Outpatient Nurse Educator

Responsibilities

• Provides expert nursing care.
• Affords assistance to other nurses and healthcare professionals, serving as a mentor and role model, in achieving and/or maintaining clinical competence through informal bedside teaching, educational programs, and patient rounds.
• Leads and supports the competency-based orientation program, including conducting an annual evaluation to ensure its effectiveness and ongoing improvement.
• Interprets and applies relevant nursing theories and conceptual frameworks to help nurses understand the rationale and basis of professional nursing practice for diverse pediatric and adult patient populations.
• Develops and coordinates annual educational programs required by The Joint Commission (TJC) and Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).
• Serves as a standing member of the Staff Development Committee and participates in and/or chairs departmental and institutional committees related to practice.
• Maintains completed orientation records and individual employee educational files.
• Maintains list of certified nurses and ensures current list is available on the nursing units.
• Initiates and collaborates in developing patient/family educational material.
• Identifies nursing practice concerns, utilizes a problem-solving approach, and change theories to initiate and support changes needed to ensure quality of patient care.
• Leads the development of new activities and approaches to improve nursing care outcomes.
• Affords assistance in introducing, implementing, and evaluating new devices and/or procedures related to the care of a specific patient population.
• Completes regular reviews and contributes to professional literature by bringing current trends to the attention of staff nurses.
• Performs monthly visits to all sites under the oversight of the nurse educator.
• Professionally collaborates and participates in leadership discussions around programmatic growth in alignment with best practices and accreditation standards.

Qualifications

• Education: Master's of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree is required.
• Experience: Five years of pediatric experience and/or developmentally disabled population is required. Staff education experience is required.
• Licenses: Active, unencumbered Registered Nurse license from Maryland or a compact state. Current CPR certification that includes hands-on skills.