Clinical Nurse Educator

Responsibilities

• Supports the ongoing development of staff through coaching, mentoring, and role modeling.
• Approaches work from a systems thinking perspective considering network, service line and/or campus impact of activities.
• Collaborates with members of leadership team in providing appropriate educational opportunities for licensed and unlicensed personnel.
• Maintains accountability for independent educator practice, schedule and work produced.
• Attends and constructively participates in employee education, department meetings and/or in-services as scheduled or directed.
• Maintains an active rounding practice to “go and see” activities such as training initiatives in process, progress of orientee and preceptor dyads, how skills are applied in the clinical setting.
• Completes a continuing education needs assessment using staff surveys, outcome metrics, regulatory standards, and other data for area of assignment then plans, develops, conducts, and evaluates, mandatory and elective education and on-the-job training programs.
• Conducts follow up assessments to ensure the training meets the employee's needs and that the desired behaviors are being exhibited.
• Evaluates the impact of educational programs on improving patient care, quality, cost, and experience and communicates findings to stakeholders.
• Teaches content as needed and/or assigned in formal and informal settings with a focus on improvement of skills and retention of knowledge using appropriate strategies, technologies and adult learning principles.
• Ensures that educational activities are implemented in a professional and timely manner, adjusts content and teaching strategies appropriate to learner needs, and documents teaching/learning process and outcomes in accordance with standards.
• Serves as an expert consultant for staff in areas of program development, clinical practice, and professional development.
• Affirms and educates staff on quality measures, patient safety initiatives, and organizational strategies to meet expectations of patient safety benchmarks.
• Executes tasks and behaves in a manner consistent with a culture of compliance, safety and a high reliability organization and adheres to organizational policies and procedures.
• In collaboration with nursing leadership contributes to and executes on the organization’s process for defining, assessing, maintaining, demonstrating, and improving the competence of nursing staff on an ongoing basis linking competencies to unit performance measures or system outcomes.
• In collaboration with leader(s) develops a system or process to alert leadership to low performers of required skills and competencies and participates in action/coaching plan to improve performance.
• Recognizes high performing staff members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Required
• Other / Certificate in Enrolled in MSN or M Ed Program within 30 days of hire and completed within 24 months of hire Required
• Masters in in Education or Nursing OR currently enrolled in final year of MSN or M Ed Program Preferred
• Other / Certificate in Post Masters Certificate in Nursing Education Preferred
• Experience 3 years As a direct patient care RN Required
• 3 years Clinical nursing experience in area of assignment (e.g., ED, Critical Care, Med-Surg, OB,etc) Preferred
• Other Experience instructing or training in a healthcare setting Preferred
• LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS
• Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification
• ACLS, PALS, and/or NRP Instructor level certification if applicable to the role. Required
• Certified RN-Cardiovascular I - Certification
• Certification in ANCC approved nursing specialty or nursing professional development - if not on hire achieves within twelve (12) months of accepting the position. Required
• Registered Nurse (RN) - License State And/Or Compact State Licensure Upon Hire Required