Nurse Educator

Mount Carmel Behavioral Health•Columbus, OH

3d•$35 - $54•Onsite

About The Position

Mount Carmel Behavioral Health is hiring a full-time Nurse Educator for the day shift at its Columbus, Ohio facility. The facility provides acute inpatient care for adults age 18 and above who are experiencing mental or behavioral health challenges. The position pays $35.03 to $54.29 per hour, depending on years of experience, and includes a $10,000 sign-on bonus. The Nurse Educator facilitates employee orientation and onboarding, assesses staff and facility learning needs, identifies practice gaps, and develops and delivers evidence-based education and competency activities. The role supports nursing staff and patient-care providers through instruction, clinical skills development, in-service training, resources, and just-in-time education. The educator collaborates with facility and corporate nursing leaders and medical practitioners to promote safe, quality, compassionate care and align education with organizational policies and regulatory requirements. The role may also involve serving as the facility infection preventionist with training and providing direct patient care as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in nursing or commensurate experience required.
Three years of registered nurse experience required.
Two years of behavioral health experience as a registered nurse required.
Current state license required.
CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required; training is available upon hire and offered by the facility.
First aid may be required depending on the state or facility.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in nursing, healthcare administration, education, or another clinical field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Five or more years of experience strongly preferred.
Inpatient psychiatry experience as a registered nurse strongly preferred.
One or more years of experience in clinical education/training and development preferred.
Certification as an NPD Practitioner and/or clinical certification recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center preferred.

Responsibilities

Facilitate orientation and onboarding programs to promote employee retention and foster a positive learning environment.
Role-model organizational and personal commitment to new employee success and demonstrate competent practice through demonstration or simulation.
Identify learning needs and practice gaps for staff and the facility; assess gaps and crosswalk competencies to practice.
Participate in designing educational activities for licensed and non-licensed healthcare personnel.
Collaborate with the Corporate Nursing Director/Educator to review outcome data and evaluate and refine competency management activities.
Assist with development and instruction of didactic content and clinical skills for designated competencies.
Develop education plans based on gap assessments, quality data, and safety outcomes.
Align educational programs with facility and organizational policies and procedures, and implement curricula required by regulatory agencies.
Create engaging, evidence-based educational content tailored to the intended audience and maintain learner engagement.
Serve as a general resource for nursing staff and provide resources and just-in-time education to support immediate changes.
Collaborate with medical practitioners and the CNO/DON to incorporate nursing processes into patient plans of care.
Provide educational leadership to patients and care providers to enhance specialized patient care within established clinical protocols.
Promote safe, quality, and compassionate patient care.
Assist patients and caregivers with education needs, problem-solving, and health management across the continuum of care.
Educate direct patient-care staff on the use of equipment and supplies, and coordinate in-service training for appropriate staff.
Support new ideas and innovation in educational design.
May serve as the facility infection preventionist with training and may provide direct care as needed.
Identify individual staff professional-development needs and help staff identify growth areas in their current roles.
Identify and provide opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery, use the novice-to-expert continuum when developing staff, and promote certification in nursing specialty areas.
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.