Clinical Nursing Educator

UR Thompson Health • Canandaigua, NY

2d • $95,000 - $120,000

About The Position

Thompson Health is seeking an innovative and creative educator to develop education programs and strategies that teach and support nursing and ancillary clinical staff. The role aligns professional practice and educational services with Thompson Health’s mission, vision, values, and priorities. It prepares nurses and patient care technicians for contemporary practice and supports the development of knowledge, skills, and judgment across the care continuum.

The educator collaborates with other educators on onboarding, nurse residency programs, and educational needs; promotes evidence-based practice and clinical research opportunities; and implements and evaluates educational strategies. The role also supports state-of-the-art patient care, including implementing techniques to improve safety and quality, while maintaining current knowledge of healthcare and professional nursing developments. This is a full-time salaried role with primarily day hours.

Requirements

• New York State license to practice as a Registered Nurse.
• Master of Science in Nursing or Nursing Education.
• 3–5 years of experience in adult acute care or intensive care nursing.
• BLS certification.
• Ability to provide care for acute and chronic patients across the lifespan while considering psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual implications.
• Strong collaborative practice and communication skills.
• Leadership characteristics, including autonomous practice, clinical judgment, analysis, effective conflict resolution, and ability to lead assigned projects.
• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to reprioritize tasks and meet deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• BLS Instructor certification.
• ACLS certification.
• ACLS Instructor certification.
• Experience in education and program planning.
• Previous or current faculty experience, including adjunct experience.

Responsibilities

• Align professional practice and educational services with Thompson Health’s mission, vision, values, and priorities.
• Prepare nurses and patient care technicians for contemporary practice and support development of knowledge, skills, and judgment across the care continuum.
• Collaborate with fellow educators to provide high-quality associate experiences during onboarding and nurse residency programs and address the educational needs of nurses and patient care technicians.
• Promote evidence-based practice findings and identify clinical research opportunities in collaboration with nurses and patient care technicians.
• Implement teaching and learning strategies based on age-appropriate learning theory and foster clinical judgment skills.
• Evaluate clinical outcomes related to educational interventions, including their impact on cost, quality, and satisfaction with healthcare.
• Demonstrate collaborative practice, communication, leadership, autonomous practice, clinical judgment, analysis, and effective conflict resolution; provide leadership for assigned projects.
• Serve as a positive professional role model for patient care.
• Facilitate and innovate state-of-the-art patient care, with direct involvement in implementing new techniques for safety and quality care.
• Maintain current knowledge of interventions, trends, healthcare, and professional nursing developments.
• Adapt education to the audience and present information in a logical, sequential manner.
• Protect confidential information concerning patients, staff, and the health system.
• Organize work, reprioritize tasks quickly, and meet deadlines.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $6,000 per year.
• Retirement plan contribution and match.
• Five weeks of paid time off.
• Access to Success coaches.
• Free parking.
• Employee wellness programs, biometric screenings, and access to an onsite gym and Zen Room.
• Community Shared Agriculture program.
• Staff recognition platforms.

What This Job Offers

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