Clinical Nurse Educator OR, GI
Company: ECHN
Location: New Britain
Posted on: November 29, 2025
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Job Description:
$8,000 SIGN ON BONUS! We are a small community hospital where
your voice is heard! We believe in sharing ideas and working with
staff to create innovative ideas to improve employee engagement and
patient care. What we offer: Generous Vacation that is front loaded
based on budgeted hours. Ex. 40 hours/ week = 26 days a year! Sick
Time on an accrual basis 401(k)/Medical/Dental/Vision
Insurance/Employee Assistance Program/Voluntary Benefit Options
Tuition Reimbursement- eligible after 3 months of employment! Free
Parking at all work sites: MMH- Employee Parking garage and parking
lot, RGH- Parking lot Perk Spots (Discounts at local retailers,
restaurants, travel, and childcare centers) Career Growth within
the organization via career ladders, committee involvement, and
more. POSITION SUMMARY: Provides clinical expertise, education,
consultation, leadership, and research in selected clinical areas
to benefit patients, staff, and the organization. Promotes
compliance with regulations by working with staff to develop
practices that are relevant and compliant. Facilitates project
teams as well as organizational department efforts to improve
systems and process within the Organization.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION: Must be a graduate of an accredited School
of Nursing and hold and maintain a current Registered Nurse (RN)
license issued by the State of Connecticut or a multistate RN
license issued by a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) member state.
Must hold a BSN from an accredited University. Masters Degree in
Nursing preferred. Matriculation required after one year in
position. Must have certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support and
Advanced Cardiac Life Support upon hire or receive certification
within the new employee introductory orientation period and
maintain clinical competency during employment within this role.
Basic certification in the area of specialty is preferred.
EXPERIENCE: Must have at least five (5) years or more of
progressive experience in clinical practice, nursing education,
and/or nursing management in an acute care setting. COMPETENCIES:
Strong leadership skills, attention to detail and excellent
communication skills. Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Maintains clinical competency for the area of assignment. ESSENTIAL
DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES: Disclaimer: Job descriptions are not
intended, nor should they be construed to be exhaustive lists of
all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions
associated with the job. They are intended to be accurate
reflections of the principal duties and responsibilities of this
position. These responsibilities and competencies listed below may
change from time to time. Provides educational leadership to direct
care providers to enhance specialized patient care within the OR
and GI areas. Assesses the quality of care for a specific patient
population. Creates an environment of nursing excellence in which
high quality care can be provided. Coordinates and implements
orientation of nursing staff. Collaborates to develop
individualized orientation programs and monitors orientees
progress. Collaborates with Nurse Manager to address orientee
concerns/problems. Ensures accurate completion of orientation
paperwork. Collaborates with medical providers, patient care staff,
and unit management in the planning, implementation, and delivery
of educational curricula. Plans and implements annual competencies
through collaboration with the Nurse Manager and Medical providers.
Assists with documenting staff completion of nursing competencies.
Monitors trends and implements educational strategies to ensure
compliance with quality standards and parameters. Uses a
comprehensive approach, a high level of discriminative judgment,
advanced knowledge, and expert skill to identify problems and
issues that interfere with patient care and that may require
intervention. Provides clinical practice interventions that result
in improvements in clinical outcomes, patient /family satisfaction,
resource allocation, staff knowledge and skills, health care team
collaboration, and organizational efficiency. Collaborates with
members of the healthcare team to develop standards of care,
clinical procedures, or quality improvement plans. Implementation
and adherence are evaluated to compare outcomes, refine guidelines,
improve clinical management, and further promote consistent
adherence. Participates in system evaluation of technology and its
impact on patients and resources. Acts as an expert resource that
provides pertinent information which enables nurses and others to
make decisions based on a wide range of relevant and appropriate
alternatives. Supports the Clinical team in their ability to care
for this patient population. Participates in both formal and
informal teaching and coaching of staff nurses, graduate nursing
students, other healthcare professionals, and patients/ families.
Demonstrates commitment to career development and professional
practice of self and staff. Fosters a spirit of inquiry by
documenting problems to determine research needs or by generating
or refining identified research problems. Interprets and applies
research findings. Analyzes and evaluates the appropriateness of
research and applies research findings to advance clinical practice
and patient care delivery. Evaluates outcomes. Collaborates with
nurses, nurse educators, physicians, and other healthcare providers
and patients and their families to result in teambuilding,
synergism, and integrative solutions. Acts as positive role model
for nurses demonstrating practical integration of theory and
evidenced based practice. Utilizes evidence based practice in
clinical procedures, administrative policies and educational
materials for patients, staff, and others. Acts as a change agent
to provide a link between a variety of resources and staff and
asserts clinical and professional leadership in the practice
setting or healthcare system, in health care policy and delivery
decisions, or in the administration of direct care programs. Acts
as a knowledgeable, strong, risk taking nurse leader. Conveys a
strong sense of staff advocacy and support. SLECHN
Keywords: ECHN, New Britain , Clinical Nurse Educator OR, GI, Healthcare , New Britain, Connecticut
