Registered Nurse (RN), Comprehensive Medical Rehab Unit, Day

General Summary

Supports excellence in clinical practice and patient care quality through the implementation and evaluation of educational programs.

Principal Responsibilities And Tasks

• AHA BLS Instructor
• Develop, plan, implement, & evaluate hospital core orientation, nursing orientation, in-service education.
• Use, facilitate use of educational equipment and resources.
• Incorporate effective and creative educational strategies and methodology as an educator.
• Incorporate population specific principles into programming as appropriate.
• Establish and maintain an effective means of communicating pertinent information to interdisciplinary team members, managers, external customers, and professional colleagues.

Quality And Patient Safety

• Collaborates with management staff and reviews quality performance indicators to identify priorities for action and allocate resources.
• Develops annual and short term goals, objectives, and functional target achievement dates for areas of responsibility as appropriate.
• Identifies outcomes to be achieved. Achieves identified outcomes within targeted time frames.
• Documents and communicates progress toward outcomes. Implements revisions in plans as required.
• Supports excellence in clinical practice through assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programs that support positive staff and patient outcomes.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives.
• Analyzes performance improvement data and customer requirements, the current healthcare environment and best practice evidence to identify opportunities and strategies for improvement.
• Develops and coordinates implementation of treatment protocols, guidelines, policies and/or standards to systematize and coordinate care.
• Participates in the development of policies and implements changes utilizing appropriate channels.
• Synthesizes current research and evidence based practice into practice standards and policies.
• Develops and supports programming and educational activities designed to increase staff and manager support of performance improvement initiatives.
• Assists nursing leadership to make appropriate changes in clinical practice of staff based on quality outcomes.

Cost Effectiveness

• Contributes to the budgetary planning process and monitors own expenditures for appropriate areas of responsibility.

Education & Research

• Assumes responsibility for comprehensive clinical practice programming and services within area of responsibility.
• Ensures that areas of responsibility meet necessary standards including, but not limited to: organizational policies, CARF, and TJC.
• Develops, proposes, and implements programming based on analysis of organizational performance improvement initiatives and identification of customer requirements for service.
• Develops innovative and creative approaches to service delivery which promote staff involvement and facilitate attendance and participation in clinical practice activities.
• Continually evaluates and refines services based on customer feedback and organizational impact analysis.
• Introduces new clinical and professional development topics to achieve best practice standards.
• Interprets, evaluates, and utilizes research findings as a basis for clinical and educational practice.
• Assumes responsibility for the design, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive nursing core orientation program in coordination with appropriate nursing councils.
• Assists department leaders in the development, implementation, and evaluation of department/unit-based skill lists and competencies, including criteria for evaluation.
• Develops programming to enhance staff skills and competency.
• Organizes and facilitates programs and activities to support staff and student recruitment and development.
• Assumes a leadership role for the clinical practice development of staff related to areas of responsibility.
• Organizes, implements, consults, facilitates, and/or evaluates program activities.

Work Experience

• Licensure as a registered nurse or related health care discipline in the state of Maryland or eligible for licensure in Maryland.
• American Heart Association CPR Instructor (or ability to attain).
• A Master’s Degree in Nursing.
• A minimum of 5 years clinical experience is required.
• A minimum of three years experience in planning, implementing, and evaluating educational programming and services as they related to clinical practice are required.
• Clinical and professional knowledge regarding current issues influencing health care delivery, quality management, training and professional practice is required.
• Membership and active participation in a professional organization is preferred.
• Knowledge regarding group dynamics, organizational change, and methodologies for effecting change through leadership is required.
• Ability to independently develop and manage organizational level programs and projects.
• Demonstrated success in a leadership role exhibiting teaching, coaching, and development skills.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in a consultative role at the organizational level.
• Ability to function in a complex network of health and business affiliates to enhance organizational growth.
• Demonstrated highly effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent customer relations skills.
• Working knowledge of computer software required to execute role.
• Knowledge of /ability to locate regulatory standards, requirements; application to areas of responsibility.
• Communication: excellent verbal, listening, written skills.
• Leadership Skills: ability to collaborate and lead.