Nurse Educator Generalist

Company: Mission Hospital
Location: Waynesville
Posted on: March 10, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Introduction Do you have the career opportunities as a Nurse Educator Generalist you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Mission Hospital which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare. Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at Mission Hospital! Job Summary and Qualifications The Nurse Educator enhances 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 the assigned facility. In this role you will: - Participates in the development, coordination, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating of onboarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel. - Provides orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention. - Collaborates with the Director of Clinical Professional Development to adjust the program based on evaluation results. - Participates in the development, coordination, and management of facilitating, conducting, and evaluating competency. - Designs and identifies educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, including licensed and non-licensed healthcare personnel, in alignment with HCA and division clinical education request and development processes. - Develops activities to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skill and practice. Plans educational content delivery that encourages learner engagement. - Promotes and integrates the EBP in order to continuously improve practice. Conducts, encourages, facilitates, and/or participates in research, EBP, and QI in patient care settings. - Identifies and develops strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning. - Utilizes novice-to-expert continuum when developing staff. Identifies and provides opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery. What experience and education is needed for this role: - Bachelor’s degree in nursing Required - Master’s degree in nursing Preferred - 2 years of experience in clinical education, CSC, academia or leadership. Preferred - 2 years of experience in acute care hospital. Preferred - Currently licensed as an RN in the state of practice or has an active compact state license in accordance with law and regulation Required - Nationally Recognized Specialty certification Preferred - Basic Life Saving (BLS) Required - Ability to Travel up to 25% Benefits Mission Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include: - Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services - Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services - Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence - Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling - Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing - Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts Learn more about Employee Benefits Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location. "Nurses play a pivotal role and are the backbone of healthcare delivery. At HCA Healthcare, we are dedicated to ensuring nurses have necessary tools and resources to provide world-class patient care, advocating for the profession and helping to shape the future of nursing." Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive, HCA Healthcare HealthTrust Supply Chain is a critical part of HCA Healthcare’s strategy. Our focus is to improve performance and reduce costs. We do this by joining non-clinical and administrative functions. HealthTrust Supply Chain best practice methodologies. We develop, apply and monitor cost-efficient initiatives and programs for HCA Healthcare. By improving facility efficiency, medical professionals can focus on our mission - patient care. 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. If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Nurse Educator Generalist opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today! We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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