Clinical Educator - Oncology/Specialty

About the role

The Clinical Educator will provide and coordinate education support for service line staff, under the supervision of the Director of Professional Development & Practice, with input from the specific service line Director. The goal is to ensure effective and efficient implementation of key educational processes at the unit level and assist in implementing designated centralized components of these processes.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, evaluates, and documents age/population appropriate patient care to identified unit populations.
• Designs, implements, and evaluates a cost-effective unit-based orientation process focusing on knowledge, skills, and relationships.
• Orients and develops preceptors.
• Coordinates the annual assessment and validation of priority high-risk skills.
• Conducts required training to close performance gaps in knowledge and skills.
• Implements a unit-based plan for advancing competence of staff on all shifts, resulting in improved performance.
• Coordinates the unit-based clinical experience for students.
• Facilitates the unit-based PI process.
• Provides administrative support for unit-based operations.

Requirements

• Current RN license in the State of Texas.
• Minimum Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from a four-year college or university in nursing.
• MSN or equivalent preferred.
• Broad knowledge of nursing functions, specific knowledge of patient care activities on assigned unit(s), and knowledge of key educational processes.
• Five (5) years of clinical nursing experience, with two years of experience as a preceptor preferred.
• Education and/or presentation skills preferred.

Qualifications

• Current RN Texas license.
• Basic Life Support Provider.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (if applicable to unit).
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider (if applicable to unit).
• BLS and/or ALS Instructor status as appropriate within 1 year of employment.
• Specialty certification in clinical area and/or professional development required upon reaching eligibility.