Nurse Educator RN

About the role

The Nurse Educator RN serves as the clinical expert and drives evidenced-based clinical practice for all staff; has responsibility for assessing unit nursing practice and its impact on patient outcomes; leads and provides clinical direction to nursing staff in the delivery of patient care programs; ensures licensed staff maintains an established level of clinical competency; assumes ongoing responsibilities for the coordination of department orientation and education for all personnel; oversees the clinical direction of unit specific orientation, staff development, skills training, continuing education, staff education records and participation in quality, safety, and satisfaction programs; provides direct care to patients using the Nursing Process as needed to model best practice; supports collaborative environment through partnering with unit leadership and through coaching, mentoring and counseling as needed.

Responsibilities

• Displays clinical reasoning, which includes clinical decision making, critical thinking, and a holistic view of a given situation, coupled with nursing skills through a process of integrating formal and experiential knowledge;
• Plans unit preceptorships and actively participates in review process of new staff;
• Progresses staff toward independent function through collaboration with preceptors, unit leadership, physicians and other department leaders;
• Guides the planning and participation of unit staff to provide organization and unit-specific in-services and training of preceptors and assignments for new staff;
• Guides the growth and competency development of orientees, including recommendations regarding further educational training;
• Mentors, coaches and leads nursing personnel to provide safe and effective evidence based care in a rapidly changing environment or critical situation;
• Makes complex material understandable to learners;
• Initiates and/or participates in nursing research;
• Promotes a healthy supportive learning environment utilizing adult learning concepts;
• Integrates advanced technologies with clinical practice to enhance learning and adoption at the unit level and organizationally when appropriate;
• Promotes the delivery of quality, cost-effective care;
• Maintains a body of knowledge and tools that facilitate the management of environmental and system resources that exist for the patient/family and staff, within or across healthcare and non-healthcare systems;
• Collaborates in the development and revision of clinically based department policies, procedures and standards of care to assure best practice;
• Utilizes clinical education as a strategy to ensure continuity of clinical practice for self and unit staff;
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize risk management concerns and take action to prevent future occurrences;
• Attends Clinical Education Committee (CEC) to promote organizational approaches to education needs;
• Acts as a liaison between department and other nursing areas, and medical staff to promote competent and quality care across the continuum.

Qualifications

• 3+ years related experience;
• BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS)
• REGISTERED NURSE (RN)
• BACHELOR'S DEGREE

Skills

• Displays clinical reasoning, critical thinking, and holistic view of a given situation;
• Plays a key role in planning unit preceptorships;
• Collaborates with preceptors, unit leadership, physicians and other department leaders;
• Guides the growth and competency development of orientees;
• Mentors, coaches and leads nursing personnel;
• Integrates advanced technologies with clinical practice;
• Promotes a healthy supportive learning environment;
• Initiates and/or participates in nursing research;
• Collaborates in the development and revision of clinically based department policies, procedures and standards of care;
• Utilizes clinical education as a strategy to ensure continuity of clinical practice;
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize risk management concerns;
• Attends Clinical Education Committee (CEC) to promote organizational approaches to education needs;
• Acts as a liaison between department and other nursing areas, and medical staff;
• Models behavior that is conducive to the education of students, externs and other healthcare professionals;
• Displays sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care;
• Facilitates individualized learning using concepts of learning across the lifespan;
• Assists staff in the incorporation of patient and family spiritual belief system into plan of care;
• Displays the sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care;
• Demonstrates and serves as a role model in the recognition and needs assessment to utilize and/or access appropriate resources for cultural, spiritual, gender, race, lifestyle and other factors that may impact learning style and/or ability;
• Displays and serves as a role model in the recognition and needs assessment to utilize and/or access appropriate resources for cultural, spiritual, gender, race, lifestyle and other factors that may impact learning style and/or ability;
• Works on another's behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff;
• Serves as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting;
• Displays the sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care;
• Displays and serves as a role model in the recognition and needs assessment to utilize and/or access appropriate resources for cultural, spiritual, gender, race, lifestyle and other factors that may impact learning style and/or ability;
• Works on another's behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff;
• Serves as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting;
• Displays the sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care;
• Displays and serves as a role model in the recognition and needs assessment to utilize and/or access appropriate resources for cultural, spiritual, gender, race, lifestyle and other factors that may impact learning style and/or ability;
• Works on another's behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff;
• Serves as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting;
• Displays the sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care;
• Displays and serves as a role model in the recognition and needs assessment to utilize and/or access appropriate resources for cultural, spiritual, gender, race, lifestyle and other factors that may impact learning style and/or ability;
• Works on another's behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff;
• Serves as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting;
• Displays the sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care;
• Displays and serves as a role model in the recognition and needs assessment to utilize and/or access appropriate resources for cultural, spiritual, gender, race, lifestyle and other factors that may impact learning style and/or ability;
• Works on another's behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff;
• Serves as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting;
• Displays the sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care;
• Displays and serves as a role model in the recognition and needs assessment to utilize and/or access appropriate resources for cultural, spiritual, gender, race, lifestyle and other factors that may impact learning style and/or ability;
• Works on another's behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff;
• Serves as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting;
• Displays the sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care;
• Displays and serves as a role model in the recognition and needs assessment to utilize and/or access appropriate resources for cultural, spiritual, gender, race, lifestyle and other factors that may impact learning style and/or ability;
• Works on another's behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff;
• Serves as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting;
• Displays the sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care;
• Displays and serves as a role model in the recognition and needs assessment to utilize and/or access appropriate resources for cultural, spiritual, gender, race, lifestyle and other factors that may impact learning style and/or ability;
• Works on another's behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff;
• Serves as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting;
• Displays the sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care;
• Displays and serves as a role model in the recognition and needs assessment to utilize and/or access appropriate resources for cultural, spiritual, gender, race, lifestyle and other factors that may impact learning style and/or ability;
• Works on another's behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff;
• Serves as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting;
• Displays the sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care;
• Displays and serves as a role model in the recognition and needs assessment to utilize and/or access appropriate resources for cultural, spiritual, gender, race, lifestyle and other factors that may impact learning style and/or ability;
• Works on another's behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff;
• Serves as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting;
• Displays the sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care;
• Displays and serves as a role model in the recognition and needs assessment to utilize and/or access appropriate resources for cultural, spiritual, gender, race, lifestyle and other factors that may impact learning style and/or ability;
• Works on another's behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff;
• Serves as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting;
• Displays the sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care;
• Displays and serves as a role model in the recognition and needs assessment to utilize and/or access appropriate resources for cultural, spiritual, gender, race, lifestyle and other factors that may impact learning style and/or ability;
• Works on another's behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff;
• Serves as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting;
• Displays the sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care;
• Displays and serves as a role model in the recognition and needs assessment to utilize and/or access appropriate resources for cultural, spiritual, gender, race, lifestyle and other factors that may impact learning style and/or ability;
• Works on another's behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff;
• Serves as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting;
• Displays the sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care;
• Displays and serves as a role model in the recognition and needs assessment to utilize and/or access appropriate resources for cultural, spiritual, gender, race, lifestyle and other factors that may impact learning style and/or ability;
• Works on another's behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff;
• Serves as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting;
• Displays the sensitivity to recognize