Nurse Educator - Emergency Room Services

One Brooklyn Health • New York, NY

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About The Position

At Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, the Nurse Educator for Emergency Department Services strengthens the knowledge, confidence, and clinical readiness of nurses caring for acutely ill patients. Reporting to the Director of Nursing Education, the role combines advanced critical care expertise with adult-learning principles to design and deliver orientation, competency validation, continuing education, and practice-improvement initiatives.

The Nurse Educator serves as an educator, facilitator, change agent, leader, advisor, and clinical resource. The role participates in developing, implementing, and evaluating orientation and onboarding, staff development, and continuing education programs. In collaboration with nursing leadership, the educator supports professional development, mentors and coaches staff, and develops educational activities to address practice gaps among licensed and non-licensed healthcare personnel. The position helps lead meaningful practice change and supports a culture of professional growth and safe, equitable, high-quality patient care.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Nursing.
• At least five years of clinical experience as a Registered Nurse, including emergency nursing and critical care experience.
• At least three years of relevant nurse educator experience.
• Advanced clinical knowledge of critical care nursing.
• Knowledge of adult-learning principles, competency-based education, and professional development.
• Ability to design and facilitate effective learning experiences, lead educational initiatives, manage projects, analyze outcomes, and build productive relationships across organizational levels.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organization, initiative, adaptability, relationship-building, and change-leadership skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, electronic health records, and audiovisual or virtual learning technology.
• Current license and registration as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Appropriate certifications for the area of expertise and/or coverage.
• Certification in the relevant specialty area; staff entering the role are granted up to two years from their start date to obtain the necessary certification.

Responsibilities

• Develop and initiate orientation/onboarding processes and ongoing staff development programs.
• Collaborate with nursing administrative and leadership staff to identify, outline, implement, and maintain standards of nursing practice.
• Identify and document nursing staff learning needs in collaboration with nursing administrative and leadership staff.
• Maintain clinical expertise through continual review of current literature, research, and products that affect nursing practice and patient outcomes.
• Provide clinical supervision, coaching, or mentoring based on individualized learning-needs assessments, and evaluate learner needs and outcomes.
• Establish methods to evaluate learning and competency plans for critical nursing staff.
• Analyze and communicate the impact of educational content, teaching methods, and evaluation strategies with educators and leadership.
• Apply knowledge of theories used in staff development and education.
• Serve as a clinical and educational resource for electronic-record-system use and documentation deficiencies.
• Design, develop, and organize educational resources to support nursing staff learning needs.
• Conduct classes and training as necessary.
• Evaluate staff clinical competence and participate in remediation when necessary.
• Serve as a clinical and educational resource, role model, and facilitator for staff and other departments.
• Maintain records related to clinical education programs, including in-services, onboarding/orientation, staff development, and educational activities.
• Engage learners, nurse managers, and other key participants in collecting data and evaluating learner needs and outcomes.
• Lead change and improve nursing-care quality through various approaches, including education-focused initiatives.
• Participate in improvement and outcome goals and initiatives aligned with the organization’s mission and goals.
• Build constructive relationships, demonstrate respect, support diversity of ideas, and contribute to team effectiveness.
• Respond to oral and written communications.
• Give and accept feedback among coworkers and management to enhance team relations.

What This Job Offers

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