The Clinical Nurse Educator demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts cognitive skills, and technically competent practice while providing staff education. Delivers a fundamental understanding of adult learning principles and a life long learner that can practice with flexibility to adapt or change learning strategies based on the assessment of learning needs within the healthcare organization.
Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates educational needs to facilitate learning.
General Description of Assigned Duties: Monitors and tracks BLS/Advanced Life Support ( ALS) compliance within the organization. Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to support and evaluate responses to emergency responses in the facility to include BLS and ALS. Organizes and evaluates mock codes. Supports nursing education including the development of curriculum utilizing strategic learning methodologies such as simulation, lecture case studies and virtual reality.
Develops, coaching and mentoring skills. Systematically evaluates current practice, formulates outcomes for groups of patients. and /organizational processes within area of expertise. Collaborates 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.
Reviews 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. Collaborates with leadership and unit managers to identify educational training needs for staff, while supporting activities that foster competence, critical thinking skills, and decision making.
Provides consultation and collaboration through participation within organizational committees The Clinical Nurse Educator is responsible for providing competent evidence-based to all nursing staff with focus on critical care staff. Provides educational instruction and training for nursing Staff in clinical and outpatient units with a focus on critical care staff.
The Clinical Nurse Educator understands instructional design, implementation, and application related to education and training. Performs learning needs assessments, develops educational training for staff within organization.
Assists with the orientation of new employees, evaluation of their progress in the orientation process development and implementation of a learning plan for improving identified deficiencies 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 through Friday 7:00am - 3:30pm with some evenings, nights, weekends work as needed.
Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Veronica.Gobea@va.gov · 6076644000
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $75452 – $141938/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-08-31.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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