Education Coordinator - Inpatient

At our company, our mission starts with our people. Guided by our HEART values of Humility, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Trust, we strive to create a workplace where teammates feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work every day. As Education Coordinator - Inpatient, you’ll provide education and administrative support that helps ensure effective, efficient unit operations and high-quality patient care. You’ll coordinate orientation, training, competency development, preceptor support, and clinical education activities while continuing to provide direct patient care.
Bachelor’s degree in nursing required
Registered Nurse license issued by the Texas Board of Nursing or through the Nursing Licensure Compact required
Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association required
Minimum two years of Operating Room RN experience required
Previous preceptor, clinical educator, or staff-development experience preferred
CNOR certification preferred
Knowledge of perioperative standards, evidence-based practice, regulatory requirements, and surgical patient-safety practices preferred
Designs, implements, evaluates, and updates cost-effective, unit-based orientation pathways for each role
Individualizes orientation plans to address staff learning needs and coordinates orientation and preceptor schedules
Monitors orientee progress, reviews progress with orientees and leaders, and identifies opportunities to improve the orientation process
Teaches, facilitates, or develops staff to participate in centralized courses and educational planning activities
Identifies knowledge and skill gaps using policies, performance-improvement data, regulatory requirements, and accreditation standards
Develops, implements, evaluates, and reports outcomes of required unit-specific training to address identified performance gaps
Tracks and reports compliance with unit-based and organization-wide required training
Assesses staff development needs and designs interactive, cost-effective learning activities for all shifts
Provides individualized performance feedback and communicates competency, high-risk skill, and patient-safety concerns to leadership
Collaborates with practice council members and leaders to develop, implement, and monitor plans that address clinical development needs
Assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, evaluates, educates, and documents individualized, developmentally appropriate patient and family care
Develops, implements, and sustains processes for preceptor orientation, development, coaching, support, and competency documentation
Coordinates annual assessment and validation of unit-based and organization-wide high-risk skills
Coordinates unit-based clinical experiences and orientations for students and faculty
Participates in quality-outcomes and unit-based improvement initiatives and integrates improvement findings into educational offerings
Adjusts schedules to support new-employee orientation, assumes on-call responsibilities as needed, and participates in hiring and selection activities
Communicates unit, departmental, and organizational information as delegated by leadership

Skills
Patient Care, Documentation