Specialty Nurse Educator Pediatrics

About the Role

The Clinical Professional Development Specialty Educator is responsible for enhancing professional practice and the provision of quality patient care in the identified specialty throughout hospitals in their assigned division. The CPDSE will have deep subject matter expertise in specialty nursing and will provide evidence-based, quality educational programs and activities that promote professional competency for nursing, inter-professional, and non-licensed clinical staff in the pediatric setting.

Your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn—whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Responsibilities

• Provides and assists with orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention through the division.
• Conducts orientation in a manner that facilitates a positive learning environment.
• Participates in the development, coordination, and management of facilitating, conducting, and evaluating competency.
• Identifies learning needs of the identified specialty staff either through on-site review or metrics.
• Develops activities to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skill, and practice.
• Plans educational content delivery that encourages learner engagement.
• Assesses practice gaps.
• Collaborates with the clinical education team members, which may include the Director, Clinical Programs and Market Director, Clinical Professional Development, and/or Clinical Professional Development Educator to evaluate and adjust educational programs based on evaluations and feedback.
• Participates and provides lifelong learning.
• Utilizes novice to expert continuum when developing staff.
• Monitors the practices or operations with reference to laws, regulations, guidelines, or industry practices to assess compliance, risk, or exposure while communicating key performance indicators for clinical education service line within their division.
• Ability to travel up to 75% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in nursing Required
• Master's degree in nursing Preferred
• 2+ years clinical education experience Required
• 3+ years of experience in acute care hospital Required
• 3+ years of experience in clinical education, CSC, academia, or leadership Preferred
• Currently licensed as appropriate to education in the state of practice in accordance with law and regulation Required
• Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification Required
• Specialty certification as recognized by the American Nurse Credentialing Center Required

Benefits

HCA Healthcare offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• 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 for 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), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Pay

Salary estimate: $113,692.80 – $170,539.20 per year. The estimate represents the typical salary range for candidates hired. Factors that may determine your actual salary include specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below the midpoint of the range.