Clinical Nurse Educator - Nursing Education Nurse Competency Program

The Clinical Nurse Educator oversees the Salt Lake City VA Health Care System Nurse Program Development, to include the Nurse Competency Program, Nurse Professional Development, and Nursing Excellence Programs. The Registered Nurse (RN) will need strong coordination and oversight of facility-wide educational initiatives, including the Skills and Resource Fair program.

Start your career here. A Career At VA Salt Lake City Health Care System Can Take You Places (youtube.com) The Clinical Nurse Coordinator RN will provide competent, evidence-based education to staff. Duties of the position include, but are not limited to: Provide educational instruction and training for nursing staff in clinical and outpatient units. Foundation of instructional design, implementation, and application related to education and training. Execute learning needs assessments, and develop educational training for clinical staff within organization. Assist with the orientation of new employees, evaluate their progress, and develop and implement learning plan for improving identified deficiencies. Support nurse residency programs, including the develop curriculum utilizing strategic learning methodologies such as simulation, lecture case studies and virtual reality. Evaluate current practice, formulate outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within area of expertise. Collaborate with other Clinical Nurse Educators and interprofessional healthcare teams in the ongoing clinical education activities including in-services, training, competency assessment, and evaluations of both current and new staff nursing skills. Review current nursing literature for new trends and changes based on evidence-based research with the ability to propose practice and documentation revisions based on evaluation of outcomes. Collaborate with leadership and unit managers to identify educational training needs for staff, support activities that foster competence, critical thinking, and decision making. Provide consultation and collaboration through participation within organizational committees. Analyze, interpret, and evaluate data to determine outcomes and changes related to educational programs. Resource to nursing leadership and staff in interpretation and application of VA nursing qualification standards, providing expert guidance on regulatory expectations, documentation requirements, and promotion criteria. Other duties as assigned. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, Day Shift with occasional evening, nights and weekends. Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probationary period. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.