Staff Development Educator

Default Brand; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Jewish Home in New York seeks a registered nurse with education expertise to lead staff development across assisted living and skilled nursing. The role focuses on designing and delivering training, evaluating offerings, and ensuring regulatory compliance to promote high-quality resident care.

The position involves collaboration with nursing leadership, development of community partnerships, and ongoing professional growth within a supportive education framework.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of nursing experience.
• Minimum of 1 year teaching/instruction design experience.
• Experience in developing and delivering education for clinical staff.

Responsibilities

• 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 as needed.
• Acts as a resource person and consultant on teaching methods and materials.
• Develops relationships with community agencies and universities to support education initiatives.
• Assists in planning and evaluating training for palliative care and other programs.

Skills

Training design

Staff development

Clinical education

Regulatory compliance

Education program delivery

Education

New York State RN license

Bachelor’s degree in nursing / nursing education 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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