Clinical Nurse Educator - Emergency Department

Clinical Nurse Educator - Emergency Department

$/yr - $/yr

Through growth and change,
San Mateo County Health remains committed to provide quality medical care to meet the health needs of the community. Our commitment is to provide quality care with a compassionate touch, and we strive to help you maintain a balance between work and family. San Mateo County Health is an integrated delivery system of healthcare focused on the needs of the underserved, within a County system of care.

The San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) serves as a key provider within the Health Plan of San Mateo's (HPSM) public/private network. Our integrated delivery system includes a fully accredited acute care hospital licensed to operate 509 beds, a 64-bed medical/surgical unit, a 7-bed intensive care unit, a 34-bed inpatient psychiatric services unit, 32 skilled nursing beds in San Mateo, and 14 clinics throughout the County of San Mateo.

Do you love to teach? Pass on the passion of nursing and educate our Critical Care nursing staff.

San Mateo County Health's San Mateo Medical Center currently has one full time vacancy in the Emergency Department for a Clinical Nurse Educator.

The Nurse Educator functions as a staff educator to plan, coordinate, conduct and evaluate educational activities/programs; plan and coordinate implementation of evidence-based practice; monitor the level of care to standards; maintain unit level education records to meet TJC standards on orientation, training, and education. The incumbent will split their time, dedicating 50% to direct patient care responsibilities and 50% to indirect patient care as the nurse educator.

• Monitor and maintain the competency and education records of all Critical Care staff and participate in hospital committees that directly influence the quality of nursing care in the Emergency Department.
• Actively contribute to the department organizational plan to ensure that this plan reflects state and national professional/health care trends as well as current standards of nursing practice and regulatory standards.
• Accept direct patient care assignments in proportion to other responsibilities including orientation and on-boarding of new staff and staff evaluations.
• Exercise your clinical knowledge acquired from 2-5 years of experience in a Critical Care setting.
• Display your assessment, evaluation, critical thinking and technical skills.
• Exhibit strong communication and teaching skills from previous experience in a formal and/or informal educational role.

• California RN license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• PALS certification.
• Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) certification within three months of hire.
• Associate Degree in Nursing with two years’ clinical experience including one year in a clinical specialty area, or Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing or a health related field with one year of clinical experience including six months in a clinical specialty area, or Master’s degree in Nursing.
• Knowledge of and verifiable experience in adult education curriculum development, program evaluation, and evidence-based best practice implementation.
• Advanced principles and practices in specialty areas, Nurse Practice Act, current nursing and related medical theory and skill set necessary to provide nursing care within assigned clinical setting.

Thursday, October 30, 2025, by 11:59 pm PST. Online applications only; submit through the County of San Mateo job portal.