Lead Nurse Educator

Lead Nurse Educator RN
Location: Holy Family Hospital
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: $120-140,000


Join us at Holy Family Hospital

Not many healthcare professionals have the opportunity to build a career with a great job and robust benefits while also caring for friends, family and neighbors. You can when you work at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen and Haverhill. As part of the Steward Health Care System, our goal is to offer low-cost, high-quality healthcare to the people who live and work near our hospital, so they don’t have to travel far for great care.

Our two campuses in Methuen and Haverhill have a total of 320 beds and we are a full service, acute care hospital offering comprehensive inpatient medical/surgical units, outpatient care, and 24/7 emergency services. We have three behavioral health units, cardiac telemetry, and critical care service lines. Our Haverhill campus offers all private rooms, and our Methuen campus offers a new state-of-the-art catheterization suite and Joint Center of Excellence named as a Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction+ Center for Knee and Hip Replacement.

Position Summary Lead Educator Full Time 40 Hours   

Job Description:

The Nurse Educator sphere of clinical practice influences patient care, nurses’ competencies, nursing practice, and the development or organizational systems. The Nurse Educator demonstrates leadership by inspiring others to give compassionate, remarkable care to improve patient outcomes. In working with nurses, the Nurse Educator facilitates the development of the spirit of inquiry, critical thinking and skill synthesis and promotes nursing’s contribution to patient outcomes. The Nurse Educator functions in collegial relationships with physicians, nursing peers and other professionals and individuals who influence the health environment. Incorporated within each tole function, the Nurse Educator is a role model, patient advocate, change agent, leader, and cost-effective practitioner.

Essential Functions: 

Promptly provides clinical support and serves as advisor, mentor and resource for nurse managers and staff.
Observes staff and reviews documentation for learning opportunities related to standards of care and practice.
Advises and supports nursing staff collaboratively to problem-solve clinical and administrative issues.
Collaborates with Nurse Manager in assigning preceptors and evaluating preceptor performance.
Assists in the active development and maintenance of education of the unit staff from orientation through annual competence.
Active partnership with Nurse Managers and/or Clinical Leaders to establish unit-based specialty education, competencies, and certification.
Assists with the orientation of new staff including participating in monthly Nursing Orientation.
Provides coaching and education (or facilitates) to staff so that they can meet/exceed performance expectations.
Develops multidisciplinary educational opportunities to enhance patient outcomes.

We have many plans with various deductibles, which can cover individuals or families, so you can customize a plan that will work for you! Steward Health Care works with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts to provide affordable health insurance for our employees in benefit eligible positions. Our Health Plans Highlights are:

Deductibles will not apply to services provided by a Steward provider (Tier 1).
Office visits copays will be $0 when a member uses a Steward Provider (Tier 1).
Mental Health and Substance Abuse office visits will be $0 for all In-Network providers (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3).
Other Benefits provided:

Dental, Vision, Health Care Savings Account, Life Insurance, Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Time Off, Shift Differential, Tuition Reimbursement, and more.

Education: Graduate of accredited school of nursing required.
Experience: - At least 2 years of current nursing experience preferred.
Certification/Licensure: Mass Nursing License, BCLS and ACLS required