Clinical Nurse Educator

at  Wellpath

You Matter:

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

NOW IS YOUR MOMENT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE UNDERSERVED.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society’s most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.
Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.
We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.
How you make a difference:
The Clinical Nurse Educator is responsible for coordinating the orientation process of nursing staff, ensuring they are equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to provide quality patient care. They assess staff competency and deliver ongoing education tailored to departmental needs, identifying areas requiring staff development and designing targeted in-service training programs. By focusing on patient-centered care and optimizing the efficient and cost-effective utilization of health resources, the Clinical Nurse Educator plays a vital role in enhancing the overall effectiveness of the healthcare team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain an effective staff education program, including planning and coordinating individualized orientations for all nursing staff and facilitating continuing education programs.
• Coordinate hospital-wide employee orientation and implement educational programs for nursing staff, ensuring ongoing competence through assessment and documentation.
• Serve as a resource to nurses regarding clinical practice, ensuring staff competencies and clinical competencies are met.
• Collaborate with the Training Coordinator and Performance Improvement and Compliance Administrator to schedule education classes and ensure adequate care and documentation.
• Stay updated on trends and developments in the field by attending seminars and conferences, and actively participate in meetings, including facilitating training affiliation agreements with local nursing schools and reviewing and revising policies as needed.

Qualifications & Requirements:

Education

• Graduate from a National League of Nursing (NLN) accredited school of nursing.
• Bachelor’s Degree in nursing education or other related healthcare or education field highly preferred.

Experience

• Must have at least two years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience.

Licenses/Certifications

• Must have and maintain a current, unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of practice.
• Must be certified as a Basic Life Support Instructor and maintain certification in basic life support (BLS) as a health care provider.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer:
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.
Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description

• Develop and maintain an effective staff education program, including planning and coordinating individualized orientations for all nursing staff and facilitating continuing education programs.
• Coordinate hospital-wide employee orientation and implement educational programs for nursing staff, ensuring ongoing competence through assessment and documentation.
• Serve as a resource to nurses regarding clinical practice, ensuring staff competencies and clinical competencies are met.
• Collaborate with the Training Coordinator and Performance Improvement and Compliance Administrator to schedule education classes and ensure adequate care and documentation.
• Stay updated on trends and developments in the field by attending seminars and conferences, and actively participate in meetings, including facilitating training affiliation agreements with local nursing schools and reviewing and revising policies as needed