Nurse Educator - Emergency Room Services

One Brooklyn Health • New York, NY

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About The Position

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 knowledge 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 position participates in developing, implementing, and evaluating onboarding, staff development, and continuing education programs; collaborates across nursing to support professional development; and provides mentoring and clinical coaching. In partnership with nursing leadership, the educator develops learning activities to address practice gaps for licensed and non-licensed healthcare staff.

The role is based in a clinically active, fast-paced environment. It requires prolonged standing and walking, occasional reaching, stooping, and bending, and the ability to lift and carry items weighing up to 35 pounds while performing essential duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Nursing.
• At least five years of clinical experience as a Registered Nurse, including emergency nursing and critical care and emergency nurse experience.
• At least three years of relevant nurse educator experience.
• Advanced clinical knowledge of critical care nursing.
• Demonstrated 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 the organization.
• 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 New York State license and registration as a Registered Professional Nurse.
• 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 may obtain the necessary certification within two years from their start date.

Nice To Haves

• Current educators are strongly encouraged to pursue and obtain relevant specialty certification, as of June 2025.

Responsibilities

• Develop and initiate orientation/onboarding processes and continuous 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 concerning nursing practice with nursing administrative and leadership staff.
• Maintain clinical knowledge and expertise through ongoing 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 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 health record documentation deficiencies.
• Design, develop, and organize educational resources that 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 educational 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 education and other approaches.
• Participate in improvement and outcome goals and initiatives aligned with the organization’s mission and goals.
• Build constructive, respectful relationships; support diversity of ideas; and contribute to team effectiveness.
• Respond to oral and written communications.
• Give and accept feedback with coworkers and management to enhance team relations.

What This Job Offers

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