Director Clinical Education RN

About the role

The Director Clinical Education RN is a professional Registered Nurse who assumes primary responsibility for directing and coordinating clinical educational and practice related activities for the West Portland Service Area. This includes Providence St. Vincent, Providence Newberg, Providence Seaside, and the regional nursing orientation team. Works collaboratively with system, divisional, and ministry operational leaders, interdisciplinary stakeholders, and clinical education caregivers to support system, divisional and service area strategic initiatives and goals.

Responsibilities

• Affirms responsibility for all caregiver clinical educational activities for all the ministries in the service area.
• Partners with the system, divisional, and ministry leadership teams and education teams.
• Affirms responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programs for caregivers across the service area.
• Affirms responsibility for coordinating the hospital wide competency validation process and documentation.
• Affirms responsibility for providing and approving learning materials to clinical departments related to re-validation due dates and competency-based orientation.
• Affirms responsibility for complying with regulatory agency mandates that require employees to render care to patients and families appropriate to their age, cultural background, spiritual and psychosocial needs.
• Works collaboratively with system and divisional Education & Practice Directors across the system to ensure alignment with all system and divisional programs and timelines.
• Affirms responsibility for directing and coordinating departmental activities in accordance with federal, state, and local standards and within Providence and Service Area policies and guidelines.

Requirements

• Education & Credentials: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Master's Degree (Masters can be in Nursing or a related field (Health Administration, Business, Business Administration, Public Health, Management, etc.)), Ph.D. (preferred).
• Experience & Expertise: 7 years of clinical nursing practice, 7 years of progressively responsible nursing leadership roles, 7 years of experience in working with teams, 7 years of experience in Program development and evaluation, 7 years of experience working in collaborative relationships with medicine and other health professions, 3 years of research experience (preferred), 3 years of experience teaching adults in a healthcare setting (preferred).

Qualifications

• Education & Credentials: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Master's Degree (Masters can be in Nursing or a related field (Health Administration, Business, Business Administration, Public Health, Management, etc.)), Ph.D. (preferred).
• Experience & Expertise: 7 years of clinical nursing practice, 7 years of progressively responsible nursing leadership roles, 7 years of experience in working with teams, 7 years of experience in Program development and evaluation, 7 years of experience working in collaborative relationships with medicine and other health professions, 3 years of research experience (preferred), 3 years of experience teaching adults in a healthcare setting (preferred).

Skills

• Demonstrates enterprising skills to frequently initiate and implement educational projects across the region.
• Displays leadership, critical problem-solving skills, education, prioritization, presentation, and decision-making skills.
• Knowledge of overall hospital clinical and non-clinical systems and processes as well as information systems, business analytics, financial and organizational development, training, and education.

Benefits

Includes a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more.