RN Clinical Nurse Educator - Ambulatory Medicine

Salary Range: $60.83 - $93.56 per hour

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Position Overview:

The Clinical Nurse Educator provides clinical leadership, education, and practice support across the Clinical Network to promote safe, consistent, evidence-based care. This position is responsible for the development, maintenance, review, and ongoing evaluation of clinical education and competencies for Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs), and Medical Assistants (MAs) across ambulatory practices. The Clinical Nurse Educator partners with Quality, Operations, providers, and clinical leadership to identify educational needs, strengthen clinical practice, support implementation of policies and workflows, and ensure RNs, LVNs, and MAs have the knowledge, skills, and demonstrated competencies necessary to provide safe, high-quality patient care.

A key focus of the role is maintaining a strong and consistent clinical competency program across the Clinical Network, reducing variation in practice, supporting workforce development, and ensuring RNs, LVNs, and MAs are effectively utilized within their respective roles and scopes of practice.

Required:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Current California Registered Nurse license
• Five (5) years of clinical nursing experience, preferably in ambulatory care
• Experience in clinical education, staff development, competency validation, professional practice, or nursing leadership.
• Demonstrated knowledge of clinical practice, patient safety, quality improvement, and evidence-based care
• Experience providing education and skills validation to clinical staff

Preferred:

• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or related graduate degree
• Nursing professional development or specialty certification
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and collaboration skills
• Ability to work effectively with staff and leadership across multiple ambulatory locations
• Experience with ambulatory nursing education and clinical workforce development
• Experience maintaining clinical competency programs
• Experience with quality improvement and regulatory/accreditation readiness
• Experience with Epic or a comparable electronic health record

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Community Memorial Health System was established in 2005 when Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura merged with Ojai Valley Community Hospital. It is comprised of these two hospitals along with a network of primary and specialty care health centers serving various communities across west Ventura County. Our health system is a community-owned, not-for-profit organization. As such, we are not backed by a corporate or government entity,…