Nurse Educator

Nurse EducatorYour passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.The Rex Clinical Education team is seeking a Nurse Educator that will provide support to several medical surgical and intermediate care units within UNC Rex Hospital. Prior experience in med-surg and intermediate care is preferred.Summary: Coordinates staff development and educational needs of patient care nursing staff, patients, and families. This is an advanced level position in education, which is performed under minimal supervision. Assignments may be characterized as those requiring collaboration to address staff educational needs within a specialty practice area and/or service. Serves in a lead capacity over others as it relates to special projects or subject matter expertise. Work maybe performed collaboratively for multiple disciplines across the continuum of care or for a specific patient population or service area.Responsibilities:Acts as resource and role model in use of evidence based practice. Leads unit/service based clinical practice groupsAssists in orientation and placement of nursing students in clinical units. Serves as resource to faculty. Mentors graduate studentsAssists nursing staff in design and implementation of clinical nursing research/performance improvement projects.Assists nursing units with preceptor responsibilities to ensure that all new staff are oriented and meeting competency expectationsConducts learning needs assessments to plan staff educational programsCoordinates orientation, staff development and continuing education for nursing staffDevelops evidence-based standards of care, comprehensive nursing plans, clinical pathways for patients and families and facilitates implementation of same.Develops, implements, and evaluates educational materials, self instructional programs, teaching protocols, and e-learning programs for nursing staff.In conjunction with other subject matter experts, develops and evaluates patient family education materials.Serves as a clinical resource and role model, provides clinical supervision to staff in developing clinical knowledge, skills and abilitiesEducation Requirements:Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.Licensure/Certification Requirements:Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.For Home Health/Hospice: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certificationFor Home Health/Hospice: Valid NC Driver's LicenseProfessional Experience Requirements:Three (3) years of experience in tertiary care with two (2) years clinical experience in the assigned specialty.Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: