Clinical Educator: Simulation and Certification Coordinator

he Educational Development and Community Education Department provides clinical and non-clinical education, professional development, leadership development, and community education across the organization 

Clinical Nurse Educator 

Full-Time, Nights 

The Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE) functions to ensure that clinicians are prepared to be responsible for promoting patient safety and high-quality patient care through clinical leadership, education, consultation, modeling, and research. The CNE incorporates evidence-based practice, theory, and research into various patient care settings according to patient needs by collaborating with multi-professional multidisciplinary groups, facilitating the development of hospital and department policies, nursing procedures, and regulatory standards and guidelines. The role also includes functioning as a community resource on topics within scope of practice and providing nursing orientation, education, and ongoing competency verification. The CNE is a role model for caring that honors the patient’s mind, body, and spirit. 

Job Description: 

• Collaborates with department directors, nursing staff, and others to identify unit-specific educational needs. 

• Collaborates with other educators to prevent redundancies of educational efforts. 

• Collaborates with human resources department, nurse educators, professional development specialists, clinical nurse specialists, and department directors to facilitate the unit/hospital orientation program for area of responsibility.  

• Provides ongoing support and coaching to preceptors and/or new employees. 

• Assesses educational needs through a variety of methods, both formal and informal, for orientation, in-service education and continuing education to preceptors, new employees, and experienced staff. 

• Demonstrates ability to teach programs using adult learning principles, professional presentation skills, and quality audiovisual aids and handout materials. 

• Evaluates achievement of learning objectives  

• Facilitates attainment of necessary or desired educational credit from accreditation bodies for a given professional category and submits required documentation after the program 

• Participates in patient care delivery 

• Participates indirectly in the delivery of patient care in area of specialization. 

• Acts as a resource for staff in locating answers to questions, best evidence, current policies, procedures, and protocols. 

• Provides clinical consultation. 

• Participates in research/evidence-based practice 

• Incorporates research findings and best practice findings into the development of clinical practice guidelines/standards/policies. 

Requirements: 

• Current RN license or work permit in Kentucky. 

• Three (3) years of acute care experience in the designated specialty within the last five (5) years 

• BSN from accredited nursing program 

• Certification as Professional Development Specialist (PDS) preferred 

• Basic Life Support certification. 

• ACLS/PALS/NRP/TNCC/ENPC certifications as required by department of assignment. 

Benefits: 

• Health, Vision, Dental, and Pet Insurance 

• Life Insurance 

• Short Term and Long-term Disability and Life Insurance 

• Identity Theft Protection 

• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually 

• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave 

• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire 

• Bereavement Leave (includes pets) 

• PTO Sell Back Program 

• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation) 

• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial assistance 

• Retirement with Company Match