Staff Development Educator

Jewish-Home-4; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jewish Home seeks a Nurse Education Specialist to design and deliver staff training across Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing campuses, fostering professional growth and best practices.

Requires NYS RN license and a bachelor’s degree in nursing or related field preferred, with at least 5 years nursing experience and 1 year teaching/instruction design experience.

Qualifications

• NY State Registered Nurse license required.
• Minimum 5 years of nursing experience.
• Minimum 1 year teaching/instruction design experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess learning needs and identify development opportunities.
• Design and deliver staff training across the organization.
• Evaluate and revise existing educational offerings; initiate additional activities to meet changing needs.
• Serve as a resource and consultant for teaching methods and materials.
• Develop relationships with community colleges and universities for educational collaborations.
• Assist in planning and evaluating training for palliative care and other programs.

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing or related field

Job description

GENERAL SCOPE: This position has responsibilities shared between two areas of service: the Assisted Living campus and the Skilled Nursing campus. The role assesses organizational learning needs, leverages both clinical and non-clinical resources to design and deliver training. A portion of time is dedicated to the Nursing Department, supporting ongoing clinical staff development, competency validation, regulatory compliance, and the promotion of best practices in resident care. This position plays a key role in fostering professional growth, enhancing quality outcomes, and ensuring excellence in service delivery across both care settings.

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATION: Current New York State license as Registered Nurse is required. Bachelor’s degree in nursing, nursing education or related field preferred.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Assesses learning needs and identifies development opportunities.
• Designs and delivers training to staff across the organization.
• Evaluates, reviews and revises existing educational offerings. Initiates additional activities in order to meet changing needs.
• Acts as a resource person and consultant for all staff members on teaching methods and materials.
• Utilizes a variety of training techniques, methods to instruct training participants and enhance the learning experience.
• Acts as an internal consultant in the development and utilization of evaluation tools.
• Develops relationships with community agencies and organizations as well as universities and colleges.
• Assists in planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating training for palliative care and other programs as assigned.
• Assists with clinical quality assurance activity as assigned
• Assists with training for families and residents throughout the campus
• Assists in planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating community-wide educational programs.
• Participates in formal and informal educational experiences that will enhance self-development and ensures updated knowledge and expertise.
• Serves as member of or consultant to organization committees as assigned.
• All other job duties as Assigned.

EXPERIENCE: Minimum of 5 (five) years of nursing experience. Minimum of one (1) year teaching/ instruction design experience.

This description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of position scope.

Jewish Home is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally-recognized basis [“protected class”] including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, sexual identity, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.

Qualifications

Licenses & Certifications

Required

Registered Nurse

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