Clinical Nurse Educator

**Townsen Memorial Hospital** is looking for a Clinical Nurse Educator (Operating Room) to join our team!

The Clinical Nurse Educator (Operating Room) 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.

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:**

* Provides orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention.
* Designs and identifies educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences.
* 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.
* 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.
* Responsible for determining staff education specific needs based on needs assessment.
* Responsible for creating, developing, implementing, and evaluating new staff education to include, but not limited to orientation, providing education as needed, based on the organizational needs.
* Develops curricula, instructional materials, tests and evaluation tools. Makes changes to the curricula based on feedback and current clinical and/or educational evidence.
* Promotes evidence-based educational methods and technologies that support development of nursing expertise.
* Assures that staff meets required competencies, both annual and unit based for area of practice.
* Promotes evidence-based educational methods and technologies that support development of nursing expertise.
* Keeps current on best practice standards of nursing practice and education. Identifies policies, standards and practices not in compliance with current standards and communicates needed revisions through the nursing leadership.
* Ability to work in a self-directed manner, collaborating and coordinating with health care professionals.

**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:**

* General knowledge of the scope of practice and evidence-based practices.
* Attention to detail with time management and organization skills with the ability to work with a high degree of initiative and independence.
* Possesses solid written and public speaking skills, including the ability to clearly and professionally explain medical, technical, or sensitive information to diverse audiences.
* Broad knowledge of clinical nursing, including current trends, safety precaution policies, equipment, electronic

healthcare records (EHR) management software, accrediting agency standards, and local/state/federal regulations.

**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:**

* Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
* Registered Nurse in the State of Texas or has an active compact state license in accordance with law and regulation; License must remain active and unencumbered while employed.
* Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration or other clinical field
* Master’s Degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration or other clinical field Preferred
* Basic Life Support (BLS) certified or must be obtained within thirty (30) days of hire.
* Three (3) years’ experience working in the Operating Room

**Townsen Memorial Hospital** is an accredited network of facilities with an emphasis on emergency care, outpatient surgery, and diagnostics and imaging. Our core mission is to provide compassionate, evidence-based patient care to those we serve. At Townsen Memorial, we encompass diversity, dignity, and inclusiveness as a reflection of our core values. Townsen Memorial is committed to driving cutting edge healthcare to our patients, our communities and each other.

***Compensation to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.***

***Employment for this position is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screening.***