Nursing Educator (RN), Full Time Nights, Med/Surg Neuro, 7p - 7a, Atlantic Health, Overlook Medical Center

Job Description

Develops, implements, evaluates, and revises programs of orientation, in-service training, workshops, and continuing education to meet educational and developmental needs of staff. Takes a lead role in educational initiatives to ensure quality patient care and customer satisfaction. Serves as a leader in the development, training, and monitoring of nursing practice standards. Acts as a resource and liaison to the Atlantic Health community by serving on hospital wide committees or task forces. Performs a range of nursing, clinical, consultative, educational, and research activities within established area of expertise.

Principal Accountabilities:

1. Education :

• Use the Educational design process to plan, implement and evaluate educational initiatives to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, which may include licensed and non-licensed healthcare personnel. These initiatives are developed to achieve specific outcomes related to identified opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skill and/or practice.
• Use knowledge and skills identified in the ANPD scope and standards of practice to evaluate how educational initiatives enhance the professional development of nurses and other healthcare personnel

2. Competency Management:

• Support ongoing assessment and evaluation of Team Member performance. Responsible for measuring, documenting, and supporting competency and for addressing any deficiencies in staff members' competence.

3. Onboarding : Fluid process of hiring, orienting, socializing, and integrating an employee into the organization with a focus on retention and growth.

4. Orientation : Create an individualized orientation plan to guide new hires toward job competency. Develop, coordinate, manage, facilitate, conduct and evaluate onboarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.

5. Inquiry : Participate in research, evidence-based practice and quality improvement initiatives. Researches, recommends, implements and evaluates policies and standards. Acts as a resource to hospital committees by providing input regarding identified problems and practice issues, developmental and problem-solving strategies.

6. Collaborative Partnerships: Foster interprofessional collaboration to work jointly towards common goals to provide the highest quality of care. Participate in committees and task forces as appropriate.

7. Role Development: Support identification and application of strategies to facilitate continuous growth through ongoing professional learning. Assist others in their professional role development, practice role transitions and succession planning. Coach, coordinate, facilitate, conduct and evaluate activities that promote professional role development and role transition.

8. Compliance. Ensures compliance with organizational regulatory agencies and hospital standards.

9. Recognize and respond to emergency situations promptly and initiate appropriate emergency protocols and procedures effectively. Demonstrates knowledge and skill in using emergency equipment and ensure team members demonstrate competency. Work cooperatively with team members during emergencies. Appropriately uses the emergency clinical codes.

10. Other Relevant duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required:
1. BSN Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
2. Current AHA BLS- Healthcare Provider
3. Minimum of 3 years of Acute Care experience in a hospital setting as a Registered Nurse
4. Valid New Jersey Nursing License

Preferred:
1. Master's Degree
2. Certification in area of specialty

About Us

At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Medical Group
• Atlantic Visiting Nurse
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group.

We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For."
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Named by Newsweek as two of the "World's Best Hospitals" in 2026.
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook ranked within the top three hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report's 2025-2026 Best Hospital rankings.
• Atlantic Health scored four "A" grades by The Leapfrog Group in its Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades, performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and injections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook are New Jersey's only hospitals to be named among America's 50 Best hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.
• Named by Becker's Healthcare as one of the "165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare - 2026.
• Atlantic Health Morristown, Atlantic Health Overlook, Atlantic Health Chilton and Atlantic Health Newton all Forbes Top Hospitals for 2026.
• Named by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity 2025.
• Atlantic Health rated LEVEL 9 - 2025 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired.

Named one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, a World's Best Hospital by Newsweek and recognized as a Best Regional Hospital in the NY Metro area by U.S. News & World Report.

Our Atlantic Neuroscience Institute is the region's leader in neuroscience care. A hub for the New Jersey Stroke Network, we offer a broad range of advanced neurological, neurosurgical and neurodiagnostic services. We are also certified as a Level IV Epilepsy Center and home to the Gerald J. Glasser Brain Tumor Center, where more brain tumor surgeries are performed than anywhere else in New Jersey. Our CyberKnife(r) program is the largest and most experienced in the state. We also have a satellite emergency department in Union, NJ, which treats about 40,000 emergency cases each year.

Committed to providing exceptional care, Overlook Medical Center has achieved the prestigious Magnet(r) recognition. This designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center is the highest national honor for nursing excellence. What's more, Overlook Medical Center has advanced certification from The Joint Commission for perinatal care and is designated an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center. Additional Joint Commission-certified services include behavioral health care, spine surgery, wound care, and primary care medical home (PCMH).

Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports the health, financial security, and well-being of all team members. Offerings vary based on role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary, with role-specific enhancements highlighted:

Team Member Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
• Life & AD&D Insurance.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
• 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution
• PTO & Paid Sick Leave
• Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising
• Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave
• Backup and On-Site Childcare
• Well-Being Rewards
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program
• Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts
• Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance

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Note: In Compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Act (effective Sunday, June 1, 2025), all job postings will include the hourly wage or salary (or a range), as well as this summary of benefits. Final compensation and benefit eligibility may vary by role and employment status and will be confirmed at the time of offer.

EEO STATEMENT

Atlantic Health, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status.

Job Info

• Minimum Salary (Hourly Rate): 50.150000
• Maximum Salary (Hourly Rate): 88.280000
• Assignment Category: Full-time
• Hours per Week: 37.5
• Primary Shift: Nights
• Salary Admin Plan: RNS