Description

Work where every moment matters.

Every day, almost 30,000 Hartford HealthCare employees come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut's most comprehensive healthcare network.

Hartford Hospital is one of the largest and most respected teaching hospitals New England. We are a Level 1 Trauma Center that provides cutting edge treatment to its patients. This is made possible by being home to the largest robotic surgery center in the Northeast and the Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI), one of the most-advanced medical simulation training centers in the world. When hospitals cannot provide the advanced care, expertise and new treatment options their patients require, they turn to us.

Job Summary:

The Nurse Educator, in consultation and collaboration with nursing leadership and the Health Care Team, facilitates training, education and development by assessing, planning, developing, implementation, coordination and evaluation of projects and programs for staff, faculty, patient populations and the community. This is accomplished to ensure role competence, compliance with regulatory standards, and to meet organizational goals.

Responsibilities:

• Develops and coordinates curriculum/plan utilizing principles of age-appropriate learning, and effective use of resouces (human, material and technological) to meet assessed learning needs(i.e. required validation, new employee orientation, community and professional education).
• Promotes practice standards, based on appropriate research, to ensure optimal patient/population outcomes.
• Collaborates/partners with affiliated faculty to provide optimal learning experiences that support the organization's standards of care, and framework for professional practice.
• Collaborates with affiliates to facilitate training, development and education in order to ensure consistency, continuity and cost-effectiveness across the continuum.
• Maximizes the potential of the group/individual learner and educational programs by evaluating the effectiveness of instruction and modalities. This is done by observing learners, testing, simulations, documentation and patient outcomes, and revising based on results.
• Identifies, implements, and evaluates various strategies to enhance use of research-based findings by individuals in area of responsibility.
• Provide clinical leadershjp to model professional practice and maintain role accountabilities at the level of RN III.
• Demonstrates competencies, including knowledge and behaviors, to meet age specific patient needs (e.g. Pediatrics, Adolescents, Geriatrics.).

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Current Connecticut Nursing license.
• Bachelor's degree, Master's Degree required (one degree must be in Nursing).
• Demonstrated clinical competence in areas of assignment.
• Minimum 3 years of appropriate recent experience in an acute care setting.
• AHA or ARC CPR certification.

With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge - helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.