Clinical Educator Radiology Technician

About the role

The Clinical Educator coordinates the planning, development, and implementation of education for the Unit, Department, or Site. Will provide bedside education to clinical staff, ensuring competency through both skill validation and frequent monitoring of all staff. Will serve as the education resource for all clinical practice issues and as the orientation resource for all new employees in their assigned areas. Will oversee policy, procedure and standard development and revision through evidence-based practice changes. Additionally, will perform routine audits to ensure education needs are being addressed for staff.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with supervisors and managers to address issues related to clinical practice and documentation trends.
• Facilitate practice and documentation changes when needed.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor staff competency and keep records for ongoing review.
• Report any non-compliance of staff training, certification, and competency requirements to the manager.
• Plan and coordinate educational presentations and activities as needed.
• Provide opportunities for less experienced staff to grow and develop their unit specific skills.
• Develop and coordinate educational opportunities.
• Participate in unit and specialty specific meetings including but not limited to professional governance, quality, safety, and accreditation meetings.
• Utilize information technology to obtain evidence to support best practices and communicate this with the care team.
• Perform needs assessments for clinical roles and design educational opportunities to meet needs.
• Develop and coordinate site, unit or department specific orientation for clinical team members and those who support patient care.
• Recruit, prepare, and coordinate unit staff for preceptor positions.
• Serve as a resource for professional growth for all clinical roles.
• Assists with accreditation efforts.
• Department Specific Job Function: Provide a portion of time in direct patient care to maintain skill competency and clinical relevance.
• Demonstrates clinical competencies in providing direct patient care and patient and family education as well as assisting the provider in the delivery of patient care.
• Must be flexible to meet educational needs of night shift and weekend shift employees.

Qualifications

• Education Level: Associate's Degree or Certificate of Completion in Radiologic Technology.
• Licenses/Certifications: Licensed Radiologic Technologist - Radiography - Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) and Registered in Radiography (R) - American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) and Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days - American Heart Association (AHA) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Instructor within 3 months - American Heart Association (AHA).
• Work Experience: 2+ years of radiology experience.
• Specialized Knowledge and Skills: Demonstrated ability to facilitate learning in a work environment, acting in the role of learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, advocate for their specialty, and partner for practice transitions. Must have basic knowledge of adult learning principles and demonstrate ability to facilitate learning in a work environment. Must be flexible to meet educational needs of night shift and weekend shift employees.

Skills

• Uses the roles of learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, advocate for their specialty, and partner for practice transitions to impact patient safety and quality outcomes through professional development initiatives.
• Promotes the generation and dissemination of new knowledge and use of evidence to guide clinical practice and improve patient care while advancing professional development.
• Exhibits system thinking throughout the planning process.
• Develops partnerships to enhance health care through interprofessional initiatives (i.e. quality improvement, organizational excellence initiatives) and coordinates integrated educational services.
• Serves as a resource for professional growth for all clinical roles.
• Supports the transition of healthcare team members across learning and practice environments, roles, and professional stages.

Benefits

Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.

Pay

The compensation range for this position is $28.82 per hour - $49.57 per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model.

Schedule

The role may be based at the system, at the site reporting to the system or at the site reporting to the respective site and may teach, develop or support clinical programs at the site, region or system level.