Clinical Educator - Acute Care - Full time

Texas Health•Dallas, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Educator works within a specialized discipline and partners with leadership to design relevant education and integrate and deploy it across the system. The role specializes in one or two disciplines of nursing, allied health, or related specialty areas. The educator develops clinical skills and competency solutions, supports changes in clinical practice, and consults with management on staff development needs. The role also supports competency documentation and accreditation readiness, and engages clinical teams and leadership to identify and address educational needs. This is a full-time position at Texas Health Dallas in Dallas, Texas. Work hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The department describes a strong team atmosphere, opportunities to advance nursing professional practice across the healthcare system, and a collaborative environment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in nursing.
At least 1 year of staff development or adult education experience.
At least 3 years of clinical experience, including 2 years in an area of specialty, or 2 years in the clinical education department.
Registered Nurse (RN) upon hire.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in nursing, education, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Partner in developing and implementing clinical skill and competency development solutions for unit, department, entity, and system high-risk/low-volume activities.
Develop and implement clinical skills development solutions for changes in clinical practice, including documentation.
Partner in developing and implementing onboarding programs, transition residency programs, clinical academic partnership placements, continuing education deployment, and organization-wide safety training.
Support clinical staff through changes by partnering in adoption of new clinical practices on the unit.
Provide clinical coaching to staff to drive adoption of new tools.
Serve as a clinical skill development consultant to management for assigned client groups by identifying development needs and participating in evaluation and monitoring of competency development, life support, onboarding, student placement, and continuing education programs and processes.
Serve on entity-level root cause analysis teams, conduct board of nursing investigation practices, partner with Unit Based Councils, and serve on the NCAP committee as appropriate.
Maintain documentation for clinical competencies and support accreditation readiness.
Collaborate with coordinators to ensure proper storage and tracking of competency records.
Communicate regularly with clinical teams and leadership to assess satisfaction, identify gaps, and troubleshoot educational challenges.
Build relationships across departments to foster a culture of learning and excellence.