Clinical Nurse Educator (Staff Development)
Dell Medical School
Austin, TX

Staff Development Nurse, Clinical Education

General Notes

UT Health at The Dell Medical Center is seeking a Staff Development Nurse for Clinical Education.

Purpose

This position will manage the implementation and oversight of a clinical staff development program that includes on-boarding and continuing education. Will also participate in Quality, Safety and Infection Control management and training. This position reports to the Director of Clinical Education or Director of Nursing.  

Responsibilities

Employee Orientation and On-Boarding

• Develop and implement on-boarding strategy 

• Develop standardized and role specific employee orientation materials

• Acts as resource person to assist clinical employees in successfully completing job-specific orientation

Staff Development

• Assesses, implements, and updates clinical staff development and competency evaluations using adult learning principles. Builds educational modules in eLearn

• Assists in planning, coordinating, and conducting required training and in-service programming to assure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws

• Continuously evaluates clinical staff development and training programs and participant feedback. Coordinates internal or external training programs/vendors as assigned

• Develops positive employee relations, incentives, and recognition programs in collaboration with the Assistant Director of Clinical Quality, Safety, and Infection Control and Human Resources. Participates in performance improvement plans as needed for re-training

Program Evaluation

• Participates in quality audits and clinical policy and procedure review. Ensures new policies and procedures, guidelines, or other updates are updated within clinical onboarding and training programs

• Maintains up-to-date personnel files with each employee’s educational information, clinical licensure and certifications and continuing education requirements at onboarding and throughout employment in conjunction with Dell Medical School Human Resources.  

• Monitors and evaluates staff for compliance with safety mandates, infection control, and policies on workplace safety

Marginal/Incidental Functions

• While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, it is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Management reserves the right to revise the Position or require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances warrant (i.e. emergencies, changes in personnel or staffing, workload, or technical developments).

Required Qualifications

Bachelors of Science in Nursing with at least five year of clinical nursing experience and at least 2 years of experience in clinical staff education. Active Texas (/multi-state) RN licensure in good standing. American Heart Association BLS for HCP instructor certification required (or within 3 months of hire).

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

Master of Science in Nursing. Educational module development in eLearning or other educational software.

Salary Range

$80,000 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• May work around standard office conditions.

• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.

• Occasional weekend, overtime and evening work to meet deadlines.

• Occasional interstate, intrastate and international travel.

Required Materials

• Resume/CV

• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.