Nurse Educator

About the role

Join Livingston Regional Hospital, a 114-bed, community hospital certified for sepsis care by the Joint Commission and accredited for chest pain by the American College of Cardiology. As part of the ScionHealth network, Livingston Regional delivers quality care covering all aspects of healthcare, from 24-hour emergency services to inpatient and outpatient rehabilitative, a Level I neonatal nursery, a 16-bed gero-psych unit, and many other specialty services. Livingston serves a five-county area in central Tennessee and southern Kentucky. Grow your career where your work touches your neighbors.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to clinical staff as an educator, consultant, and facilitator in conjunction with unit leaders.
• Support the development of hospital clinical staff through assessment, development, planning, implementation, and continuing education.
• Collaborate with hospital leaders to coordinate, develop, and monitor clinical education activities as required.
• Assess student affiliations and/or clinical rotation programs, mandatory training, and education as appropriate.
• Organize, coordinate, and maintain clinical rotation calendars with affiliated schools.
• Propose, create, and conduct training programs as appropriate.
• Produce an education calendar that meets compliance, safety, and organizational training needs.
• Manage hospital education and projects including regulatory compliance training, educational programs, and system priorities (e.g., Preceptor Program, New Graduate Nurse Residency Program, Clinical Skills Lab, etc.).
• Organize and facilitate annual educational competencies.
• Evaluate and analyze course effectiveness and update curriculum on a continual basis.
• Oversee, maintain, and train staff on educational software.
• Collaborate with Human Resources for new employee orientation.
• Onboard clinical staff by planning, implementing, and evaluating orientation programs in response to staff learning needs and organizational goals.
• Create, prepare, and plan classes based on departmental needs.
• Develop practices and techniques utilized in the field of staff development and training.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in state.
• 3 years of experience as a practicing RN in a healthcare facility.
• 3 years of healthcare training and education experience (strongly preferred).

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Expectations

• Ability to utilize education and adult learning to provide educational opportunities for professional growth from novice to expert.
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement instructional modules and use a variety of educational methods.
• Thorough knowledge of staff development practices and techniques, conducting training, assessment of educational needs and priorities, and program evaluation.
• Excellent professional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively to all levels of staff and leadership.
• Strong ability to collaborate and negotiate.
• Ability to engage learners and apply adult learning techniques.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to develop and deliver training and educational programs while optimizing learning activities for employees.
• Approximate percentage of time required to travel: 10%
• Must read, write, and speak fluent English.
• Must have good and regular attendance.