Nurse Educator- Behavioral Health

Shifts available: Days (7:00 AM – 3:30 PM) and Evenings (3:00 PM – 11:30 PM), full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hours per week, 5×8-hour shifts). Pay starts at $36.90/hour with potential for higher pay based on relevant experience, plus an additional $4.70/hour for the Evenings shift differential.

About the role

Oversees a focused unit or group, often working directly with new staff and preceptors, and continually assessing the onboarding process. Delivers educational experiences to small groups for the assigned unit. Collaborates with leadership and networks with Professional Development and other system educators to ensure organizational and department goals are met.

Responsibilities

• Develops and manages new hire orientations for assigned unit.
• Assesses and develops unit-specific education to meet needs, collaborating with leadership and system resources.
• Serves as educational resource to assigned unit; facilitates communication of policy changes and system educational opportunities impacting assigned unit.
• Provides classroom-style education, huddles, or other methods of delivery targeting needs of assigned unit.
• Oversees competency assessments and skills training.

Requirements

• BSN required; MSN or related field preferred.
• Ohio RN licensure required.
• Certification in Professional Development/Education, Leadership, or Clinical Specialty preferred.
• Three years of experience as an RN required; pediatric experience preferred.
• Competency in nursing clinical practice applicable to the assigned clinical unit/area.

Physical Requirements

• Occasionally: Bend/twist, biohazard waste, blood and/or bodily fluids, chemicals/medications, climb stairs/ladder, communicable diseases and/or pathogens, fumes/gases/vapors, lifting/carrying 0–10 lbs, 11–20 lbs, or 21–40 lbs, patient equipment, pushing/pulling 0–25 lbs or 26–40 lbs, reaching above shoulder, squat/kneel.
• Frequently: Depth perception, hand use (grasping, gripping, turning), loud noises, standing, walking.
• Continuously: Audible speech, color vision, computer skills, decision making, flexing/extending of neck, hearing acuity, interpreting data, peripheral vision, problem solving, repetitive hand/arm use, seeing (far/near), sitting.