CNE​/Clinical Nurse Educator, Emergency Department, Harborview

Join Harborview Medical Center’s Professional Development and Nursing Excellence (PDNE) Department and Emergency Services team as an Emergency Department Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE). In this role, you will advance nursing practice, staff development, and patient safety through clinical education, competency development, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement.

You will partner with nursing leadership and interdisciplinary teams to strengthen clinical competency, support professional growth, and promote safe, high-quality care across the Emergency Department (ED).

Harborview Medical Center, a mission-driven safety-net hospital, Level I Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center, and University of Washington academic medical center. Our Magnet® designation reflects a commitment to nursing excellence, professional development, and high-quality care.

As an ED Clinical Nurse Educator, you will advance nurse development, strengthen clinical practice, and promote safe, equitable, evidence-based care for our diverse community.

• Provide clinical education and expertise to strengthen nursing practice, critical thinking, and patient outcomes.
• Develop and deliver educational programs, competency assessments, simulation, and bedside coaching.
• Support onboarding, new graduate education, and ongoing professional development.
• Promote evidence-based practice, patient safety, and continuous quality improvement.
• Collaborate with nursing leadership and interdisciplinary partners to standardize clinical practice and support regulatory readiness.
• Contribute to a culture of learning, professional growth, and continuous improvement across Emergency Services and throughout the hospital.

• Assess staff learning needs and clinical practice gaps in collaboration with nursing leadership and interdisciplinary teams.
• Develop, deliver, and evaluate onboarding, new graduate education, competency assessments, and ongoing staff development using diverse modalities, including simulation, classroom instruction, just-in-time training, and bedside coaching.
• Advance evidence-based practice by developing and updating nursing policies, clinical guidelines, and educational resources, and supporting new technologies, clinical standards, and organizational initiatives.
• Identify and address patient safety and quality improvement opportunities using clinical outcomes, safety events, and performance data; collaborate on improvement initiatives, root cause analyses, and regulatory and accreditation readiness.
• Evaluate educational effectiveness and sustain improvements in clinical practice, staff competency, and patient outcomes.

• 100%-day shift
• Flexibility to support educational needs across shifts.

• Have/Obtain a Registered Nurse (RN) license in Washington State or MSL.
• Five or more years of clinical nursing experience in emergency nursing, critical care, or another relevant specialty.
• Two or more years of clinical leadership experience, such as clinical education, charge nursing, precepting, quality improvement, nursing management, clinical nursing specialist practice, or a similar role.
• Demonstrated ability to assess educational and clinical practice needs, identify performance gaps, and implement sustainable improvements.
• Strong communication, facilitation, organizational, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing operational priorities and adjust scheduling to support staff education across shifts as needed.
• Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration

As the region's only Level I Trauma and…