NURSE EDUCATOR NICU

Job Description

Responsibilities

Sierra Medical Center is part of Northern Nevada Health System, a regional multi-facility system that has excelled at offering quality care to residents of the greater Truckee Meadows. Sierra Medical Center is a -bed acute care hospital offering services including /7 ER care, cardiology, oncology, labor and delivery, level II NICU, surgical and orthopedic services, and much more. Learn more at northernnevadahealth.com

What we at Sierra Medical Center value:
• Compassion : We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.
• Empathy : We put ourselves in our patient’s shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.
• Teamwork : We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient’s lives.
• Quality : We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.
• Ethics : We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.
• Respect : We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.
• Service Excellence : We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.
• Innovation : We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care

Learn more at northernnevadahealth.com

Job summary: The Nurse Educator is responsible for providing initial education, training and competency assessment of newly hired nurses. In coordination with hospital leaders, the position is responsible for the ongoing continuing education necessary to maintain required competencies for all disciplines. Assists the Director of Education with the development of Continuing Education Programs.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provides for and/or coordinates on-going education needs for employees hospital wide, including skills fairs, certifications, in-servicing, and the development of continuing education programs.
• Provides orientation for nurses and Patient Care Techs (CNAs, MAs, ED Techs) new to the organization.
• Provides orientation to students in nursing and allied health programs. Communicates with respective instructors to ensure requirements are met prior to clinical rotations.
• Identifies educational opportunities within the hospital system and formulates a plan, along with education to close any educational gaps that were identified.

Benefits for full and part time employees:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• (K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Tuition Reimbursement/Repayment Program
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its + Subsidiaries!
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com

About Universal Health Services:

Qualifications

• Current Nevada Registered Nurse license.
• MSN Preferred.
• 3 years of acute care clinical nursing experience
• BLS required