RN Clinical Educator

Company: Sanford Health
Location: Sioux Falls
Posted on: March 29, 2025

Job Description:

RN Clinical Educator at Sanford Health summary:
The RN Clinical Educator at Sanford Health is responsible for assessing, planning, and coordinating education and training programs for clinical staff. This role includes managing new hire orientation, staff development, and providing mentorship while collaborating with clinical partners and educational institutions. The position requires a Master's in Nursing and at least three years of clinical experience to ensure high-quality education delivery and continuous professional development.
Careers With Purpose Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We're proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint. Facility: Stevens Center Building Location: Sioux Falls, SD Address: 900 East 54th St N, Sioux Falls, SD 57104, USA Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts Job Schedule: Full time Weekly Hours: 32.00 Salary Range: $38.50 - $48.00 Department Details This RN Clinical Educator works four 8-hour shifts a week supporting and coordinating the Training Center schedule and classes, including BLS, ACLS, PALS, TNCC, ENPC, NRP, and STABLE. This RN Clinical Educator is responsible for coordinating the new hire orientation schedule as well as support new hires in specific in-patient and ambulatory departments. Job Summary Responsible for assessing, planning, coordinating, teaching, and/or evaluating education and training programs for designated area and audience. Develops alternative methodologies for education based on learning principles. Collaborates with clinical partners, educational facilities, and/or other community agencies and consortium institutions when applicable to curriculum. Responsible to manage the orientation, staff development and ongoing professional development, education, and mentoring for new, transferring, and existing clinical staff and/or partners. May also participate in coordinating orientation schedules with managers, preceptors,orientees and/or clinical partners; coordinates and/or provides skills immersion and lab experiences; provides feedback, coaching, and mentors designated audience; ensures orientation documentation processes are complete and filed; follows up at regular intervals to evaluate continued progress; and ongoing collaborates with managers and preceptors as to needs and concerns. Expected to continuously develop, monitor, and evaluate all programs related to orientation, professional development, education, and mentoring for quality improvement opportunities and other initiatives. Additional focus may center on the facilitation of consensus building around an educational intervention amount subject matter experts and leadership. Included in this role are the development, coordination, assisting and/or teaching of programs or classes related to new clinical staff and/or partner's orientation/professional development and preceptor development. Expected to build strong alliances with department leaders, clinical partners, community agencies and consortium institutions when applicable. Must be able to organize, plan, coordinate, and facilitate educational programs, utilize adult learning principles, use various teaching/learning methodologies and provide role modeling and leadership. Qualifications Master's in nursing is required, or currently has in place, an education plan with proven continuous action towards achieving Master's degree in nursing within three years of hire. Graduate from a nationally accredited nursing program preferred, including, but not limited to, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA). Three years clinical experience required. Requires current unencumbered license as a Registered Nurse in the state(s) of practice and/or possess multi-state licensure privileges as required by position. Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications. Benefits Sanford Health offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits . Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org . Sanford Health has a Drug Free Workplace Policy. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment. Req Number: R-0217147 Job Function: Nursing Featured: No

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