Clinical Educator - Located in Little Rock, AR

JOB SUMMARY

The Clinical Educator is accountable for the provision of quality, outcome-based educational programs and practice support which promote initial and ongoing competency and continuous development of critical care caregivers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/DUTIES

• Maintains a knowledge base of current standards of care and standards of practice and ensures compliance to those standards.
• Develops, organizes, implements and evaluates Service Line education and programs to ensure competencies of critical care caregiver personnel.
• Conducts learning needs assessments regularly to identify organizational, departmental and service line education and practice needs.
• Incorporates teaching methodologies appropriate to the learner and the outcomes.
• Participates in the departmental short-term planning related to education and practice support.
• Works closely with operations and service line leadership to ensure the overall integrity of the entire team and provides clinical support.
• Works closely with local leadership and customers in assisting with outreach education.
• Aid in the development of area-specific orientation of local protocol and procedures for new employees.
• Accountable to working with the Operations Manager and/or Program Director to ensure local or certificate specific clinical and service delivery issues are addressed promptly.
• Participates in the ongoing development, implementation and evaluation of the clinical quality management program designed to measure and ensure that patient care delivered is commensurate with company and customer expectations.
• Ensures ongoing continuous clinical quality improvement/assurance at the operation level.
• Audit, and manage crews’ certifications, education completion, and employee health requirements.
• Serve as a resource for outreach education offerings.
• Coordinate and provide instruction for new employee onboarding as directed.
• In collaboration with GMR Learning, and via the GMR Simulation program, designs, implements and evaluates patient simulations as an essential part of the learning experience.
• Assists in the identification of staff for training officer and preceptor development.
• Works cohesively with clinical practices and GMR Learning leaders to develop and facilitate remedial training.
• Maintain all requirements for, and ability to fulfill all essential functions of an air and/or ground critical care caregiver as assigned.
• Acts as a role model in area of expertise and professional practice by being self-directed, maintaining expertise and promoting the profession.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Current RN Licensure or EMT-P Certification
• BS or BA preferred
• Specialty certification as required by CAMTS (CCRN, CFRN, CEN, FP-C or CCP-C)
• Two years flight experience required.
• Minimum of five years ED or ICU nursing experience or ALS Paramedic experience.
• Knowledgeable in prehospital EMS/air medical transport.
• Previous teaching experience preferred.
• Experience using simulated patient encounters designed to enable experiential learning.

BENEFITS

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