Clinical Nurse Educator

Job Description:

The 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

Job Description:

• 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.

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:

• Tuition Assistance up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 5 days 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 support