Clinical Nurse Educator - Perinatal

Pay range: $116,313 - $174,449 annually, based on experience.
This exempt position is located in the Family Birthing Center and is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, a 403(b) retirement plan, and a generous Earned Time Off (ETO) program.
** ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM
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* TITLE:

** Clinical Nurse Educator
** REPORTS TO POSITION:
** Manager – Clinical Education
** DEPARTMENT:
** Clinical Education
** DATE LAST REVIEWED:
** March 2026
** OUR VISION:
** Creating America’s healthiest community, together
** OUR MISSION:
** In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value
** OUR VALUES:
** Accountability, Caring, Teamwork, and Safety
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* DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:

** The Clinical Education Department is a system-wide support service that provides education, clinical practice support, and professional development opportunities for nursing, allied health, medical staff, and community partners rles Health System.
** POSITION OVERVIEW**:
The
** Clinical Nurse Educator, RN
** plays a key role in developing education to support evidence-based nursing interventions within their specialty. They apply specialized nursing knowledge across the three spheres of influence: patient and family care, nursing practice, and organizational systems. The role includes practicing the full nursing process—assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation—and requires competence in the standards of care and professional performance for their specialty.

focuses on achieving high-quality, cost-effective outcomes by influencing both nursing practice and organizational support for evidence-based care. While this position does not directly supervise caregivers, may be asked to review and provide feedback on their work.
** ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES:
** Partners with specialty-specific leadership to develop and evaluate the delivery of nursing practice in their specialty area.

Provides leadership and clinical expertise within the interdisciplinary team, participating in unit quality rounds and in the management of complex patient issues.

Collaborates with other leadership, and provides consultation and clinical resources to staff, management, administration, and external agencies and organizations related to area of expertise as well as the value of nursing care within the organization.

Creates education for nursing staff in area of specialty and works with Unit Based Educators to deliver education to staff.

Collaborates with the manager, staff, unit-based educators, healthcare providers, and other disciplines to monitor and ensure compliance with local, state, federal and other agencies.

Establishes and monitors care standards and facilitates change(s) in area of clinical practice. Initiates change for nursing practices and patient plans of care based on data  collaboration with other healthcare practitioners, contributes to the achievement of service and clinical quality goals.

Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.

Supports the development of specialty-based preceptors and their professional practice evaluations.

Advances nursing practice through innovative, evidence-based interventions, best-practice guidelines and implementation of professional standards and creation/alignment of organizational policies that direct the care of nursing caregivers and other providers of healthcare to improve patient, family, nursing, and organizational outcomes.

Leads collaboration with other disciplines in the attainment of outcomes across the continuum of care.

Expands the practice of nursing through ongoing generation and acquisition of scientific knowledge and…