Clinical Educator, Perioperative Services
4/22/2026
The Clinical Educator provides comprehensive leadership across perioperative services by overseeing orientation, competency validation, and advanced procedural training. They are responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance, surgical safety, and operational throughput through structured education programs.
Salary
143000 - 163000 USD
Working Hours
40 hours/week
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Language
English
Visa Sponsorship
No
Clinical Educator – Perioperative Services (PAT,OR/ASC/PACU/GI) – Expanded
Job Summary
Provides comprehensive education leadership across PAT, OR, ASC, PACU, and GI services. Responsible for structured orientation programs, routine in-services, mock drills, competency validation, advanced procedural training, and annual skills fairs to ensure regulatory compliance, surgical safety, operational throughput, and high reliability performance.
Major Responsibilities / Essential Functions
- Develop and oversee structured perioperative department orientation programs.
- Participate in Hospital-wide new employee orientation
- Conduct routine in-services aligned with AORN standards, infection prevention, and regulatory updates.
- Lead mock code drills including malignant hyperthermia, surgical fire, and code blue scenarios.
- Oversee annual competency validation and perioperative skills fairs.
- Provide advanced training in sterile technique, instrumentation, moderate sedation, and PACU recovery standards.
- Support onboarding of new surgical technology and equipment.
- Monitor quality metrics including SSI rates, first-case on-time starts, and surgical throughput.
- Maintain education documentation and regulatory readiness records.
Financial Stewardship
- Improve surgical throughput and reduce case delays.
- Support supply stewardship and preference card standardization.
- Reduce overtime and inefficiencies through competency-based training.
Minimum Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing required.
Preferred Education
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or Master’s degree in related healthcare discipline preferred.
Experience
Minimum 3–5 years of specialty clinical experience required. Prior experience in education, precepting, simulation training, or clinical leadership preferred.
Required Licensure/Certifications
Current California RN License required. BLS and ACLS required.
CNOR preferred and required within 6 months of hire
Work Environment
Must be able to work in a union environment and support compliance, safety, and service excellence initiatives.
Full-Time, Exempt
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