Holyoke Medical Center is a proud community hospital that has served the healthcare needs of the pioneer valley for over 125 years. We continue to grow and address the needs of our community through quality and patient centered care.

Our Perioperative Services team is looking for an enthusiastic and reliable Nurse Manager/Educator to join their team. Nurse Manager responsibilities will include being responsible for facilitation of patient care, operational efficiencies, and ensuring compliance with Medical Center policies and procedures. Managing patient flow and efficient use of human, fiscal, and material resources in addition to participating in hospital/unit based quality improvement activities. Participating in collaborative relationships with the interdisciplinary team and assisting in directing and evaluating clinical and support staff. Nurse Educator responsibilities will include curriculum development specific to the perioperative design, updating and revising nursing education to align with regulatory requirements, developing educational material/learning modules, fostering a positive learning environment to promote critical thinking clinical skills, providing ongoing professional development, and overseeing clinical competency and skills validation and onboarding.

Applicants must have:

·A passion for caring about a community through quality work in a stand-alone hospital.

·A drive for learning new practices to be able to adapt to our rapidly changing department.

·A willingness to offer new ideas to the team to help with our culture of continuous improvement.

·The ability to keep our internal clients informed of what you are doing and how long tasks will take.

·A TEAMWORK MENTALITY

REQUIREMENTS: BSN or Nursing Degree, MSN preferred; Current license within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a Registered Nurse (RN); current CPR Certification. Two - three years clinical nursing specialty leadership preferred.