As our Critical Care/Emergency Educator, and in accordance with our mission and core values of integrity, compassion, collaboration, and excellence, you will serve as a consultant and resource professional by acting as educator, facilitator, change agent, leader, and researcher. You will ensure all educational initiatives align with Critical Care/Emergency Services operational goals and facility leadership priorities.
Every day you will support the development of direct-care nurses and foster nursing excellence through new knowledge and evidence-based practice, facilitating the full educational process, assessment, development, planning, implementation, and evaluation of competency assessment, continuing education, and leadership development in close collaboration with the Critical Care/Emergency Services Leadership Team. You'll leverage your clinical expertise to guide staff in delivering individualized, comprehensive care, including critical assessments, skilled procedures, and thorough patient care planning, while collaborating seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team focused on optimal patient outcomes.
To be successful in this role you will serve as a role model for professional behavior and demonstrate strong commitment to teamwork as a vital component of patient care. You'll bring keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset driven by genuine enthusiasm for helping others, along with a sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment that supports both patient recovery and your own career growth.
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Founded in 1955, Dignity Health - Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a 394-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, heart care, cancer care and women’s health. It is the only pediatric trauma center in the San Fernando Valley.
Additionally, Northridge Hospital Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center and has been recognized as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.
One Community. One Mission. One California
Qualifications
Work for Warriors is a no-cost employment program of the California Military Department for Service Members, Veterans, and military family members. The Veteran Staffing Consultant for Common Spirit Health is Tracey Huerta.
At CommonSpirit Health, we passionately care for the most vulnerable, relentlessly innovate how and where healing can happen and believe in uniting to benefit the common good. Our expansive network spans diverse communities, uniquely positioning us to meet their changing needs, improve population health and help chart the path to health equity.
Our mission, vision and values inform every aspect of our work each day and remind us that we serve our patients, their families, our communities – and each other. Our community health, research and home health programs help us address the primary barriers to healthier communities.
As CommonSpirit Health, we make the healing presence of God known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.
A healthier future for all – inspired by faith, driven by innovation and powered by our humanity.
Compassion | Inclusion | Integrity | Excellence | Collaboration