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Critical Care Nurse Educator
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 120 days ago
On-site San Francisco, CA $154K – $228K Apply by Jun 12, 2026 Nurse ESFJINFJISFJISTJ HealthcareEducation
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The Critical Care Nurse Educator is a professional registered nurse responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating educational programs that promote clinical competency, professional development, and evidence-based nursing practice. The Nurse Educator serves as an expert resource, mentor, consultant, and leader for nursing staff across all nursing services, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, Veteran-centered care at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
What You'll Do
- →The Nurse Educator role collaborates with nursing leadership, interdisciplinary teams, and academic partners to identify learning needs, support orientation and competency programs, and improve patient outcomes across the healthcare system.
- →Duties and Responsibilities include: Assess learning and competency needs of nursing staff through performance data, observations, regulatory requirements, and collaboration with leadership.
- →Design, develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based educational programs, in-services, and continuing education activities.
- →Provide clinical instruction, training, and consultation for nurses and other healthcare staff in inpatient and outpatient settings.
- →Coordinate orientation programs for newly hired nurses and clinical staff and evaluate their progress during onboarding.
- →Develop individualized learning plans to address identified performance or competency gaps.
- →Conduct competency assessments, skills validations, return demonstrations, and performance evaluations.
- →Serve as a mentor, coach, preceptor, and role model for nursing staff, students, residents, and interdisciplinary team members.
- →Support nurse residency programs and facilitate educational activities using simulation, case studies, lectures, and other adult learning methodologies.
- →Serve as a trainer and consultant for the Resuscitation Education Initiative (REDI) and maintain certification as a Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor when required.
- →Monitor and track BLS, ACLS, and other mandatory certification compliance for staff.
- →Organize, facilitate, and evaluate mock codes, emergency preparedness drills, and resuscitation training programs.
- →Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to improve quality, patient safety, and clinical outcomes.
- →Promote evidence-based practice by reviewing current literature, identifying best practices, and recommending changes to clinical practice and documentation.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 546671bd-abcc-46a5-97be-3fae0e13403e
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