RN Nurse Educator
• 350493
Shift: Days
Schedule: Monday-Friday (No Weekends!!)
Newport News Behavioral Health Center is a 108 bed intensive and highly structured residential treatment for psychiatric and behavioral health needs of adolescent males and females ages 11-18yrs. Newport News has an on-site certified school, art and music therapists, and vocational programming. Newport News, VA is a beautiful seaside city, rich in maritime history and conveniently located to DC and other major North Eastern cities.
Summary of Core Job Functions:
The Nursing Educator is responsible for assisting the DON in evaluating, reviewing, designing and implementing hospital training events with respect to all RN/LPN/MHT staff for required training. Also provides, on an as-needed basis, patient nursing assessments.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Regularly facilitates and/or conducts required training classes with all Nursing Services staff.
• Works closely with the DON and Nursing Supervisors to review current education and training needs.
• Recommends improvements to training programs as needed or as identified.
• Provides on-going nursing education to staff on a variety of topics as directly relates to performance improvement initiatives, JACHO and other State or Federal Regulatory Agency standards/requirements.
• Provides feedback to the PI Committee, reporting staff education and recommendations for improvements.
• Works in collaborative manner with the Infection Control Nurse to identify and assist in training as needed.
• Researches current best practices among other institutions/facilities to ensure hospital is providing most recent and best practices with respect to staff education and training.
• Meets with all new nursing staff new employees to ensure a complete orientation to nursing services.
• Maintains knowledge of the TERM document and each element of the document as it relates to the position.
Newport News Behavioral Health Center offers comprehensive benefits for the Registered Nurse (RN) position, such as:
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries
Qualifications
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Current Virginia RN licensure. BSN of an accredited school of nursing required; MSN preferred. Experience in Psychiatric Nursing desirable. Minimum of three (3) years direct clinical experience preferred in a psychiatric or mental health setting, with direct experience in staff education, nursing practices, patient assessments, education concepts, practices and procedures.
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.
Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams
At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS
and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.
If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.
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Shift: Days
Schedule: Monday-Friday (No Weekends!!)
Newport News Behavioral Health Center is a 108 bed intensive and highly structured residential treatment for psychiatric and behavioral health needs of adolescent males and females ages 11-18yrs. Newport News has an on-site certified school, art and music therapists, and vocational programming. Newport News, VA is a beautiful seaside city, rich in maritime history and conveniently located to DC and other major North Eastern cities.
Summary of Core Job Functions:
The Nursing Educator is responsible for assisting the DON in evaluating, reviewing, designing and implementing hospital training events with respect to all RN/LPN/MHT staff for required training. Also provides, on an as-needed basis, patient nursing assessments.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Regularly facilitates and/or conducts required training classes with all Nursing Services staff.
• Works closely with the DON and Nursing Supervisors to review current education and training needs.
• Recommends improvements to training programs as needed or as identified.
• Provides on-going nursing education to staff on a variety of topics as directly relates to performance improvement initiatives, JACHO and other State or Federal Regulatory Agency standards/requirements.
• Provides feedback to the PI Committee, reporting staff education and recommendations for improvements.
• Works in collaborative manner with the Infection Control Nurse to identify and assist in training as needed.
• Researches current best practices among other institutions/facilities to ensure hospital is providing most recent and best practices with respect to staff education and training.
• Meets with all new nursing staff new employees to ensure a complete orientation to nursing services.
• Maintains knowledge of the TERM document and each element of the document as it relates to the position.
Newport News Behavioral Health Center offers comprehensive benefits for the Registered Nurse (RN) position, such as:
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries
Qualifications
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Current Virginia RN licensure. BSN of an accredited school of nursing required; MSN preferred. Experience in Psychiatric Nursing desirable. Minimum of three (3) years direct clinical experience preferred in a psychiatric or mental health setting, with direct experience in staff education, nursing practices, patient assessments, education concepts, practices and procedures.
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.
Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams
At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS
and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.
If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.
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