Clinical Nurse Educator - Surgery Support

Boys Town • Omaha, NE

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse Educator leads the coordination and delivery of unit-specific clinical and operational education for Surgery Support staff, fostering a culture of excellence in quality care, patient safety, and professional practice. Supporting a large, multidisciplinary team of nurses and CNAs across diverse clinical roles, this position serves as a trusted education and practice expert, driving orientation, competency validation, continuing education, and professional development initiatives. Through collaboration, mentorship, and evidence-based learning strategies, the Clinical Nurse Educator plays a pivotal role in enhancing staff performance, engagement, and exceptional patient outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's in nursing required.
• Minimum of 5 years clinical area experience required.
• Current valid RN licensure in the state of Nebraska required.
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
• Pediatric Life Support (PALS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required for the hospital setting.

Nice To Haves

• Masters in nursing preferred.
• Minimum 2 years education experience preferred.
• For hospital setting - Certification in specialty area preferred or within one year of eligibility preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assumes responsibility for the area specific orientation of new employees working side by side providing direct patient care as needed.
• Creates an orientation program for each role in the clinical area.
• Collaborates with respective clinical director/supervisor to counsel/coach new employees during orientation to assist the orientee’s progress towards gaining competency in unit standards/skills.
• Supports the preceptor role by collaborating with the preceptor to select appropriate assignments and learning experiences for new staff.
• Works with the Nurse Educator in coordination of staff education processes through the development, implementation, and evaluation of education materials/systems.
• Works with leadership to identify new diagnosis and procedures, develops education and specific care plans related to patient diagnosis, as applicable.
• Collaborates with appropriate resources (i.e. leadership team, other educators, content experts, organization development) to analyze needs and develop, implement, evaluate and maintain unit specific education programs (i.e. orientation skills checklists, self-studies, education videos, education supplies, and orientation manual).
• Designs educational activities to include documentation of a needs assessment, description of target audience, educational objectives, content outline, teaching methods (self-study, presentation, real-time), and evaluation strategies. Works with Nurse Educator to identify appropriate resources (i.e. room arrangements, AV equipment, handouts, other teaching aids).
• Conducts individualized age-specific patient/family assessments according to defined unit scope and nursing practice standards, appropriate collaborative problem and protocols.
• Develops individualized patient/family plan of care using practice guidelines/protocols to meet identified needs.
• Implements and evaluates nursing actions in accordance with the individualized patient/family plan of care and patient condition/needs.
• Ensures documentation reflects assessment/evaluation, modification and patient’s response to therapy, changes in condition and therapeutic interventions/procedures.
• Utilizes daily/weekly rounding as a tool in identifying educational clinical needs of staff/unit and teaches staff to promote consistent delivery of patient care standards.
• Accepts assignment in the clinical area for direct patient care as needed.
• Professionally supports the assigned clinical area as seen through interactions with patients, families, staff, colleagues, others.
• Professionally seeks opportunities to help teammates during shift as needed.
• Serves as preceptor for new clinical staff as necessary.
• Serves as a role model in carrying out activities and behaviors that reflect the values and principles of the Boys Town mission.

Benefits

• Reduced to no cost visits for services performed by a Boys Town provider at a Boys Town location for employees and their dependents enrolled in medical benefits.
• Low to zero-dollar co-pays on certain maintenance drugs through pharmacy benefits.
• No cost mental health visits to an in-network provider.
• Generous match on their 401K or 401K Roth account.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Parenting resources from experts.
• Professional development opportunities within the organization.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior