Registered Nurse (RN) - Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE)

Responsibilities

• Affirmative action statement
• Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating educational needs to facilitate learner development and skill training of clinical staff.
• Performing learning needs assessments, developing educational trainings for clinical staff within organization.
• Assisting with the orientation of new employees, evaluation of their progress in the orientation process, and development and implementation of a learning plan for improving identified deficiencies.
• Serving as a trainer and consultant for Resuscitation Education Initiative (Redi) Program, including certification as Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor.
• Making sure BLS/Advanced Life Support (ALS) compliance within the organization.
• Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to support and evaluate responses to emergency responses in the facility (to include BLS and ALS).
• Organizing, participating, and evaluating mock codes.
• Supporting nurse residency programs, including the development of curriculum, using strategic learning methodologies such as simulation, lecture case studies and virtual reality.
• Developing proficient level coaching and mentoring skills.
• Systematically evaluating current practice, formulating outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within area of expertise.
• Collaborating with other Clinical Nurse Educators and interprofessional healthcare teams in the ongoing clinical education activities, including in-services, training, competency assessment, and evaluations of both current and new staff nursing skills.

Requirements

• Current, permanent employees of the Tomah VA Medical Center and its outreach facilities including CBOCs, VCS and OCC employees.
• Current, permanent employees of the VA Nationwide.
• U.S. Citizens.
• The incumbent of this position may be required to drive to Tomah's Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) to train RN staff.
• The person in this role delivers a fundamental understanding of adult learning principles and a lifelong learner that can practice with flexibility to adapt or change learning strategies based on the assessment of learning needs within the healthcare organization.
• The CNE also assumes responsibility for the coordination of education focused on staff education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the healthcare continuum.

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements:
• English Language Proficiency
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6); OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD).
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia. Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements, but do not possess the required licensure, may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis.)
• Note: Grandfathering Provision - All persons currently employed in VHA in 0610 series and performing the duties as described in the qualification standard on the effective date of the standard (1/29/2024) are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the grade held including positive education and licensure/certification.
• Grade Determinations: The following Scope, Education and Dimension criteria must be met in determining the grade assignment of candidates, and if appropriate, the level within a grade. The Dimension requirements (Practice, Veteran/Patient Driven Care, Leadership, Professional Development and Evidence-Based Practice/Research) are detailed for each grade and level within the online assessment: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13001278.
• Physical Requirements:
• This position includes a level of physicality normally associated with duties performed by nurses such as direct patient care, and potentially long periods of walking, standing, sitting, moderate lifting, repeated bending, or kneeling.