Clinical Skills & Resuscitation Educator / Clinical Education - Part time

Brief Overview

The Clinical Skills and Resuscitation Educator provides clinical skills validation via course instruction and simulation experiences to clinical roles upon hire. Responsibilities include ensuring a synchronized and sustainable approach to resuscitation training across Children's Nebraska, coordinating activities related to Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), managing resuscitation course systems, collecting and analyzing data for resuscitation collaborative databases, and more.

Responsibilities

• Provides skills lab competency validation instruction for defined clinical staff.
• Implements skills validation sessions that incorporate adult learning strategies, ethical principles, critical thinking skills, professional growth, open communication, and collaborative relationships.
• Incorporates BLS, PALS, PEARS, Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals, error prevention techniques, and language of caring concepts and skills into scenarios.
• Develops and uses versatile teaching styles based on how learners respond, making changes as needed to promote critical thinking development.
• Provides real-time debriefing of each skill validation with learners to identify strengths and opportunities for skill development based on scenario.
• Collaborates with area educator to communicate strengths and opportunities for each employee after skills lab completion.
• Safeguards regular skills lab evaluation process by participants.
• Aggregates data by role and provides professional quarterly report to department and area leaders with findings and recommendations.
• Makes recommendations for process or skill changes to skills lab curriculum as recommended.
• Uses collective evaluation information to strengthen own skills for teaching.
• Collaborates with Resuscitation Program Coordinator to incorporate Children’s resuscitation system changes into resuscitation courses taught.
• Performs patient chart review to accurately obtain and analyze data necessary for entry to resuscitation collaborative databases.
• Develops and presents quarterly reports to medical alert committee.
• Collaborates with department peers and program leaders to teach department course curriculums as requested.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in nursing required, equivalent work experience may substitute for education.
• Minimum four (4) years’ experience in pediatric nursing.
• Knowledge and proficiency in applying the nursing process, nursing skills, and nursing research into patient care, teaching, and systems.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to include use of computer technology in program presentations and/or data analysis.
• Able to be self-directed, with minimum supervision, and detail oriented.
• Must be able to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature, without loss of efficiency or composure, and be able to perform under stressful conditions when confronted with multiple requests, demonstrating prioritization skills.
• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Upon Hire Required and Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association Upon Hire Required and PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Required and PALS INSTRC - PALS Instructor Required and Current and valid certification in pediatric specialty.

Skills

• Strong pediatric clinical nursing knowledge and background.
• Knowledge and proficiency in applying the nursing process, nursing skills, and nursing research into patient care, teaching, and systems.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to include use of computer technology in program presentations and/or data analysis.
• Able to be self-directed, with minimum supervision, and detail oriented.
• Must be able to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature, without loss of efficiency or composure, and be able to perform under stressful conditions when confronted with multiple requests, demonstrating prioritization skills.

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Monday-Friday, Day Shift - 24hrs