Days

UHS•Amarillo, TX

28d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Educator assists with onboarding new hires to the unit and provides ongoing education to unit staff throughout the year. The role includes assigning preceptors, overseeing onboarding through orientation packets and pathways, and coordinating orientation progress meetings with new hires, preceptors, and nursing leadership. Nurse Educators contribute to annual competency validation and help ensure that education supports successful onboarding and regulatory requirements. They also support an organizational culture of safety and Service Excellence and apply Service Excellence standards when working with all customer groups. The position demonstrates leadership through collaborative integration of services and functions across Northwest Texas Healthcare System. It supports the measurement, assessment, and improvement of management, clinical, and support services; maintains accountability for unit-functioning processes, including documented annual improvement in at least one process or outcome; and maintains regulatory compliance. The Nurse Educator helps implement and evaluate new or enhanced services and uses clinical and leadership expertise to assess care needs and staff performance to support high-quality patient care.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Current license or permit to practice professional nursing in the State of Texas.
BSN required, or national certification in a nursing specialty within one year of becoming a unit-based educator.
Three years of similar nursing experience.
Maintain Handle with Care certification annually.
Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association upon hire or within 30 days of the start date, maintained throughout employment and obtained before providing patient care.

Nice To Haves

Education experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist with onboarding new hires onto the unit and provide continued education to unit staff throughout the year.
Assign preceptors to new hires and oversee the onboarding process, including orientation packets and pathways.
Coordinate orientation progress meetings with new hires, preceptors, and nursing leadership.
Participate in annual competency validation across units and help ensure education supports onboarding and regulatory requirements.
Support an organizational culture of safety and Service Excellence and practice Service Excellence standards with all customer groups.
Demonstrate leadership through collaboration to integrate services and functions throughout NWTHS.
Participate in and support processes to measure, assess, and improve management, clinical, and/or support services.
Demonstrate documented improvement in at least one process or outcome annually while maintaining accountability for processes affecting unit functioning.
Maintain regulatory compliance related to The Joint Commission, Texas Department of State Health Services, and the Board of Nursing.
Assist with implementation and evaluation of new or enhanced services.
Use clinical and leadership expertise to facilitate, measure, evaluate, and interpret patient care needs and staff performance to support high-quality care.