RN Clinical Nurse Education Specialist - Children's Peri-Op Services

UNC Health•Chapel Hill, NC

14d•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse Education Specialist is an advanced-level nursing practice role in the Center for Nursing Excellence at UNC Hospitals, supporting children's perioperative services. The position facilitates professional development for licensed and unlicensed employees to enhance competency through educational assessment, planning, and outcome evaluation. It coordinates staff development and educational needs for patient-care nursing staff, patients, and families, and works under minimal supervision. Assignments involve collaboration to address educational needs within a specialty practice area, service, or across the hospital. The specialist serves as a subject matter expert and lead for hospital-wide initiatives, including those related to accreditation, and may collaborate across disciplines and the continuum of care. The role develops and delivers education, facilitates Nursing Orientation and residency programs, supports staff and student development, and serves as a clinical resource and role model. It works with leadership, committees, councils, preceptors, and faculty to advance evidence-based practice and nursing education. The position is onsite in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with a day schedule and 40 standard hours per week. The listed hiring salary range is $38.55–$55.43 per hour; pay offers depend on experience and internal equity.

Requirements

Graduation from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.
Bachelor's degree and master's degree, with at least one degree in Nursing.
Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina.
Certification in the area of specialization within 12 months of hire.
Two years of clinical experience in the clinical specialty.
Two years of perioperative experience is strongly preferred.

Nice To Haves

Two years of perioperative experience.

Responsibilities

Serve as a clinical resource and role model, and provide clinical supervision to help staff develop clinical knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Participate in identifying essential competencies for clinical areas and service lines, and develop education to maintain or build those competencies.
Work with preceptors and nursing unit leadership to develop nursing staff knowledge and skills.
Consult with UNC Health Care System, UNC Hospitals, and nursing leadership on educational program development.
Partner with committees, councils, and departments to identify and develop educational programs, new-product training, and competency assessments.
Independently plan, deliver, coordinate, facilitate, conduct, and evaluate educational programs for hospital employees, primarily nursing staff.
Develop, coordinate, and facilitate Nursing Orientation programs, including skills-based residency programs and the Nurse Residency Program.
Develop evidence-based standards of care, comprehensive nursing plans, and clinical pathways for patients and families, and facilitate their implementation.
Develop educational programs to augment nursing staff knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
Assist Clinical Nurse III and Clinical Nurse IV staff in developing skills to plan, develop, and present continuing education content and programs.
Evaluate educational program outcomes and participate in point-of-care research.
Assist with orientation and placement of nursing students in clinical units, serve as a resource to faculty, and mentor graduate students.
Maintain personal professional growth and development and current certification in a clinical specialty or Nursing Professional Development.
Evaluate current research to stay informed about practice trends.
Guide development and revision of Department of Nursing standards, policies, and procedures.
Facilitate dissemination of practice changes through the Nursing Standards Committee and Shared Governance Councils.
Develop and maintain relationships with faculty and students from nursing and other clinical disciplines.