Clinical Educator, Pediatrics
About The Position
BAYADA Home Health Care has an immediate opening for a Clinical Educator, Skilled Nursing in our Toms River, NJ Pediatric Office. This Clinical Educator role is ideal for an experienced Registered Nurse who is passionate about pediatric education, simulation-based learning, caregiver development, and clinical excellence in the home setting. We are seeking a pediatric RN with strong clinical judgment, hands-on teaching ability, and a commitment to preparing field staff to deliver safe, compassionate, high-quality care. This role is especially well suited for a Registered Nurse with pediatric tracheostomy and ventilator experience who can translate real-world clinical expertise into practical, engaging learning experiences. The Clinical Educator will serve as a key educational leader for pediatric skilled nursing services, helping ensure every Registered Nurse, and caregiver is confident, competent, and prepared to care for medically complex pediatric clients at home.
Requirements
- Current RN license in good standing required.
- Registered Nurse with a BSN required; MSN preferred.
- Minimum of two years of staff development, clinical education, or nursing education experience required.
- Strong pediatric clinical background required.
- Demonstrated ability to teach, coach, mentor, and evaluate clinical performance.
- Strong assessment, critical thinking, communication, and organizational skills
Nice To Haves
- Pediatric tracheostomy and ventilator experience strongly preferred.
- Prior experience in home health, private duty nursing, pediatric skilled nursing, or medically complex pediatric care strongly preferred.
- Experience with field staff orientation, clinical chart review, utilization review reporting, and performance improvement planning preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead and facilitate clinical simulation scenarios, hands-on lab instruction, and return demonstrations for field staff in the pediatric skilled nursing setting.
- Deliver education for pediatric airway management, tracheostomy care, ventilator care, enteral feeding, medication administration, seizure precautions, infection prevention, and other high-acuity home care skills.
- Serve as a clinical resource for the pediatric team and support RN staff, trainees, and other caregivers through orientation, onboarding, mentoring, and ongoing education.
- Develop, coordinate, and update training materials, learning pathways, competency tools, and skill validation processes aligned with BAYADA clinical standards.
- Provide training and support specific to pediatric trach and vent cases, making prior trach/vent experience especially valuable in this role.
- Support new hire orientation and help prepare each Registered Nurse for success in the home care environment.
- Conduct clinical chart review, documentation review, utilization review support, and follow-up education to reinforce quality, compliance, and best practices.
- Partner with office leadership to identify trends, support quality improvement initiatives, and strengthen clinical outcomes and patient safety.
- Reinforce sound clinical judgment, family-centered care, professionalism, and safe independent practice in the field.
- Help ensure pediatric field staff are well prepared to care for medically fragile children with complex needs in the home.
Benefits
- paid holidays
- vacation and sick leave
- vision
- dental
- medical health plans
- employer-paid life insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- direct deposit
- employee assistance program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
