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Perioperative Services- Nurse Educator
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The Nurse Perioperative Educator is responsible for providing expert, evidence-based education to staff. Provides educational instruction and training for nursing staff in Perioperative Services. The Perioperative Nurse Educator understands instructional design, implementation, and application related to education and training. Designs, implements, and evaluates comprehensive orientation programs for new perioperative nursing staff, including RNs, LPNs, and unlicensed assistive personnel.
What You'll Do
- →The Perioperative Nurse Educator is responsible for the development, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of educational programs that support perioperative nursing practice within the VA Medical Center.
- →The Perioperative Nurse Educator ensures staff competency, regulatory compliance, patient safety, and evidence-based practice across all perioperative services.
- →This role supports onboarding, ongoing education, clinical competency validation, performance improvement initiatives, and interprofessional collaboration to optimize surgical outcomes for Veterans.
- →The Perioperative Nurse Educator functions as a clinical expert, consultant, mentor, and change agent, aligning perioperative education with VA standards, The Joint Commission requirements, AORN guidelines, and evidence-based best practices.
- →Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising staff education.
- →Delivers a fundamental understanding of adult learning principles and a lifelong learner that can practice with flexibility to adapt or change learning strategies based on the assessment of learning needs within the healthcare organization.
- →Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates educational needs to facilitate learner development and skill training of surgical staff.
- →Utilizes innovative teaching strategies, assessment skills, and evaluation of outcomes.
- →Assumes responsibility for the coordination of education focused on staff education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the healthcare continuum.
- →Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines.
- →Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.
- →Core elements of performance include knowledge and active participation in the department level quality improvement process and initiatives as well as customer service programs.
- →Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex situations.
- →Provides ongoing education for new and existing OR staff, addressing new equipment, procedures, policies, and regulatory updates.
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: All Registered Nurses must be a graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Personality Fit
Job ID: 3931cf33-f992-4c3b-b597-87d5f989acf2
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