Nurse Educator Medical Surgical

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Nurse Educator enhances professional practice and the provision of quality patient care by providing evidence-based quality educational programs and activities that promote professional competency for nursing, inter-professional, and non-licensed clinical staff at the assigned facility.

• Participate in the development, coordination, management, facilitation, conducting, and evaluation of onboarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.
• Provide orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention.
• Collaborate with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to adjust the program based on evaluation results.
• Participate in the development, coordination, and management of facilitation, conducting, and evaluation of competency.
• Design and identify educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, including licensed and non-licensed healthcare personnel, in alignment with HCA and division clinical education request and development processes.
• Develop activities to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skill and practice. Plan educational content delivery that encourages learner engagement.
• Promote and integrate EBP in order to continuously improve practice. Conduct, encourage, facilitate, and/or participate in research, EBP, and QI in patient care settings.
• Identify and develop strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning.
• Utilize novice-to-expert continuum when developing staff. Identify and provide opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery.

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing — required
• Master’s degree in nursing — preferred
• 2+ years of experience in clinical education, CSC, academia or leadership — preferred
• 2+ years of experience in acute care hospital — preferred
• Active RN license in the state of practice or an active compact state license in accordance with law and regulation — required
• Nationally recognized specialty certification — preferred
• Basic Life Saving (BLS) — required
• Ability to travel up to 25%

HCA Florida Ocala Hospital offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long-term and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.