Registered Nurse- Port Orange Adult Health / Critical Care (Educator)

Halifax Health•Port Orange, FL

About The Position

The Clinical Educator assesses, designs, delivers, and evaluates orientation, education, training, and staff development for the nursing workforce across Halifax Health’s inpatient entities. The position supports the development of nursing-related roles and enhances staff knowledge and skills through evidence-based nursing practice. As part of a centralized professional staff development department, the educator facilitates competency assessment programs, orientation, continuing education, training, and ongoing professional development and is not assigned to a single unit.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.
Five years of nursing, clinical educator, or nursing instructor experience required.
Two years of experience developing and designing education or training curricula and staff development for a healthcare workforce.
Demonstrated knowledge of learning principles, philosophies, and theories.
Ability to design and develop a broad repertoire of instructional strategies.
Demonstrated knowledge of learning objectives, curriculum and program development principles, and accreditation standards and procedures related to nursing competency.
Ability to critically evaluate education content for relevance to nurse learners and regulatory, federal, state, and hospital policy training requirements.
Ability to work with subject matter experts and team members to gather content and create evidence-based education and training activities and materials.
Considerable knowledge of classroom presentation methods and techniques in an adult instructional setting.
Demonstrated project management methodologies for overseeing large-scale educational and change initiatives.
Research skills.

Nice To Haves

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess educational needs for the health system or specific clinical units.
Plan and implement staff education related to new policies and procedures, equipment, and performance improvement initiatives.
Collaborate with other clinical educators to design educational programs using innovative teaching techniques.
Develop and implement general or unit-specific orientation plans in collaboration with unit nursing leadership.
Support staff professional development by assessing needs and planning, implementing, and evaluating educational programs.
Coordinate educational demonstrations of new equipment or supplies with vendor and manufacturer representatives.
Provide individual instruction as needed.
Document staff participation in education programs in the appropriate format.
Maintain documentation for continuing education programs, BLS, ACLS, and annual skills labs.
Facilitate unit-specific patient education.
Provide direct patient care as needed to develop staff clinical skills, maintain professional expertise, and assist nursing units in emergencies.
Participate in developing, implementing, and revising health system and unit-specific policies and procedures; may coordinate the Patient Care Manual or a clinical-area policy and procedure manual.
Participate in health system or unit-specific committees and teams as assigned by the coordinator.
Maintain knowledge within the area of specialty.
Perform other duties assigned by the coordinator according to unit needs.
Adhere to Cornerstone principles and serve as a role model in service excellence.
Champion change that supports Halifax Health’s goals and vision.