Registered Nurse Educator - OR

About the role

The Clinical Educator is responsible for developing, planning, implementing and organizing a variety of education activities including individual, department and hospital wide programs. The Clinical Educator serves as consultant, facilitator, change agent and leader. This position supports clinical department leadership.

Responsibilities

• Fulfills orientation and continuing education needs of new and transferred employees.
• Develops, manages, and coordinates education programs and conducts training related to the needs of the organization including State, Federal, and accreditation mandatory programs.
• Works closely with Patient Safety Officer and responds to identified system changes or other identified needs to promote quality and patient safety.
• Works closely with Quality Director in developing and maintaining the quality program and the education of staff.
• Assists in managing data collection to evaluate organizational outcomes and submits accurate data in a timely manner as required by regulatory agencies; or as part of any volunteer/collaborative initiative.
• Assists in implementation of department quality initiatives and analysis of outcome data.
• Facilitates any action as indicated for noted undesirable data and/or negative trends.
• Facilitates teambuilding and leadership development in assigned areas.
• Responds to change in nursing practice and develops programs to support those changes.
• Maintains flexibility when managing multiple roles and responsibilities.
• Leads committees, work groups and/or projects related to the implementation of educational activities.
• Teaches content as needed and/or assigned within clinical expertise to facilitate orientation, staff development and/or safe practice.
• Performs managerial duties as needed, to support day to day activities, i.e., Kronos, daily productivity, etc.
• Plans, develops, implements, evaluates, and maintains continuing education activities as appropriate to various accrediting bodies, as assigned.
• Complies with continuing education accrediting body requirements.
• Participates as instructor in specialty courses as assigned.
• Is a subject matter expert in area of expertise.
• Develops education programs for clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Maintains and evaluates these programs on an ongoing basis.
• Provides consultation to department managers and staff on the education process, job competencies, and accrediting agency requirements.
• Maintains clinical knowledge in assigned areas and active involvement with orientation, on-going education and quality audits and initiatives.
• Maintains working knowledge of learning management systems and other data management systems in the department.
• Promotes collaborative relationships among health care professionals in the region.
• Assists in department budget preparation; contains expenditure within budget.
• Assists in the maintenance of employer education records for all disciplines.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and professional conferences.
• Maintains confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
• Supports the culture of service excellence throughout the organization.
• Actively seeks ways to demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement and participates in professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse.
• Basic Life Support-Health Care Provider.
• Instructor within 3 years of accepting or transferring into the position.
• Sufficient previous experience in adult education.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing.
• Preferred: Master's degree.

Skills

• Excellent customer service skills.
• Flexibility when managing multiple roles and responsibilities.
• Leadership and team building skills.
• Ability to work in a stressful environment.
• Knowledge of learning management systems and other data management systems.
• Collaborative relationships with health care professionals.
• Ability to manage multiple roles and responsibilities.
• Ability to teach content as needed and/or assigned within clinical expertise.
• Ability to develop and maintain education programs for clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Ability to analyze and interpret outcome data.

Benefits

Commensurate with experience.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD