Clinical Nurse Educator, AMU, ASU & PACU
Company: ECHN
Location: East Hartford
Posted on: November 29, 2025
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Job Description:
$8,000 SIGN ON BONUS! We are a small community hospital where
your voice is heard! We believe in sharing ideas and working with
staff to create innovative ideas to improve employee engagement and
patient care. What we offer: Generous Vacation that is front loaded
based on budgeted hours. Ex. 40 hours/ week = 26 days a year! Sick
Time on an accrual basis 401(k)/Medical/Dental/Vision
Insurance/Employee Assistance Program/Voluntary Benefit Options
Tuition Reimbursement- eligible after 3 months of employment! Free
Parking at all work sites: MMH- Employee Parking garage and parking
lot, RGH- Parking lot Perk Spots (Discounts at local retailers,
restaurants, travel, and childcare centers) Career Growth within
the organization via career ladders, committee involvement, and
more. POSITION SUMMARY: Provides clinical expertise, education,
consultation, leadership, and research in selected clinical areas
to benefit patients, staff, and the organization. Promotes
compliance with regulations by working with staff to develop
practices that are relevant and compliant. Facilitates project
teams as well as organizational department efforts to improve
systems and process within the Organization.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION: Must be a graduate of an accredited School
of Nursing and hold and maintain current a Registered Nurse license
in the State of Connecticut. Must hold a BSN from an accredited
University. Masters Degree in Nursing preferred. Matriculation
required after one year in position. Must have certification in
Basic Cardiac Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support upon
hire or receive certification within the new employee introductory
orientation period and maintain clinical competency during
employment within this role. Basic certification in the area of
specialty is preferred. EXPERIENCE: Must have at least five (5)
years or more of progressive experience in clinical practice,
nursing education, and/or nursing management in an acute care
setting. COMPETENCIES: Strong leadership skills, attention to
detail and excellent communication skills. Ability to maintain
confidentiality. Maintains clinical competency for the area of
assignment. ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES: Disclaimer: Job
descriptions are not intended, nor should they be construed to be
exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or
working conditions associated with the job. They are intended to be
accurate reflections of the principal duties and responsibilities
of this position. These responsibilities and competencies listed
below may change from time to time. Provides educational leadership
to direct care providers to enhance specialized patient care within
the perioperative areas. Assesses the quality of care for a
specific patient population. Creates an environment of nursing
excellence in which high quality care can be provided. Coordinates
and implements orientation of nursing staff. Collaborates to
develop individualized orientation programs and monitors orientees
progress. Collaborates with Nurse Manager to address orientee
concerns/problems. Ensures accurate completion of orientation
paperwork. Collaborates with medical providers, patient care staff,
and unit management in the planning, implementation, and delivery
of educational curricula. Plans and implements annual competencies
through collaboration with the Nurse Manager and Medical providers.
Assists with documenting staff completion of nursing competencies.
Monitors trends and implements educational strategies to ensure
compliance with quality standards and parameters. Uses a
comprehensive approach, a high level of discriminative judgment,
advanced knowledge, and expert skill to identify problems and
issues that interfere with patient care and that may require
intervention. Provides clinical practice interventions that result
in improvements in clinical outcomes, patient /family satisfaction,
resource allocation, staff knowledge and skills, health care team
collaboration, and organizational efficiency. Collaborates with
members of the healthcare team to develop standards of care,
clinical procedures, or quality improvement plans. Implementation
and adherence are evaluated to compare outcomes, refine guidelines,
improve clinical management, and further promote consistent
adherence. Participates in system evaluation of technology and its
impact on patients and resources. Acts as an expert resource that
provides pertinent information which enables nurses and others to
make decisions based on a wide range of relevant and appropriate
alternatives. Supports the Clinical team in their ability to care
for this patient population. Participates in both formal and
informal teaching and coaching of staff nurses, graduate nursing
students, other healthcare professionals, and patients/ families.
Demonstrates commitment to career development and professional
practice of self and staff. Fosters a spirit of inquiry by
documenting problems to determine research needs or by generating
or refining identified research problems. Interprets and applies
research findings. Analyzes and evaluates the appropriateness of
research and applies research findings to advance clinical practice
and patient care delivery. Evaluates outcomes. Collaborates with
nurses, nurse educators, physicians, and other healthcare providers
and patients and their families to result in teambuilding,
synergism, and integrative solutions. Acts as positive role model
for nurses demonstrating practical integration of theory and
evidenced based practice. Utilizes evidence based practice in
clinical procedures, administrative policies and educational
materials for patients, staff, and others. Acts as a change agent
to provide a link between a variety of resources and staff and
asserts clinical and professional leadership in the practice
setting or healthcare system, in health care policy and delivery
decisions, or in the administration of direct care programs. Acts
as a knowledgeable, strong, risk taking nurse leader. Conveys a
strong sense of staff advocacy and support. HPECHN
Keywords: ECHN, East Hartford , Clinical Nurse Educator, AMU, ASU & PACU, Healthcare , East Hartford, Connecticut
