Registered Nurse - RN Education Specialist - Adult Medicine Specialty

Overview

OU Health is seeking a dedicated RN Educator for Adult Medical-Surgical Services to join our team in Oklahoma City. In this role, you will be the driving force behind staff development, ensuring our bedside nurses have the tools, training, and competencies needed to provide world-class patient care in 2026 and beyond.

As an RN Educator, you will model the "OU Health Way" by living our core values:
Patients First, Relentless Excellence, Integrity, Inclusion, Learning, and Teamwork.

• Aligns behaviors with OU Health values and maintains nursing professional practice standards.
• Responsible for planning, implementing, evaluating and documenting staff development and in service.
• Develops criteria to evaluate needs of the staff and measure the effectiveness of training programs.
• Coordinates and facilitates competency development, verification and maintenance activities.
• Coordinates and facilitates quality improvement activities and assessing the implementation of age and culturally appropriate care programs.
• Plans, implements and evaluates Preceptor Program. Coordinates CPR training that meets the American Heart Association requirements and is in compliance with TJC standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education: Bachelor s Degree in Nursing required.

Experience: 3 years of experience in patient care as a Registered Nurse.

Licenses/Certifications/Registrations:

• Current Registered Nurse License (RN License issued by the Oklahoma State Board of Nursing, or a current multistate compact Registered Nurse (eNLC)).
• Basic Life Support (American Heart Association) certification required upon hire.

• Knowledge of professional nursing theory, practices, techniques, and procedures.
• Ability to organize, plan, coordinate, and evaluate nursing services and apply nursing techniques.
• Ability to maintain civility and good working relationships with other employees.
• Ability to respond effectively to cultural and language needs of patients and visitors.
• Skilled in computer applications designed to ensure quality and safety measures for patients.
• Ability to establish and maintain integrity and trust with patients by advocating in the patient’s best interest.
• Ability to engage and manage conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner.
• Ability to maintain compliance accreditation with local, state, and federal regulatory standards.
• Ability to foster an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and maximized to achieve the vision and mission of the organization.
• Strong written and oral communication skills characterized by candor, openness, integrity, and ability to be diplomatic.
• Must have good presentation and communication and written skills.
• Ability to be creative and innovative in program development.
• Must be able to work independently and research material when developing education sessions.
• Must be able to read and critique research findings for application practice.