Specialty Nurse Educator Critical Care

HCA Healthcare•Asheville, NC

About The Position

The Clinical Professional Development Specialty Educator enhances professional practice and the provision of quality patient care in an identified specialty across hospitals in an assigned division. The educator brings deep subject matter expertise in specialty nursing and provides evidence-based educational programs and activities to promote professional competency among nursing, inter-professional, and non-licensed clinical staff. The role supports orientation and onboarding, competency development and evaluation, and the identification of staff learning needs and practice gaps. The educator develops engaging educational activities to address deficits and improvement opportunities, uses a novice-to-expert continuum when developing staff, and collaborates with clinical education colleagues to evaluate and adjust programs based on feedback. The position also monitors practices and operations for compliance with laws, regulations, guidelines, and industry practices, and communicates key performance indicators for clinical education services. Travel up to 75% of the time is required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in nursing.
At least 2 years of clinical education experience.
At least 3 years of experience in an acute care hospital.
Current license appropriate to education in the state of practice, in accordance with law and regulation.
Basic Life Support (BLS).
Specialty certification recognized by the American Nurse Credentialing Center.
Ability to travel up to 75% of the time.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in nursing.
At least 3 years of experience in clinical education, CSC, academia, or leadership.

Responsibilities

Provide and assist with orientation and onboarding programs to promote employee retention across the division.
Conduct orientation in a manner that facilitates a positive learning environment.
Participate in developing, coordinating, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating competency activities.
Identify learning needs of specialty staff through on-site review or metrics.
Develop activities and educational content to address identified deficits and opportunities to improve knowledge, skill, and practice.
Plan educational content delivery that encourages learner engagement.
Assess practice gaps.
Collaborate with clinical education team members to evaluate and adjust educational programs based on evaluations and feedback.
Promote lifelong learning and use the novice-to-expert continuum when developing staff.
Monitor practices and operations against laws, regulations, guidelines, and industry practices to assess compliance, risk, or exposure.
Communicate key performance indicators for the clinical education service line within the assigned division.

Benefits

Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine plans.
Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
Paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay, based on years of service.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Flexible spending accounts.
Preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
Tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
Fertility and family-building benefits and adoption assistance.
Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans.
Auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.