ResponsibilitiesSierra Medical Center is part of Northern Nevada Health System, a regional multi-facility system that has excelled at offering quality care to residents of the greater Truckee Meadows. Sierra Medical Center is a 170-bed acute care hospital offering services including 24/7 ER care, cardiology, oncology, labor and delivery, level II NICU, surgical and orthopedic services, and much more.
What we at Sierra Medical Center value:
- Compassion: We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.
- Empathy: We put ourselves in our patient’s shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.
- Teamwork: We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient’s lives.
- Quality: We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.
- Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.
- Respect: We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.
- Service Excellence: We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.
- Innovation: We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care.
Job summary: The Nurse Educator is responsible for providing initial education, training, and competency assessment of newly hired nurses. In coordination with hospital leaders, the position is responsible for the ongoing continuing education necessary to maintain required competencies for all disciplines. Assists the Director of Education with the development of Continuing Education Programs.
Job Duties/Responsibilities:
- Provides for and/or coordinates ongoing education needs for employees hospital-wide, including skills fairs, certifications, in-servicing, and the development of continuing education programs.
- Provides orientation for nurses and Patient Care Techs (CNAs, MAs, ED Techs) new to the organization.
- Provides orientation to students in nursing and allied health programs. Communicates with respective instructors to ensure requirements are met prior to clinical rotations.
- Identifies educational opportunities within the hospital system and formulates a plan, along with education, to close any educational gaps that were identified.
Benefits for full and part-time employees:
- Challenging and rewarding work environment.
- Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off.
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans.
- 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan.
- Tuition Reimbursement/Repayment Program.
- Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
If you would like to learn more about the position before applying, please contact Michelle Lopez-Reyes, Recruiter @ michelle.lopezreyes@uhsinc.com.
Qualifications:
- Current Nevada Registered Nurse license.
- MSN Preferred.
- 3 years of acute care clinical nursing experience.
- BLS required.
EEO Statement:
All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.
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