Nurse Educator (BSN)

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:
• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Autonomy in a warm team environment
• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits
In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:
• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service. 

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. 

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

As a Nurse Educator, you will be responsible for developing, reviewing, and implementing training programs to ensure that nursing staff can competently and proficiently provide care to adults with serious and persistent mental illness, substance use disorders, and chronic medical problems. This will involve collaborating with nursing leadership to identify educational needs, designing and delivering training programs, and evaluating the effectiveness of training initiatives. Additionally, you will be responsible for maintaining up-to-date knowledge of best practices, regulatory requirements, and emerging trends in nursing education. 

• Develops and implements educational programs, including ongoing curriculum needs, to ensure nursing staff function competently and proficiently in meeting the needs of patients with mental illness, substance use disorders, and chronic medical problems. 
• Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements, develops competencies for nursing staff positions, and regularly monitors nursing activities to identify deficiencies and develop teaching plans to address them. 
• Collaborates with nursing management, Human Resources, and nursing school programs to provide orientation, training, and clinical practice development for nursing staff and students. 

• Maintains complete and accurate records, assesses staff competencies, and participates in the Performance Improvement program. 
• Provides in-service and continuing education programs and develops policies and teaching materials that are up-to-date, evidence-based, and meet regulatory requirements. 

Education

• Graduation from an accredited college with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Nursing or other healthcare related field.

Experience

• Minimum of three to five years of experience in psychiatric mental health nursing is required, preferably with an additional two to three years of educator experience.

Licenses/Certifications

• Must hold a current license as a Registered Nurse, or qualify for same through reciprocity with another state board of nursing.

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness.

We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

We are an Affirmative Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.