CLIN NURSE EDUC 3 PHSO - CLINICAL OPERATIONS $123,000 - $237,800 / Year La Jolla Career 100% Uncovered 1 Days, 8-Hour Shift, Monday-Friday

#141190 Clinical Nurse Educator - Population Health

Filing Deadline: Wed 9/30/2026

UC San Diego values and welcomes people from all backgrounds. If you are interested in being part of our team, possess the needed licensure and certifications, and feel that you have most of the qualifications and/or transferable skills for a job opening, we strongly encourage you to apply.

DESCRIPTION

UC San Diego Health is proud to be a four-time Magnet-designated organization and has now earned Magnet with Distinction from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Magnet is the gold standard for nursing excellence, achieved by only about 10% of hospitals worldwide. Magnet with Distinction is awarded to the highest-performing Magnet organizations, with only a select few earning this prestigious honor. This recognition reflects our commitment to transformational leadership, professional nursing excellence, innovation, exceptional patient outcomes, and an empowering practice environment where nurses thrive.

Population Health Services Organization helps support UC San Diego Health's Primary Care practices and is part of the team-based model of care. Our department supports patient outreach focusing on areas from wellness to end of life across the lifespan. Our goal is to ensure timely care connections, help with health education, and inform patients about our model of right care, right place, right time. Our mission is to support the Quadruple AIM: quality, cost, patient and team experience/wellbeing. This is an exciting opportunity for a nurse with demonstrated nursing education interest and process improvement knowledge to grow with us as we build out our programs helping all patients, especially vulnerable populations across all ages who need additional help to better manage their health and safety at home.Applies skills and experience as a professional nurse educator to ensure optimal clinician knowledge and skills through education and training in either general or specialized nursing education and/or training. Leads implementation of new programs as it relates to student expansion. This position is on site Monday – Friday with students. During student/ university breaks, this position will be able to work from home as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Works with our Population Health Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE) 4 to build out training modules for student rotations within Population Health.
• Oversees day-to-day students; initial tech setup, orientation, outreach, and documentation.
• Evaluates student nurse competencies and skills and targets education and training.
• Plans and delivers evidence-based education and training program curriculum. Incorporates principles of adult learning in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs.
• Ensures that nursing education and training activities are compliant with all legal and certification requirements, as well as medical center and organizational standards of care.Responds to regulatory mandates for research and management of sentinel events.
• Pursues professional development and continuing education and training opportunities to keep abreast of regulatory and procedural changes related to clinical education and training programs.
• Supports consistent nursing student rotations by acting as a liaison and Population health rotation promoter. In collaboration with nursing schools, builds learning experience that is congruent with Population Health programs and needs.
• Participates in committees, task forces, and projects that evaluate a variety of issues, including quality of care, patient safety, and licensure and accreditation requirements as directed.
• Other duties as assigned.

While not required, a cover letter is highly recommended when applying to this position.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.

• Registered Nurse (RN) license issued by the State of California.

• Three (3+) or more years of relevant experience.

• Must be able to work on site to work with students.

• Recent ambulatory care RN experience with progressive expertise in patient care services.

• Knowledge of delivering clinical nursing education and training material for orientation and skills/competency learning and leadership development.

• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to provide education, training, and resources, and to develop positive working relationships with nursing staff and leadership.

• Detail oriented, with proven organizational skills to effectively manage time, prioritize tasks, and see projects through to completion on deadline.

• Strong skills in written and verbal communications, with the ability to collaborate productively in a team environment with all levels of internal and external personnel and to convey complex clinical information in a clear, concise manner.

• Thorough knowledge of a broad spectrum of professional nursing practices and issues.Thorough knowledge of methodology for conducting evidence-based research, data collection, analysis, and reporting.

• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills to manage multiple levels of information and responsibilities, and to quickly assess moderately complex problems to develop potential solutions.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• RN experience in education/teaching students and/or high-risk patient populations on disease states.

• RN experience in case management or ambulatory care.

• Demonstrated PDSA/A3 or other lean process improvement to support greater efficiency and quality of care.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

• Must be able to work various hours and locations based on business needs.

• Employment is subject to a criminal background check and a pre-employment physical.

If employed by the University of California, you will be required to comply with our Policy on Vaccination Programs, which may be amended or revised from time to time. Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.

If applicable, life-support certifications (BLS, NRP, ACLS, etc.) must include hands-on practice and in-person skills assessment; online-only certification is not acceptable.

UC San Diego Health is the only academic health system in the San Diego region, providing leading-edge care in patient care, biomedical research, education, and community service. Our facilities include two university hospitals, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, the only Burn Center in the county, and dozens of outpatient clinics. We invite you to join our team!

Applications/Resumes are accepted for current job openings only. For full consideration on any job, applications must be received prior to the initial closing date. If a job has an extended deadline, applications/resumes will be considered during the extension period; however, a job may be filled before the extended date is reached.

To foster the best possible working and learning environment, UC San Diego strives to cultivate a rich and diverse environment, inclusive and supportive of all students, faculty, staff and visitors. For more information, please visit UC San Diego Principles of Community.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination

UC San Diego is a smoke and tobacco free environment. Please visit smokefree.ucsd.edu for more information.

UC San Diego Health maintains a marijuana and drug free environment. Employees may be subject to drug screening.

Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

a. "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies governing employee conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, or discrimination, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC’s policies addressing some forms of misconduct:

• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy
• Abusive Conduct in the Workplace