Specialist Education

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Job Type

Regular

Scheduled Hours

32

💙 Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

🌟 Benefits That Support You

We invest in you — personally and professionally.

Enjoy

• Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.
• Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules
• Retirement savings with employer match
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs
• Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility
  
  

Job Summary

An Education Specialist develops, manages, analyzes, delivers and evaluates training programs. Enhanced critical thinking through the role of educator, clinical resource consultant, and change agent. This individual should be strongly grounded on research-based practice and focus on outcomes-based programming. Proficient skills in curriculum development, programming summative analysis, multimedia technology, and instructional/simulation/education software.

Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Job Description

Job Duties:

Operations

• Coordinate evidence-based professional development by assessing learning needs, designing and delivering educational programs, and evaluating outcomes to advance nursing and other clinical practice and support organizational goals.
• Interprets educational needs and develops effective educational/instructional solutions; working projects from conception to completion.
• Develops, plans, coordinates and evaluates programs such as orientation, Nurse Residency Transition Program, annual competency, simulation, continuing education/CE, new services/products in clinical areas, and/or coordination of nursing/allied health students programs, and Epic education/access.
• Develops and enhances critical thinking through all performed roles.
• Participates in the evaluation process of identified nursing personnel by analyzing the individual’s performance and making recommendations to their manager.
• Applies the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation) to curriculum and project development, ensuring alignment with ANA and NPD standards of practice.
  
  

Quality/Customer Service

• Participates in Performance Improvement process.
• Develops and maintains collaborative interdepartmental/ intradepartmental relationships.
• Communicates effectively with co-workers, associates, and managers.
• Uses leadership, teambuilding, negotiation, conflict resolution, and customer experience skills across the system. Acts as a clinical resource/consultant as needed.
• Effectively facilitate within the classroom/simulation/clinical setting.
• Facilitate data collection to support research and validate investment of education center through program evaluation.
  
  

Financial Accountability

• Demonstrates fiscal accountability in all aspects of performance.
• Manages assignments and/or projects in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Collaborates with manager to provide input in budget planning and implementation.
• Collaborates with manager/director to show program evaluation and return on investment.
  
  

Professionalism

• Assumes accountability for maintaining clinical skills for self.
• Demonstrates professionalism, effective leadership skills, and ensures ongoing personal growth and development.
• Actively participates, chairs or act as advisor for committees/councils. Actively supports professional practice initiatives (Magnet, PTAP, NPD, and other accreditation programs).
• Motivates staff through example and encouragement to continue professional growth and education. Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the nursing process, standards of care, research/evidence-based practice, and policies/procedures.
  
  

Performs Other Duties As Assigned.

Education, Credentials, Licenses:

• Graduation from an accredited Master’s program of nursing.
• If eligible, must have a Compact (multi-state) License in their primary state of residence.
• Current licensure to practice nursing in the state where work is being performed.
• Certification in BLS
  
  

Specialized Knowledge

• Expert knowledge of nursing standards and practice.
• Must have knowledge of communication and computer skills.
• Knowledge of adult education principles and instructional media.
  
  

Kind And Length Of Experience

• Five years of experience in clinical nursing.
  
  

FLSA Status

Exempt

Right Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.