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Nurse Educator Perioperative

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TriStar Health

Brentwood, Tennessee

As a Nurse Educator Perioperative, 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.

Posted Sep 25 · 2 years of experience

Unit and setting
Perioperative · Hospital
License
RN license Currently licensed as an RN in the state of practice or has an active compact state license in accordance with law and regulation RequiredRN license in state of practice or compact state license
Term
Permanent

Do you qualify?

License
RN license in state of practice or compact state license Currently licensed as an RN in the state of practice or has an active compact state license in accordance with law and regulation Required Check your license
Certification
BLS Basic Life Saving (BLS) Required
Education
Bachelor's degree in nursing Bachelor’s degree in nursing Required

Preferred

Certification
Nationally Recognized Specialty certification Nationally Recognized Specialty certification Preferred
Education
Master's degree in nursing Master’s degree in nursing Preferred
Experience
clinical education, CSC, academia or leadership
Experience
acute care hospital

What it pays

Loan repayment
Offered
Eligibility
eligibility may vary by location Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Benefits

  • Benefitscomprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine servicesComprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
  • Benefitsfree counseling and referral servicesWellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
  • Benefitspaid time off, paid family leave, disability coverage and leaves of absenceTime away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
  • Benefits401(k) plan with 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay, ESPP, FSA, and retirement readiness tools
  • Benefitstuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, and dependent scholarshipsEducation support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
  • Benefitsfertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, and legal counseling
More benefits (15)
  • medical
  • prescription drug
  • dental
  • vision
  • behavioral health
  • telemedicine
  • paid time off
  • paid family leave
  • disability coverage
  • 401(k) Plan with match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • flexible spending accounts
  • tuition assistance
  • student loan assistance
  • certification support

The role and schedule

Day to day
participates in onboarding and orientation programs Participates in the development, coordination, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating of onboarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.
Day to day
provides orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention Provides orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention.
Day to day
collaborates with Director of Clinical Professional Development to adjust programs Collaborates with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to adjust the program based on evaluation results.
Day to day
participates in facilitating, conducting, and evaluating competency Participates in the development, coordination, and management of facilitating, conducting, and evaluating competency.
Day to day
designs educational activities to address practice gaps
Day to day
develops activities for deficits and improvement in practice Develops activities to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skill and practice.
Day to day
plans educational content delivery that encourages engagement Plans educational content delivery that encourages learner engagement.
Day to day
promotes and integrates evidence-based practice Promotes and integrates the EBP in order to continuously improve practice.
Day to day
participates in research, EBP, and QI Conducts, encourages, facilitates, and/or participates in research, EBP, and QI in patient care settings.
Day to day
develops strategies for lifelong learning Identifies and develops strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning.
Day to day
utilizes novice-to-expert continuum Utilizes novice-to-expert continuum when developing staff.
Day to day
provides opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery Identifies and provides opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery.
Travel
travel up to 25% Ability to Travel up to 25%

The workplace

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  • What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
  • How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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As a Nurse Educator Perioperative, 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.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Nurse Educator enhances professional practice and the provision of quality patient care by providing evidence-based quality educational programs and activities that promote professional competency for nursing, inter-professional, and non-licensed clinical staff at the assigned facility.

In this role you will

  • Participates in the development, coordination, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating of onboarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.
  • Provides orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention.
  • Collaborates with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to adjust the program based on evaluation results.
  • Participates in the development, coordination, and management of facilitating, conducting, and evaluating competency.
  • Designs and identifies educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, including licensed and non-licensed healthcare personnel, in alignment with HCA and division clinical education request and development processes.
  • 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.
  • Promotes and integrates the EBP in order to continuously improve practice. Conducts, encourages, facilitates, and/or participates in research, EBP, and QI in patient care settings.
  • Identifies and develops strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning.
  • Utilizes novice-to-expert continuum when developing staff. Identifies and provides opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery.

What experience and education is needed for this role

  • Bachelor’s degree in nursing Required
  • Master’s degree in nursing Preferred
  • 2+ years of experience in clinical education, CSC, academia or leadership. Preferred
  • 2+ years of experience in acute care hospital. Preferred
  • Currently licensed as an RN in the state of practice or has an active compact state license in accordance with law and regulation Required
  • Nationally Recognized Specialty certification Preferred
  • Basic Life Saving (BLS) Required
  • Ability to Travel up to 25%

Benefits

Tristar Health, 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

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HealthTrust Supply Chain is a critical part of HCA Healthcare’s strategy. Our focus is to improve performance and reduce costs. We do this by joining non-clinical and administrative functions. HealthTrust Supply Chain best practice methodologies. We develop, apply and monitor cost-efficient initiatives and programs for HCA Healthcare. By improving facility efficiency, medical professionals can focus on our mission - patient care.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Nurse Educator opening. Apply today and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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