TTP Nurse Educator Critical Care

HCA Healthcare • Salt Lake, UT

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About The Position

The Transition to Practice (TTP) Clinical Educator is a skilled professional who specializes in the clinical learning environment and supports clinical education activities for the organization and within an assigned division, market, or facility. The educator helps improve professional practice and promote high-quality patient care by facilitating standardized, evidence-based educational content for nursing, inter-professional, and non-licensed clinical staff and students. They teach content relevant to their profession and specialty and support transition-to-practice education, including new employee orientation, RN Residency/Fellowship, the Preceptor Program, and other educational courses and experiences. The educator also delivers targeted education to address identified practice gaps and participates in rounding to support outcomes for the intended audience.

The role contributes to lifelong learning and professional development by facilitating orientation, onboarding, and transition-to-practice programs; creating a positive learning environment; identifying development needs and growth opportunities; and guiding staff toward career advancement resources. The educator applies adult education theory and evaluation methodologies to develop and refine courses and curricula, supports succession-planning insights, and provides opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery. The role requires travel of up to 75% in the market.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• Currently licensed as a registered nurse in the state(s) where practicing, in accordance with law and regulation.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Ability to travel up to 75% in the market.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in nursing.
• 2+ years of experience in clinical education, CSC, academia, or leadership.
• 2+ years of experience in an acute care hospital.
• Nationally recognized specialty certification.

Responsibilities

• Participate in and provide lifelong learning.
• Facilitate orientation, onboarding, and transition-to-practice programs to promote employee retention.
• Conduct training in a manner that facilitates a positive learning environment.
• Identify professional development needs of individual staff in the assigned specialty setting.
• Assist staff in identifying areas for individual growth in their current roles.
• Direct staff to career advancement resources.
• Use the novice-to-expert continuum when developing staff.
• Apply adult educational theory to the development of educational programs.
• Apply evaluation methodologies, such as Kirkpatrick, to courses and curricula to refine clinical programs.
• Contribute insights and feedback for succession planning.
• Identify and provide opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery.
• Teach specialty-specific content and support transition-to-practice education, including orientation, RN Residency/Fellowship, Preceptor Program, and other courses or experiences.
• Deliver targeted education to address identified practice gaps and participate in rounding.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time-away-from-work programs, including paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay based on years of service, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and flexible spending accounts.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits including fertility and family-building support, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.
• Preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.

What This Job Offers

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