Full-Time Nurse Educator LPN or RN-Days/No Weekends Required!

About the role

Join Loretto Health and Rehabilitation as a Full-Time LPN or RN Nurse Educator! The Nurse Educator is responsible for the development, facilitation, and implementation of educational programs, and maintenance of a positive educational milieu using best practice nursing standards. This is carried out by the coordination of existing and new programs that will continue to improve the quality of resident care through education, proper training, remediation, and evaluation of staff.

Responsibilities

• Develops, implements, and evaluates new and existing educational programs.
• Establishes a priority system for in-service training needs under the direction of and with the approval of unit, department, site, or extension of leadership.
• Coordinates the delivery of in-service programs on all shifts, as needed.
• Serves as program instructor for clinical training programs and provides support, supervision/oversight, as assigned by the Academic Manager.
• Ensures educational programs meet all current federal, state, and local regulations including applicable corporate policies.
• Initiates new projects to meet training needs or DOH regulations.
• Develops, presents, documents, and provides resource material for educational and training needs and programs for staff.
• Maintains a resource library of training and educational material.
• Provides appropriate documentation of all staff in-service records and clinical competencies annually and as needed.
• Maintains current CPR certification and related records for self and staff.
• Audits and monitors compliance of staff and effectiveness of training, educational, and in-service programs.
• Assesses individual needs of assigned staff for educational needs and remediation, both theory and clinical, and develops programs to meet those needs using available resources and staff, both in-house and outside speakers, instructors, etc.
• Maintains confidentiality of employee disciplinary information utilized in all processes of remediation.
• Provides academic and clinical direction and follow-up for RNs/LPNs/CNAs.
• Monitors and maintains all equipment used by the Education Department.
• Participates in the review, formulation, and revision of policies and procedures as appropriate.
• Actively participates in quality assurance activities.
• Plans, implements, and reviews training needs for QAPI, and initiates modifications to address deficiencies in programs.