Clinical Nurse Educator

Job Summary

This role is for Clinical Instructors to teach clinical rotations for the Master's Entry Program in Nursing (MEPN) prelicensure graduate degree. Clinical instruction will take place in various hospitals and community agencies in the region that meet the Board of Registered Nursing requirements.

Clinical Instructors serve as part of the educational team and will collaborate with didactic teaching faculty to ensure all course objectives are met for each student. Training and development is offered before instruction begins.

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July 11th, 2026 at 11:59pm:
Interviews and recruiting process may occur at any time.

Minimum Qualifications
- For full consideration, applicants are encouraged to upload license and/or certification if required of the position

• Valid California Registered Nurse License without restriction.
• A master's degree with either a bachelor's or master's degree in nursing
• Minimum of 1 year experience in one of the following areas: medical surgical nursing, critical care, pediatrics, maternity, community health, or mental health nursing.
• Demonstrated ability to think both strategically and tactically to provide leadership to achieve the vision of the school.
• Implements systems for learner assessment to and with program leadership. Ensures current programmatic and learner needs are met by assessing evaluation data trends; compiling and presenting data to program leadership; and actively leading and participating in continuous improvement efforts
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills to interact tactfully and diplomatically with a diverse group of people including faculty, staff and students; respond to questions and concerns; and comprehend the specialized needs of students from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
• Excellent organizational skills to work under frequent interruptions; to independently establish priorities, anticipate job requirements, organize work flow to work effectively to achieve timely progress on multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Excellent independent decision-making skills to work with ambiguities where clear guidelines are not present. Demonstrated skills to identify issues, provide recommendations, referrals, and seek resources to develop solutions.
• Ability to function well and with a great deal of flexibility in a fast-paced working environment; strong initiative and ability to work cooperatively in a team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to develop programmatic partnerships with a variety of clinical sites through out the Sacramento region.
• Ability to work with and maintain the confidentially of student and patient information and records.
• Excellent oral and written skills to communicate with faculty, staff, students and sites.
• Knowledge and commitment to UC Affi​ative Action policies and procedures, specifically related to retention and support of graduate students from traditionally under‑represented groups.
• Appointment subject to approval to teach by the California Board of Registered Nursing

• 5% - Orientation and Annual Updates
• 75% - Instruction and Student Mentoring
• 15% - Feedback and Evaluation
• 5% - Site Liaison

The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis advances health and ignites leadership through innovative and interprofessional education, transformative research and bold system change. Leaders at the School of Nursing steadily chart a course of developing education curricula, approaches and programs aimed at keeping pace with the rapidly evolving health‑care environment and preparing a new breed of health leaders who are skilled and nimble agents of change.

All individuals in the School of Nursing are accountable for maintaining and fostering a culture of inclusion, as outlined in the School's Diversity and Inclusion webpage. Please visit the webpage at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). to learn more.

The outcome of the clinical education will be that students learn how to organize and prioritize clinical care while using the nursing process as a means of problem solving and clinical decision‑making. The clinical instructor applies knowledge about…