Manager, Clinical Education

Responsibilities

• Initiates the development, implementation, and evaluation of PI Plan initiatives in collaboration with staff and leadership to improve outcomes.
• Understands and advocates for the principles of High Reliability in both patient care, education, and professional development efficiencies.
• Utilizes data to drive improvement.
• Demonstrates knowledge of job standards and key requirements for each staff position in assigned areas of responsibility, holding subordinates accountable for the responsibilities inherent to their positions.
• Provides feedback/counseling, and discipline to assigned staff as appropriate.
• Provides assigned staff with performance evaluations as defined by HR.
• Supports peer review systems, with mechanisms now in place for staff input into their own evaluations.
• Provides structure and opportunity for staff to establish and accomplish their goals.
• Delegates appropriate responsibility and accountability for designated management activities.
• Counsels and disciplines staff as appropriate.
• Conducts regular leadership and staff meetings.
• Participates in nursing and hospital-based activities including councils and task forces.
• Maintains and achieves necessary competencies for job functions.
• Supports professionalism through ethical conduct, appearance, positive communication, attendance, and holds self-accountable for same standards set for staff.
• Represents the Patient Care Services team professionally and communicates and promotes the vision of Patient Care Services.
• Ensures personnel are scheduled to meet the needs of the assigned areas of responsibility.
• Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for patients, personnel, physicians, and visitors.
• Fills staff vacancies in a timely manner, updates personnel data system.
• Establishes work goals or quantitative/qualitative standards to be achieved with staff input.
• Ensures processes are documented per policy pertaining to new hires, float, and agency personnel receiving appropriate and timely orientation.
• Conducts and facilitates performance assessment and improvement activities for assigned areas of responsibility.
• Informs risk manager of serious or potentially serious patient/visitor problems and issues as soon as they are identified.
• Escalates operation/safety concerns with full transparency.
• Ensures principles of adult learning theory are incorporated in education and professional development activities.
• Operates in compliance with regulatory agency education including Joint Commission, OSHA, ODH, CLIA, and Magnet Recognition Program.
• Identifies and quantifies resources needed to support education and professional development in areas of assigned responsibility.
• Works to comply with productivity standards.
• Balances education and professional development needs, quality, and cost effectiveness.
• Prepares and participates in finance budget meeting presentations for areas of responsibility.
• Manages and organizes work through objectives leading to goal attainment.
• Demonstrates business acumen when developing budgets.
• Relates budget to organization strategic plan.
• Maintains and seeks responsibility for self-development.
• Participates in hospital Leadership programs.
• Networks with colleagues to share ideas, trends, and innovations in areas of responsibility.
• Maintains membership and association in professional nursing organizations, incorporating standards into operations to keep current with evidence-based practice.
• Shares knowledge and information with peers, clinical managers, and encourages changes in practice based on evidence-based practice.
• Appropriately represents nursing and/or the hospital in the community.
• Assists staff in developing professionally through pursuit of additional education and certifications.
• Sets up and manages community service activities.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Master’s of Science in Nursing required or equivalent degree.
• Minimum of three years in clinical nursing practice.
• One year experience in education/professional development role.
• One year experience in leadership role.