Nurse Educator/Infection Preventionist Acute
Lakeland Behavioral Health System · Springfield, MO · 1 wk ago
HealthcareFull-time
About the role
Lakeland Behavioral Health is seeking a Nurse Educator/Infection Preventionist (RN) to join our team. Psychiatric Nursing Experience is Required.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement education plans
- Lead clinical orientation for new hires
- Identify staff learning needs and create targeted training
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and safety standards
- Promote a culture of continuous learning and professional growth
- Model best practices in behavioral health nursing
- Develop and implement facility-wide infection surveillance, prevention, and control policies and procedures
Requirements
- Master’s degree in nursing, Healthcare Administration, Education or other clinical field or equivalent combination of education and/or experience preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing or commensurate experience required
- Five + years strongly preferred
- Three years of registered nurse experience required
- Inpatient psychiatry experience as an RN strongly preferred
- Two years of behavioral health experience as an RN required
- One+ years experience in Clinical Education/Training and Development (Preferred)
- Certification as an NPD Practitioner and/or clinical certification as recognized by American Nurse Credentialing Center. (Preferred)
Skills
- Expertise in identifying professional development needs of individual staff
- Absorb and apply new knowledge quickly
- Collaborate with medical practitioners and CNO/DON to incorporate nursing processes into the plan of care for patients
- Provide educational leadership to patients and care providers to enhance specialized patient care within established clinical protocol
- Promote certification in areas of nursing specialty
- Supports new ideas and innovation in educational design
- Provide staff with resources and “just-in-time” education to implement immediate changes
- May serve in the role of infection preventionist for the facility with training
- May provide direct care as needed
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package with performance-based incentives
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match through Acadia Healthcare
- Generous PTO including vacation, holidays, and sick time
- Supportive leadership and strong professional development pathways