Clinical Education Specialist RN Cardiac Procedural Services

About the role

The Clinical Education Specialist (CES) supports the educational needs of the Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR), Cath and Electrophysiology Lab, Cardiac Pre/Post Unit, and ECMO team at Children's Hospital Colorado. This position works independently and collaboratively with unit leadership and colleagues across departments.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, coordinates, facilitates, and evaluates onboarding and orientation programs for licensed and unlicensed team members to ensure they are prepared to practice safely and independently.
• Demonstrates leadership through team building, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills to build partnerships across the system.
• Affirms learning needs, incorporating adult learning principles, engaging learning strategies, and utilizing scholarly inquiry to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate clinical education programs and outcomes to optimize patient care delivery and for team member’s ongoing clinical professional development.
• Ensures assessment, documentation, and record keeping of team members’ clinical competency.
• Mentors, develops, and evaluates preceptors to enhance learning experiences for all new hires.
• Serves as a nurse planner, designer, and educator for unit clinical education programs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of effective communication principles and promotes communication among disciplines.
• Facilitates learning outcomes through innovative partnerships.
• Demonstrates skillful guidance and teaching of team members to advance the care of patients, families, and the profession of nursing.
• Supports quality improvement standards; regulatory standards; patient safety standards; error prevention tools, methodologies, technologies and resources.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) or equivalent with post-master’s certification in education.
• Experience: 5 years of clinical pediatric experience. Previous experience in Cardiovascular Operating Room, Cath Lab and/or Cardiac Pre/Post experience preferred. Experience in ECMO preferred.
• Certification(s): BLS/CPR from the American Heart Association with at least 6 months left before expiration is required upon hire, American Nurses Credentialing Center(ANCC) or Magnet approved certification.
• Licensure(s): Current Colorado RN License.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of effective communication principles and promotion of communication among disciplines.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership through team building, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to assess learning needs, incorporate adult learning principles, engage learning strategies, and utilize scholarly inquiry.
• Ability to mentor, develop, and evaluate preceptors to enhance learning experiences for all new hires.
• Ability to serve as a nurse planner, designer, and educator for unit clinical education programs.
• Ability to facilitate learning outcomes through innovative partnerships.
• Ability to demonstrate skillful guidance and teaching of team members to advance the care of patients, families, and the profession of nursing.
• Ability to support quality improvement standards; regulatory standards; patient safety standards; error prevention tools, methodologies, technologies and resources.

Skills

• Effective communication skills.
• Leadership and negotiation skills.
• Adult learning principles.
• Scholarly inquiry.
• Team building and conflict resolution.
• Mentoring and developing preceptors.
• Nurse planning, designing, and educating.
• Facilitating learning outcomes through innovative partnerships.
• Guidance and teaching of team members.
• Supporting quality improvement standards; regulatory standards; patient safety standards; error prevention tools, methodologies, technologies and resources.

Benefits

Here, you matter. As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career. As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April. Children’s Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

Pay and Schedule

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience. Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $97,718.13 to $146,577.19

Schedule

This position is eligible for relocation assistance, if relocating from 100 miles or greater. Shift: mostly days Monday through Friday, but must be available during some off shifts/weekends to support the teams as needed