UHC-Nurse Educator-ED Department

WVU Medicine

23h • Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Educator assesses, designs, develops, and evaluates nursing and clinical programs, training and development programs, and assigned special training projects. The role ensures competency and education across clinical areas and provides internal consultation to management and work groups on clinical education.

The Nurse Educator develops and evaluates clinical staff onboarding and orientation, manages competency assessment in assigned areas with management, and supports professional role development. The role promotes research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement; teaches and advises nurses and other learners; and collaborates with interprofessional teams, academic partners, and organizational stakeholders.

The position conducts learning-needs assessments, recommends educational strategies to support regulatory and accreditation compliance, and develops and maintains relevant learning materials and programs for clinical staff at all career stages. The Nurse Educator serves as a nurse planner for continuing education, maintains American Heart Association instructor status, participates in AHA training, and considers safety, effectiveness, and cost in professional development activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); current enrollment is accepted.
• Current West Virginia nursing license.
• Five years of nursing experience.
• Obtain American Heart Association instructor status for BLS, ACLS, and PALS within one year of hire.
• Computer proficiency for communication and development of educational programs and materials.
• Proficiency in the Standards of National Professional Development practice, including onboarding/orientation, competency management, education, role development, collaborative partnerships, and research/evidence-based practice and quality improvement.
• Ability to act in nursing professional development roles including learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, advocate for the NPD specialty, and partner for practice transitions.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in nursing or a related field.
• Certification in nursing professional development or a specialty.
• Two years of experience in staff development, continuing education, or other staff clinical teaching.

Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate, and evaluate onboarding and orientation for clinical staff, and identify orientation requirements.
• Manage and evaluate clinical staff competency assessments with the management team in assigned areas.
• Assist others with professional role development and execute special projects as requested by the CEOD Leadership Team.
• Champion scientific inquiry and incorporate the best available evidence into practice and educational activities; promote research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement in educational settings.
• Teach, coordinate, serve as a liaison, and advise nurses and other learners on education and learning.
• Support collegial and academic-practice partnerships that contribute to professional development and lifelong learning.
• Collaborate with interprofessional teams, chief nursing officers, directors, managers, stakeholders, and others to facilitate nursing practice and positive consumer outcomes.
• Attend and participate in assigned committees.
• Conduct ongoing learning-needs assessments for individuals and groups in assigned units and, as appropriate, organization-wide; share findings with management and the CEOD department.
• Recommend educational strategies that support compliance with external regulatory and accrediting requirements and standards based on assessment data.
• Identify expected educational outcomes and prepare and maintain accurate, relevant learning materials for target audiences, applying adult-learning principles.
• Develop educational programs for clinical staff at all career stages that align with organizational missions, values, and goals.
• Serve as a nurse planner in continuing education activities.
• Maintain American Heart Association instructor status and participate in AHA training.
• Consider safety, effectiveness, and cost when planning, delivering, and managing clinical professional development activities.

What This Job Offers

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