Nurse Educator - Float Pool

About the role

This position is responsible for staff development, which includes the application of adult education principles, as well as patient and family education. The incumbent performs an outcome evaluation relative to clinical practice, provides consultation to other health care providers and is an excellent clinician.

Nature and Scope

• Advanced knowledge in the specialty area and applies theories and concepts derived from the biological and behavioral sciences.
• Integrates adult learning theory into the nursing specialty.
• Advanced leadership skills including role modeling, coaching and monitoring to develop the nursing staff.
• Consultation skills to collaborate with nursing management, other departments and professionals within the hospital as well as in the community.
• Advanced clinical practice skills including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of a patient population whose age is determined by the particular educator’s specialty.
• Aid in legal and regulatory standards to maintain quality care.
• Advanced adult education skills including development of staff using a variety of adult learning principles including didactic, self-directed and clinical modalities.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, motor/sensor, psychosocial, and safety appropriate to the age of the patient served and meets standards of quality as measured by the department.
• Competence with special populations competency standards.
• Evidence based nursing practice, along with critical thinking skills are required to provide optimally safe patient care when interacting with internal and external contacts and exercising judgment and making decisions.
• Professional nursing practice is congruent with the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or other healthcare related field required. Master’s degree preferred in nursing or other healthcare related field.
• Experience: Two years clinical experience in the specialty area preferred.
• Licenses: Ability to obtain and maintain a State of Nevada Registered Nurse license.
• Certifications: Requires current BLS certification by the American Heart Association standards.
• Computer / Typing: Must possess, or be able to obtain within 90 days, the computers skills necessary to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.