Introduction

HCA Florida Ocala Hospital is committed to investing in the latest technology enabling nurses to work more efficiently. Are you passionate about delivering patient-centered care? Submit your application for Clinical Educator Operating Room position and spend more time at the bedside with the patient.

Benefits

HCA Florida Ocala Hospital offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
  
• Fertility and family building benefits through Progyny
  
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• Family support, including adoption assistance, child and elder care resources and consumer discounts
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  
• Retirement readiness and rollover services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

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Job Summary and Qualifications

Job Summary:

The Clinical Professional Development Educator (CPDE) is responsible for enhancing professional practice and the provision of quality patient care by providing evidence-based, quality educational programs and activities that promote professional competency for nursing, inter-professional and non-licensed clinical staff at assigned facility.

In this role you will:

Actively collaborates in the entire orientation/onboarding process. This includes participating in the development, coordination, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating on-boarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel.

• Provides orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention
• Conducts orientation in a manner that facilitates a positive learning environment
• Promotes cost effectiveness through implementation of efficient orientation/onboarding practices
• Role models organizational and personal commitment to new employee success
• Collaborates with the Education Coordinator the logistics of orientation to keep all stakeholders inform
• Collaborates with the Director Clinical Professional Development to adjust the program based on evaluation results
• Incorporates organizational values/culture

The expertise in competency assessment in order to participate in the development, coordination, and managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating competency.

• Comprehends and interprets competencies to staff
• Role models competent practice
• Identifies learning needs of staff
• Assesses practice gaps comparing competencies to actual practice
• Plans educational content with learner engagement
• Collaborates with the Clinical Education Market Director to review outcomes data to evaluate and refine competency management activities.
• Identifies appropriate resources for problem solving

Must promote and integrate the EBP in order to continuously improve practice. In addition, they promote research, EBP, and QI in patient care settings. CPDS may conduct, encourage, facilitate, and/or participate in research, EBP, and QI, including dissemination of findings.

• Works with others to identify problems and solutions and collaboratively create the change strategy
• Assists in the implementation of change strategies
• Embraces meaningful change and fosters acceptance, adoption and action toward change in others
• Identifies appropriate evidence to guide practice decisions
• Creates a supportive environment for nursing research, scientific inquiry, quality improvement and evidenced-base practice
• Supports research activities that align with the organizational strategic plan
• Disseminates research findings through educational programs, courses, and other activities
• Consistently maintains and sustain practice changes using principles of implementation science
• Exhibits creativity and flexibility through times of change

Collaborates with partners to share experience in planning and decision making to achieve the desired results. Interprofessional collaboration involves multiple healthcare personnel from different professional backgrounds collaborating to deliver the highest quality.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Education or other clinical-related field required: Master’s preferred.
• At least 3-5 years of clinical education required
• At least 5 years RN experience in an acute care hospital setting required
• Currently licensed as appropriate to education in the state(s) in which he/she practices, in accordance with law and regulation
• Certification as NPD PR actioner and/or clinical certification as recognized by American Nurse Credentialing Center
• AHA BLS Certified required

This role requires you to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 based on local, state and /or federal law or regulations (unless a medical or religious exemption is approved).

HCA Florida Ocala Hospital is a 288-bed facility. We are located in the heart of Ocala, Florida. Our hospital is a part of Ocala Health. We are home to Florida West Marion Hospital, HCA Florida Summerfield Emergency, HCA Florida Maricamp Emergency and HCA Florida Trailwinds Village Emergency. Our facility is a Level II Trauma Center. We are the region's only Comprehensive Stroke Center. We are committed to patient-centered care. We offer a host of quality and award-winning services. Our services include orthopedic, cardiovascular, emergency and neurological care, robotic and weight loss surgery and rehabilitation services.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Across HCA Healthcare’s more than 2,000 sites of care, our nurses and colleagues have a positive impact on patients, communities and healthcare.
Together, we uplift and elevate our purpose to give people a healthier tomorrow."- Jane Englebright, PhD, RN CENP, FAAN
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive

Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Clinical Educator Operating Room opening. Apply today and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.