Specialty Nurse Educator Surgical Services

Salary Estimate: $76,752.00 - $115,148.80 per year. Factors such as skills, experience, and comparisons to existing employees may influence the actual salary. The typical candidate is hired below the midpoint of the range.

About the role

The Clinical Professional Development Specialty Educator enhances professional practice and quality patient care in a specialty area across hospitals in their assigned division. This role requires deep subject matter expertise in specialty nursing and involves providing evidence-based educational programs to promote professional competency for nursing, inter-professional, and non-licensed clinical staff.

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 competency assessments.
• Identifies learning needs of specialty staff through on-site review or metrics.
• Develops activities to address 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 to evaluate and adjust educational programs based on feedback.
• Participates in and promotes lifelong learning.
• Utilizes the novice-to-expert continuum when developing staff.
• Monitors practices or operations for compliance with laws, regulations, guidelines, or industry practices.
• Communicates key performance indicators for clinical education within their division.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in nursing (Required).
• Master's degree in nursing (Preferred).
• 2+ years of clinical education experience (Required).
• 3+ years of experience in an 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 (Required).
• Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification (Required).
• Specialty certification as recognized by the American Nurse Credentialing Center (Required).
• Ability to travel up to 75% of the time.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• 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.
• Retirement readiness tools and rollover support.
• Financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, and certification support.
• Dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Fertility and family-building benefits, adoption assistance.
• Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans.
• Auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.