Clinical Nurse Educator (RN) Emergency Department - Relocation Offered!

About this Job:

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital — a proud Magnet designated academic medical center — is seeking an experienced and passionate Emergency Department Clinical Nurse Educator to join our Division of Nursing. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of nursing practice, support clinical excellence, and elevate patient care through evidence-based education and professional development.

The Emergency Department is in our outstanding newly opened Verstandig Pavilion

• State-of-the-Art Facilities: The Verstandig Pavilion is equipped with all-private inpatient rooms and the latest medical technology, ensuring an optimal environment for both patients and healthcare professionals.
• Modernized Emergency Department:  Our newly expanded and modernized ED includes a fast-track area, separate ambulance entrance, and private treatment/exam rooms, facilitating efficient and high-quality patient care.
• Rooftop Helipad:  Direct access to our ICUs and ED via a rooftop helipad, allowing for swift and seamless patient transfers.
• Reputation: Regional & National recognition, advanced technology, and leading medical innovations. Awarded the first ANCC Well-Being Excellence™ credential. Magnet Designation. We are proud to be among the 2% of hospitals to have received Magnet designation five or more times.

Our Emergency Department is staffed and equipped to care for over 40,000 patients a year ranging from newborn to end of life. Our metropolitan ED provides high quality care to a wide variety of patients, including adult and pediatric patients from the MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute and the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Additionally, MedStar Georgetown is accredited by the Joint Commission as a Comprehensive Stroke Center and receives acute stroke patients from all around the DC region. All the nurses in the Emergency Department are certified in BLS, ACLS, PALS, and are NIH Stroke Certified and many also have their CEN, TNCC, and ENPC certifications. ED Nursing Leadership supports and encourages nurses to enhance their educational expertise and professional development. MedStar Georgetown's Emergency Department prides itself on its teamwork, collaborative governance and decision making which creates and implements new ideas centered on evidenced based practice.

About the Role

The Clinical Educator provides educational leadership that supports excellence in nursing practice and aligns with MedStar Georgetown's mission, vision, values, and Magnet standards. This role is essential in advancing clinical competency, supporting certification, and integrating evidence-based practice throughout nursing teams.

Schedule

Monday – Friday Days

Key responsibilities include:

• Serving as a mentor, coach, and role model for nursing staff.
• Assessing staff learning needs and designing, implementing, and evaluating education programs and unit-based orientation.
• Supporting certification and professional development, including specialty fellowship programs.
• Leading and participating in performance improvement, quality initiatives, and nursing research.
• Collaborating across interdisciplinary and academic partners to support clinical and educational objectives and enhance practice environments.
• Promoting shared governance through active participation in nursing councils, committees, task forces, and system initiatives.

Qualifications

Education 

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing required
• Bachelor's degree required
• Master's degree in Nursing Education or other related field preferred

Experience

• 5-7 years nursing clinical experience preferred in Emergency Medicine 
• 1-2 years 2 years in a university teaching hospital preferred
• Clinical education experience preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• Cert Nurse Educator - CNE Certification in Nursing Education or clinical area within 1 Year required
• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Current D.C. licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse required

What We Offer

• Opportunities to actively contribute to Magnet-driven practice excellence
• Collaboration across a nationally recognized academic medical center
• Support for professional growth, certification, and continuing education
• A culture grounded in cura personalis — care of the whole person

Join Us

If you are inspired to develop nurses, elevate clinical practice, and lead through education and mentorship, we invite you to apply and make a meaningful impact at MedStar Georgetown.

This position has a hiring range of : USD $97,947.00 - USD $162,801.60 /Yr.