Surgical Services Nurse Educator

HCA Healthcare • Fort Lauderdale, FL

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About The Position

Do you currently have an opportunity to make a real impact with your work? With over 2,000 sites of care and serving over 31.2 million patient interactions every year, nurses at HCA Healthcare have the opportunity to make a real impact. As a Surgical Services Nurse Educator you can be a part of change. The Nurse Educator enhances professional practice and the provision of quality patient care by providing evidence-based quality educational programs and activities that promote professional competency for nursing, inter-professional, and non-licensed clinical staff at the assigned facility.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Required
• Currently licensed as an RN in the state of practice or has an active compact state license in accordance with law and regulation Required
• Basic Life Saving (BLS) Required
• Ability to Travel up to 25%
• 2+ years of experience in clinical education, CSC, academia or leadership Preferred
• 2+ years of experience in acute care hospital Preferred
• Master's Degree in Nursing Preferred
• Nationally Recognized Specialty certification Preferred

Responsibilities

• Participates in the development, coordination, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating of onboarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.
• Provides orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention.
• Collaborates with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to adjust the program based on evaluation results.
• Participates in the development, coordination, and management of facilitating, conducting, and evaluating competency.
• Designs and identifies educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, including licensed and non-licensed healthcare personnel.
• Develops activities to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skill and practice.
• Plans educational content delivery that encourages learner engagement.
• Promotes and integrates evidence-based practice (EBP) in order to continuously improve practice.
• Conducts, encourages, facilitates, and/or participates in research, EBP, and quality improvement (QI) in patient care settings.
• Identifies and develops strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning.
• Utilizes novice-to-expert continuum when developing staff.
• Identifies and provides opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more.
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence).
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree