Clinical Educator (RN)

The Role

The Clinical Educator coordinates and conducts education for nursing staff, which will enhance quality and safe patient care.

Responsibilities

• Ensures nursing staff within the service line units are educated to assess and identify patient care needs for assigned patients.
• Education is provided based on unit/patient needs and includes but is not limited to service line academies, skill-based competency, equipment uses expertise, and/or clinical assessment competency.
• Collaborate with Director of Clinical and Life Support Education, Manager of Clinical and Life Support Education, Directors of Nursing, and Nurse Managers to provide learning sessions to enhance staff knowledge and competency in the management of cost effective/clinically effective complex patient and family centered care.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required; BSN required.
• Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in applicable state.
• BCLS required.
• 3 years’ clinical experience in area of interest required.
• National certification in specialty preferred, encouraged to obtain within one year of hire.

Qualifications

• Teaches and demonstrates proficiency in patient physical assessment skills, patient care and nursing skills (i.e. mobility, respiratory care, nutrition, pain management, oral care, preventing infection, lift equipment, vital sign monitoring equipment).
• Reinforces policies and procedures, protocols and guidelines with nursing staff.
• Collaborate with nurse manager, assistant nurse manager, preceptors and NPDS to design, implement, and evaluate the nursing unit’s orientation and annual needs assessment education plan.
• Creates and maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for patients, self, co-workers, and facility including assisting in teaching interpretation of and developing strategies to address nurse sensitive indicators and performance improvement.
• Supports provision of age/developmentally appropriate patient care in accordance with Age/Developmental Specific Care Guidelines for the specific age groups served.

Skills & Abilities

• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office.
• Able to work collaboratively and maintain confidentiality.
• Able to effectively organize, interpersonally communicate, and make decisions.
• Able to prioritize work independently and meet deadlines.
• Able to negotiate and resolve conflicts positively.
• Knowledge of policies and procedures.
• Able to synthesize and prioritize knowledge.
• Able to tailor teaching to different learning styles.
• Understanding of adult learning principles and instructional design.

Benefits

The Clinical Educator enjoys benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Education Assistance Program

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.