RN-Perioperative Clinical Educator - Full Time 10 Hours (exempt, Non-Union)

Essential Job Functions and Core Responsibilities

• Accountable to Executive Director of Perioperative Services for overall work performance.
• Resource in identification of hospital staff with specific expertise for education and/or need for remediation and develops opportunities for growth.
• Aids in organizing and facilitating annual updates for all staff, including regulatory topics, skills days, and BLS/ACLS training and retraining.
• Develops and implements a systematic process for the assessment, development, and evaluation of the facility’s health care staff in order to promote positive patient outcomes and experience.
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to the facility’s IRAISE values, mission, vision, goals, policies, procedures, role expectations and other functions needed to perform in the Perioperative care environments.
• Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the adult learning process and is able to apply the process in instructing, guiding, and evaluating the learning of others. Ability to adapt to unique age related, development, or cultural/language needs of participants.
• Demonstrates clinical performance in the department, acting as a clinical resource.
• Demonstrates clinical experience and/or expertise in devices: IABP, Impella, Prismaflex, CRRT, defibrillator, Integra ICP.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills in relationships with management, staff, physicians, patients, families, and the community. Displays a professional commitment to the organization, supporting the unit team and promoting unity and teamwork.
• Maintains clinical expertise by attending educational programs, reviewing pertinent literature, clinical practice, and networking with peers.
• Participates in classroom and clinical orientation of new employees, providing for coordinator of preceptorships and competency validation.
• Participates in hospital committees as assigned and pertinent to specific area of practice.
• Participates in nursing unit activities, in collaboration with the manager, and provides educational resources for staff meetings, unit in-services, and patient education.
• Participates in the department and organization wide Performance Improvement Program through orientation, education, departmental and interdepartmental quality control, quality improvement, and quality planning activities.
• Participates in the development of core curriculum and self-study modules for selected topics.
• Participates in the formulation and review of policies and procedures, standards of care, and/or standards of practice.
• Promotes patient education as indicated.
• Promotes problem solving (critical thinking).
• Plans and coordinates learning programs which are relevant to the learning needs of the hospital staff, patients/clients, and community.
• Provides a professional and competent role model for customer service and collaborative practice.
• Acts as an administrative resource.
• Serves as a course facilitator for selected workshops and other courses.
• Supervises and evaluates the work performance of team members. Facilitate career development, career coaching, assisting in role transition, and planning for succession.
• Supports a safe, blame free and healing environment for patients, visitors and personnel.

Job Requirements

• Education: Minimum (Required) Bachelor’s degree in nursing. Preferred (Not Required) Master’s degree in nursing.
• Work Experience: Minimum (Required) 5 years recent perioperative experience required for those new to the educator role.
• Licenses and Certifications: Minimum (Required) A current RN licensure in the State of California. BLS/ACLS Operating Room national certification could be in progress.

Pay Transparency

The annual base salary range for this position is $126,547.00 - $208,803.00. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California Arcadia Hospital considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, State, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.