Specialty Nurse Educator

HCA Healthcare; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Time away from work

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Fertility and family building

Life insurance

Job summary

HCA Healthcare is seeking a Clinical Professional Development Specialty Educator to enhance professional practice and quality patient care across hospitals in the division. You will bring deep specialty nursing expertise and deliver evidence-based educational programs for nursing, inter-professional, and non-licensed staff.

Responsibilities include developing orientation, coordinating competency evaluation, identifying learning needs, planning engaging content, and collaborating with the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing is required.
• Master’s degree in nursing is preferred.
• 2+ years clinical education experience required.
• 3+ years of experience in acute care hospital required.
• 3+ years of experience in clinical education, CSC, academia or leadership preferred.
• Currently licensed as appropriate to education in the state of practice.
• Basic Life Saving (BLS) required.
• Specialty certification as recognized by the American Nurse Credentialing Center required.
• Ability to travel up to 75% of time.

Responsibilities

• Provides and assist with orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention.
• Conducts orientation to facilitate a positive learning environment; participates in competency development and evaluation.
• Identifies learning needs of the identified specialty staff and develops activities to close gaps.
• Plans educational content with learner engagement and outcome-focused delivery.
• Assesses practice gaps and plans content accordingly.
• Collaborates with the clinical education team to evaluate and adjust programs based on feedback.
• Supports lifelong learning and uses a novice-to-expert framework for staff development.
• Monitors practice against laws and guidelines and communicates KPIs for the clinical education service line.

Skills

Orientation delivery

Educational assessment

Curriculum development

Learner engagement

Compliance awareness

Team collaboration

Lifelong learning

Clinical teaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Master’s degree in nursing

Job description

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Job Summary and Qualifications

The Clinical Professional Development Specialty Educator is responsible for enhancing professional practice and the provision of quality patient care in the identified specialty throughout hospitals in their assigned division. The Clinical Professional Development Specialty Educator (CPDSE) will have deep subject matter expertise in specialty nursing and will provide evidence-based, quality educational programs and activities that promote professional competency for nursing, inter-professional and non-licensed clinical staff in the identified specialty setting.

In this role you will:

• Provides and assist with orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention through the division Provides orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention.
• Conducts orientation in a manner that facilitates a positive learning environment Participates in the development, coordination, and management of facilitating, conducting, and evaluating competency.
• Identifies learning needs of the identified specialty staff either through on-site review or metrics Develops activities to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skill and practice. Plans educational content delivery that encourages learner engagement.
• Plans educational content with learner engagement.
• Assesses practice gaps.
• Collaborates with the clinical education team members which may include the Director, Clinical Programs and Market Director, Clinical Professional Development and/or Clinical Professional Development Educator to evaluate and adjust educational programs based on evaluations and feedback.
• Participates and provides lifelong learning
• Utilizes novice to expert continuum when developing staff.
• Monitors the practices or operations with reference to laws, regulations, guidelines, or industry practices to assess compliance, risk, or exposure while communicating key performance indicators for clinical education service line within their division.

What experience and education is needed for this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing Required
• Master’s degree in nursing Preferred
• 2+ year clinical education experience Required
• 3+ years of experience in acute care hospital Required
• 3+ years of experience in clinical education, CSC, academia or leadership Preferred
• Currently licensed as appropriate to education in the state of practice in accordance with law and regulation Required
• Basic Life Saving (BLS) Required
• Specialty certification as recognized by the American Nurse Credentialing Center Required
• Ability to travel up to 75% of time

Benefits

Work from Home, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

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Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Specialty Nurse Educator opening.

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