Nurse Educator

Overview

Interested in working for one of the top medical centers in New England and in a Level I Trauma Center? 

Nurse Educator (Same Day Surgery & PACU)

Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm 

Why are we so unique? We are a nationally recognized Academic Medical Center set right in the middle of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We recognize that "quality of life" means different things to different people, but we are very confident you will love it here as we have beautiful, rural and suburban housing options, world-class primary, secondary, and graduate schools, hundreds of lakes, thousands of miles of hiking trails and some of the best skiing in the country. This all means you can be a happy nurse with more quality time with friends, family, pets or maybe just quiet hikes by yourself. Our idea of traffic in the "Upper Valley" of New Hampshire is a line on the ski mountain at the chair lift.

Read more about Dartmouth Health and why YOU should work here.

The Dartmouth Health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. With no income or sales tax, this beautiful area combines history, industry, and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Dartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth Health Children's; 6 member hospitals, and 30 Dartmouth Hitchcock ambulatory clinics across the region. With destinations like Boston, New York, the seacoast, and ski country within driving distance, the opportunities - both career and personal - truly make New Hampshire the ideal place to work and play.

Responsibilities

The Nurse Educator will plan, direct, coordinates and evaluate strategies to ensure proper onboarding, competencies and professional and preceptor development.  

•    Designs and develops centralized orientation programs, and identifies and develops adjunct faculty to deliver content.

•    Responsible for staff development and competency in application of the nursing process and performance of critical thinking and clinical skills for that population.

•    Engages regularly with interprofessional team in huddles, interdisciplinary rounds, and other forums to facilitate assessment and identification of educational needs.

•    Performs needs assessment, develops, designs, implements and evaluates evidenced based educational materials utilizing principles of instructional design for adult learners.

•    Facilitates ongoing educational initiatives including nursing orientation, preceptor education and other unit level and organizational learning initiatives.

•    Consultant to the Nursing Education enterprise including but not limited to the development, implementation and evaluation of organizational competencies and regulatory practice requirements.

•    Promotes understanding of best practices in education among clinical nurses, clinical supervisors and other leaders to empower these individuals to become education champions and engage nurses in supporting each other's learning and clinical practice.

•    Consults to regional and system initiatives as needed.

•    Performs other duties as required or assigned.
 

Qualifications

•Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
•Master's degree in Nursing (MSN) required.
•Certified in specialty or completed within the first 18 months of hire.
•2 years of education or professional development preferred.
•3 years of clinical experience in identified specialty. 
•Excellent informatics, verbal and written communications skills desired  

Required Licensure/Certifications

• Licensed RN with NH eligibility
• BLS required upon hire.
• ACLS and PALS required within 180 days of hire. 

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