Nurse Educator- Mediclinic x1
Job Details
- Job Title: Nurse Educator
- Company: Mediclinic Southern Africa
- Training Centre: Mediclinic Training
- Location: Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
- Employment Type: Permanent
- Workplace Type: On-site
- Number of Positions: 1
- Reference Number: 73423
- Closing Date: 09 October 2026
Job Description
Mediclinic Training is seeking a Nurse Educator to present and facilitate Higher Education and Training programmes and courses for Mediclinic students and employees.
The successful candidate will support the development of competent and independent healthcare practitioners by providing both theoretical classroom instruction and practical clinical training. The role involves designing and assessing learning materials, facilitating theoretical and clinical learning, coordinating student-related processes and ensuring compliance with relevant education, training and healthcare standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with Higher Education and Training requirements and American Heart Association (AHA) standards.
- Design, develop and assess learning materials and educational interventions.
- Facilitate theoretical and clinical learning for students and employees.
- Support and guide students throughout the learning process.
- Coordinate and administer student-related processes.
- Conduct workplace assessments and support competency development.
- Apply appropriate assessment, evaluation and moderation practices.
- Identify training needs and contribute to curriculum development.
- Mentor and coach students and staff.
- Support quality management within the learning and development environment.
- Ensure nursing and emergency medical care training aligns with relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Apply appropriate adult learning principles and instructional design methods.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of education and training programmes.
Requirements
Education
- Professional Nurse qualification – Essential.
- Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Education – Essential for Nurse Educators.
- Postgraduate Diploma in a Nursing Specialty – Required if appointed as a Specialist Nurse Educator, for example Critical Care Nursing.
- Master’s degree in Nursing – Desired for Nurse Educators appointed to undergraduate programmes.
Experience
- Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Professional Nurse.
Skills and Knowledge
The successful candidate should have knowledge and experience in:
- Mediclinic Training, Emergency Medical Care and Nursing policies and procedures.
- Adult learning principles.
- Instructional design, including the ADDIE model.
- Kirkpatrick levels of evaluation.
- Bloom’s Taxonomy for assessment and evaluation.
- Nursing and Emergency Medical Care Standard Operating Procedures.
- Group facilitation tools, techniques and best practices.
- Workplace assessment.
- Competency compilation procedures.
- Learning and development quality management.
- Mentoring and coaching.
- Training needs analysis, programme design and evaluation.
- Curriculum development.
- Education and training legislation.
- Relevant healthcare legislation and its application within the Mediclinic training environment.
- Microsoft Office and general computer applications.
- Scholarly and academic skills.
- Moderation and assessment practices.
Key Competencies
- Strong teaching and facilitation skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
- Effective mentoring and coaching skills.
- Strong assessment and evaluation capabilities.
- Ability to design and develop learning interventions.
- Sound clinical and nursing knowledge.
- Strong organisational and administrative skills.
- Attention to quality and compliance.
- Ability to work effectively with students and healthcare professionals.
- Commitment to continuous learning and professional development.