Nurse Educator Maternal Child - Full Time Days

Nurse Educator Maternal Child - Mater- AdventHealth Central Texas

Location Address: 2201 S Clear Creek Rd., Killeen, TX 76549

Top Reasons to Work At AdventHealth Central Texas, Killeen, TX

• Our care for patients extend to the spiritual level by praying with patients and families and providing on call, 24 hours, 7 days a week Chaplains for spiritual support.
• Award winning facility with opportunities to grow both professionally and personally working with great individuals, part of a bigger team that continues to build a world-class culture where you become family.
• Extraordinary benefits to include tuition reimbursement and on-campus classes.
• Cost of living is 20 percent lower than the national average
• Largest school district in the area, with more than 50 elementary, middle, high school, and specialized campuses to choose from
• Surrounded close to Ft. Hood, Copperas Cove, to Belton and Lampasas with plenty of restaurants, shopping and other family fun events.
• Miles of scenic trails and parks available for recreational activity

Work Hours/Shift:

Full Time / Days

You Will Be Responsible For:

• The Metroplex Health System Clinical nurse educator fulfills an important role that facilitates the professional role development and growth of nurses and other healthcare personnel along the continuum from novice to expert.
• The Clinical Nurse Educator should possess excellent communication, assessment, documentation, interpersonal and technology skills. Demonstrated ability to prioritize as well as a commitment to work with a culturally diverse population
• Job Purpose: Will function in the intertwined roles of change agent, mentor, facilitator of learning, leader, advocate for the clinical nurse educator specialty, champion of scientific inquiry, and partner for role transitions drawing on adult learning theories, experience, knowledge and evidence-based practice to transform clinical nursing practice.
• Experienced in meeting the core competency standards of nursing professional development practice as set forth by the Association for Nursing Professional Development required

What you will need:

• Current Texas RN License or a Compact RN License from a NCLA Compact State
• Bachelor’s Degree (BSN) required.
• 3 years’ experience in Maternal Child Health Nursing
• One year experience as a clinical leader or charge nurse in a maternal child setting preferred

Job Summary:

The Metroplex Health System Department of Maternal Child Health is divided into 4 areas. We have a 23-bed Couplet Care/gyn surgical unit, which consists of post-partum mothers and their newborns, GYN surgical patients, and occasional med/surg overflow, Labor and Delivery and Nursery/Special Care Nursery.