Trauma Nurse Educator

Primary location: John C Lincoln – 250 E Dunlap Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85020. This position supports Osborn, John C Lincoln, Deer Valley, and Four Peaks Medical Centers.

About the role

The Clinical Nurse Educator provides clinical and nursing professional expertise as an educator, leader, consultant, facilitator, change agent, and researcher. This role ensures the clinical competence of nursing staff and fosters the delivery of evidence-based nursing practice. The Educator focuses on knowledge and skills required for patient care, including quality improvement, safety, regulatory/accreditation requirements, and outcomes evaluation of programs, projects, education, and training. The role collaborates with leadership and staff on patient care and performance issues, participates in setting standards, and maintains expertise in assigned areas.

Responsibilities

• Transformational Leadership:
  • Supports staff development through coaching, mentoring, and role modeling.
  • Approaches work from a systems-thinking perspective, considering network, service line, and campus impact.
  • Collaborates with leadership to provide educational opportunities for licensed and unlicensed personnel.
  • Maintains accountability for independent educator practice, schedule, and work produced.
  • Participates in employee education, department meetings, and in-services.
  • Conducts active rounding to observe training initiatives, orientee/preceptor progress, and application of skills in clinical settings.
• Structural Empowerment:
  • Completes continuing education needs assessments using staff surveys, outcome metrics, and regulatory standards.
  • Plans, develops, conducts, and evaluates mandatory and elective education and on-the-job training programs.
  • Conducts follow-up assessments to ensure training meets employee needs and desired behaviors are exhibited.
  • Evaluates the impact of educational programs on patient care, quality, cost, and experience, and communicates findings to stakeholders.
  • Teaches content in formal and informal settings, focusing on skill improvement and knowledge retention using adult learning principles.
  • Ensures educational activities are implemented professionally and timely, adjusting content and strategies to learner needs.
  • Documents teaching/learning processes and outcomes in accordance with standards.
  • Teaches or facilitates new hire orientation, clinical academies, residency, mentor, and preceptor programs to enhance retention and engagement.
  • Serves as an expert consultant for staff in program development, clinical practice, and professional development.
• Exemplary Professional Practice:
  • Disseminates quality measures and educates staff on quality methodology and performance improvement activities.
  • Educates staff on patient safety initiatives and supports organizational strategies to meet safety benchmarks.
  • Executes tasks consistent with a culture of compliance, safety, and high reliability, adhering to organizational policies.
  • Collaborates with nursing leadership to define, assess, maintain, and improve nursing staff competence, linking competencies to unit performance measures.
  • Develops systems to alert leadership about low performers and participates in action/coaching plans to improve performance.
  • Recognizes high-performing staff members.
• New Knowledge, Innovations & Improvements:
  • Researches and implements new educational information, appraising evidence to remain current on programs and processes.
  • Shares new information with leaders and peers.
  • Incorporates virtual, simulation, and emerging technologies into staff education programs.
  • Collaborates with IT or other stakeholders, such as LMS administrators, as needed.
  • Supports clinical practice changes based on current trends, evidence-based practice, and research.
  • Develops staff to use the latest evidence-based practices for safe, cost-effective, and optimal nursing care.
  • Creates and implements innovative training approaches to increase learner retention and improve patient outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN) – Required.
• Enrolled in an MSN or M.Ed. program within 30 days of hire and completed within 24 months of hire – Required.
• Master’s Degree in Education or Nursing – Preferred.
• Post-Master’s Certificate in Nursing Education – Preferred.

Qualifications

• 3 years of direct patient care as an RN – Required.
• 3 years of clinical nursing experience in the area of assignment (e.g., ED, Critical Care, Med-Surg, OB) – Preferred.
• Experience instructing or training in a healthcare setting – Preferred.

Skills

• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Arizona – Required upon hire.
• Certification in an ANCC-approved nursing specialty or nursing professional development – Required within twelve (12) months of accepting the position.
• BLS, ACLS, PALS, and/or NRP Instructor-level certification if applicable to the role.