CentraState Medical Center currently has a job opportunity available for a Nurse Educator in the Professional Development Department. The Nurse Educator is responsible for the planning, development, and documentation of clinical orientation and continuing education programs for nursing staff. This role supports quality patient care by educating healthcare providers in current practices and procedures, and by delivering patient, family, and community education in alignment with ANA standards, the New Jersey Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, specialty organizations, and CentraState’s evidence-based nursing policies. The Nurse Educator collaborates in designing, evaluating, and revising unit-specific educational programs—such as competency-based orientation, skill testing, and continuing education—based on identified learning needs, patient outcomes, community standards of practice, and current research. The role also anticipates future individual and group learning needs and actively participates in councils, committees, and task groups as a leader, facilitator, and team member to advance nursing standards, processes, and principles.

• Plans, develops, conducts and evaluates educational programs that meet the need of the nursing units at CSMC.
• Provides clinical and classroom orientation and continuing education programs for patients and healthcare providers.
• Utilizes effective teaching strategies and materials to provide staff education programs.
• Evaluates and documents staff competencies with special attention to process, content, outcome and impact.
• Reviews course evaluations and utilizes feedback to improve programs.
• Collaborates in designing, evaluating and revising unit specific educational programs.
• Obtains contact hours for programs when possible through NJSNA.
• Participates in competency based orientation of new employees.
• Plans and directs individual staff member's orientation to the unit, based on individual skills assessment.
• Serves as preceptor when necessary.
• Identifies continuing education needs for nursing personnel, and implements programs and activities to meet these needs.
• Collaborates with nursing administration, management, unit staff and outside agencies to identify and prioritize educational needs.
• In conjunction with the nurse manager, participates in evaluation of the healthcare provider and identifies performance goals.
• Assists in developing a mechanism of monitoring professional skills and aiding in certification process.
• Maintains documentation of staff educational activities in accordance with Joint Commission, State Department of Health, CentraState policy, CCNE & procedures.
• Assists in maintaining quality patient care by educating healthcare providers in current practice and procedures; and provision of patient, family and community education.
• Participates in developing and implementing teaching strategies for specific patient populations.
• Assists staff with patient education activities and in the development of their teaching skills.
• Provides education to patient and family regarding disease processes and planned treatments/interventions.
• Provides instruction in areas of diet, activity and medication.
• Collaborates with various disciplines to provide appropriate instruction.
• Participates in committees and task groups as team leaders, facilitators and members to improve nursing standards, processes and principles.
• Assists the nurse manager in the assessment maintenance and continued development of staff clinical competencies.
• Participates in Performance Improvement programs, through monitoring and evaluating activities.
• Participates in development and coordination of policies, procedures and standards of care for assigned specialties.
• Serves as a consultant to nursing and other departments in specific patient care situations.
• Demonstrates skills and knowledge necessary to assure observation, treatment, or care is appropriate to the age of the patients cared for within scope of responsibility.
• Demonstrates the ability to obtain information and interpret information in terms of the needs of the age of the patients cared for.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the range of care needed based on the age of the patients cared for. Demonstrates knowledge of growth, development and/or adult health throughout the life span as appropriate to the job performed. Successfully completes life-span education as appropriate.
• Demonstrates knowledge of principal of growth and development over life span.
• Successfully completes life-span education as appropriate.
• Respects the rights and personal dignity of the patients and recognizes that each patient is an individual with unique health care needs.
• Provides considerate respectful care focused upon the patient's individual needs to ensure patient satisfaction.
• Affirms the patient's right to make decisions regarding his/her medical care, including the decision to discontinue treatment, to the extent permitted by law.
• Recognize and accept the cultural diversity of patient and healthcare providers, and its effects on patient care.
• Maintains required certification/licensure.
• Demonstrates flexibility in approach, timing, presentation and selection of materials to meet department needs.
• Reviews discipline specific literature and communicate major issues and developments to management and staff.
• Participates in seminars and other off-site educational sessions.
• Demonstrates ability to utilize audiovisual and other educational equipment.
• Participate in community education activities.

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing required.
• Master's degree in Nursing preferred.
• Minimum of five years of acute care Nursing experience required.
• Current RN license in the state of New Jersey required, Multistate compact license accepted.
• BLS Certification required.
• Certification in specialty area preferred.
• CDCES certification preferred.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrates teaching and clinical abilities.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the job.
• Strong professional, organizational, and interpersonal skills to effectively relate with all members of the healthcare team.

Compensation Range: $101,400.00 - $172,380.00 annually

The compensation above reflects the established range from CentraState Healthcare System (CSHS) for this position at the time the job was posted. CSHS considers many factors to determine compensation, including education, experience, skills, licenses, certification, and training. As such, team member compensation may fall outside this range.

Additionally, the compensation range reflects base salary and does not include extra shift rates or incentives tied to quality, productivity, etc., as applicable.

The benefits outlined also reflect CSHS99 policy at the time of posting. Benefits as are made available to other similarly situated team members of CSHS, although participation is at all times in accordance with and subject to the eligibility and other provisions of such plans and programs. CSHS may modify its benefits plans or programs at any time.