

Only a few can do what we do. If you have a desire to be extraordinary, embrace the challenge and join our team!

This position primarily works Monday-Friday from 8am to 4:30pm, approximately 40 hours per week. This position also participates in a leadership on-call rotation which includes occasional weekend availability. The salary for this position starts at $65,000/year for little to no experience.

Under the direction of the Director of Nursing and in collaboration with other members of the rehabilitation team, the Nurse Educator works to consistently ensure proper staff education in accordance with updated procedures and evidence-based practice, and leads and directs a robust team in the onboarding, initial training, and ongoing training of staff throughout the facility, including:

• Maintaining current knowledge of federal, state and local regulations and ensuring that the facility leaders are informed of relevant issues.
• Assists in education, monitoring and coaching the nursing staff on continuous quality improvement measures.
• Assists in drafting, implementing, and updating nursing policies and procedures.
• Provides hands-on education to nursing staff and other facility staff on a routine basis.
• Performs monthly audits and oversight on nursing team skills.
• Educates team members on new processes and equipment as needed.
• Monitors compliance of nursing team members including online compliance learning, Mandatory Reporter, CPR, and Licensures.
• Assists in screening of nursing candidates, including interview and hiring processes.
• Meets with all new hires on the day of orientation with follow-up during first 90 days of employment.
• Acts as secondary infection preventionist and provides assistance and back up to primary IP on an as needed basis.
• Collaborate with other members of the nursing leadership team to provide support and coverage for other leaders as needed.