HCA - Kansas City, MO
posted 15 days ago
About the position
The Nurse Educator enhances professional practice and the provision of quality patient care by providing evidence-based quality educational programs and activities that promote professional competency for nursing, inter-professional, and non-licensed clinical staff at the assigned facility. In this role you will participate in the development, coordination, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating of onboarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel. You will provide orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention and collaborate with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to adjust the program based on evaluation results. Additionally, you will design and identify educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, including licensed and non-licensed healthcare personnel, in alignment with HCA and division clinical education request and development processes. You will develop activities to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skill and practice, and plan educational content delivery that encourages learner engagement. Promoting and integrating evidence-based practice (EBP) in order to continuously improve practice is also a key responsibility, along with identifying and developing strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning.
Responsibilities
- Participates in the development, coordination, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating of onboarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.
- Provides orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention.
- Collaborates with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to adjust the program based on evaluation results.
- Participates in the development, coordination, and management of facilitating, conducting, and evaluating competency.
- Designs and identifies educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences.
- Develops activities to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skill and practice.
- Plans educational content delivery that encourages learner engagement.
- Promotes and integrates EBP in order to continuously improve practice.
- Conducts, encourages, facilitates, and/or participates in research, EBP, and QI in patient care settings.
- Identifies and develops strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning.
- Utilizes novice-to-expert continuum when developing staff.
- Identifies and provides opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration or other clinical field Required
- Currently licensed as an RN in the state of practice or has an active compact state license in accordance with law and regulation Required
- Basic Life Saving (BLS) Required
- 3+ years experience in an acute care setting Required
Nice-to-haves
- Master's Degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration or other clinical field Preferred
- 2+ years experience in clinical education Preferred
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay.
- Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans.
- Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing.
- 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
- Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
- Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more.
- Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
- Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
- Colleague recognition program.
- Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence).
- Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
