Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Educator

Overview

OUR MISSION:
To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?

The Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Educator is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising staff education. He/she delivers a fundamental understanding of adult learning principles and a lifelong learner that can practice with flexibility to adapt or change learning strategies based on the assessment of learning needs within the healthcare organization. The Clinical Nurse Educator assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates educational needs to facilitate learner development and skill training of clinical staff.

He/she utilizes innovative teaching strategies, assessment skills, and evaluation of outcomes. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of education focused on staff education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the healthcare continuum. The incumbent provides education for the staff of Sterile Processing Services in accordance with guidelines and directives. He/she is accountable for adhering to the established policies, standards of care, and standards of practice.

As the educator they must demonstrate the ability to assess and prioritize training needs of the staff and complete competency assessments in coordination with Management Teams and Lead Trainers. They must also utilize computer skills to create and maintain databases, performance indicators, create documents and navigate multiple systems. Some travel will be required between Baltimore and Perry Point facilities.

• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

• Pay:
  Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
• Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Retirement:
  Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance:
  Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care
• Work Schedule:
  
  Mon - Fri 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
• Telework:
  Not available
• Virtual:
  This is not a virtual position.
• Relocation/Recruitment
  
  Incentives:
  
  Not authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
  Not authorized

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards