UNIT BASED EDUCATOR -

About the role

Department: Staffing Office-UH; FTE: 0.60 (Part Time); Shift: Days.

Function as unit educator, master teacher, master preceptor and facilitates evidenced-based research into specialized areas of nursing. Utilize the expertise of a practitioner to incorporate nursing processes into the plan of care for a specialized group of patients. Perform as a unit educator while maintaining clinical skills by performing as a clinical instructor for students from the CON on home unit and/or assisting in staffing on unit. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies, procedures and guidelines. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

Responsibilities

• LEAD - Provide educational leadership to enhance specialized patient care within clinical protocols
• INITIATE - Initiate unit-based strategies for developing clinical skills through the master clinician, master preceptor model
• PERFORM - Perform as a unit educator while maintaining clinical skills by performing as a clinical instructor for students from the CON on home unit and/or assisting in staffing on unit
• PLAN - Develop patient plans of care incorporating evidenced-based research and national standards
• CONSULTS - Consult with and serve as a clinical resource for the multidisciplinary team to ensure quality patient care
• EDUCATE - Educate appropriate staff in the use of new equipment, supplies, and instruments for their service; coordinates in-service training/workshops for appropriate staff
• ASSIST - Assist patient and caregivers with educational needs, problem solving, and health management aspects across the continuum of care
• COLLABORATE - Collaborate with the Clinical Educator as well as the Clinical Nurse Specialist, Specialty RN, or Unit Director to plan and implement pertinent curricula
• MONITOR - Monitor trends and implement educational strategies to ensure quality standards and parameters are achieved
• PATIENT CARE - Deliver safe direct care to an assigned group of patients, providing specialized patient care within nursing protocols and assisting the admission, transfer and discharge process performing all RN nursing duties
• DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
• PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
• PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"
• MEDICATION - Administer medication, including IV medication, via the Seven Rights; document and communicate clinical findings
• PATIENT CARE - Write treatment plans; coordinate patient drug and procedure activities; administer medication and treatment; provide and coordinate nursing care of assigned patients; may facilitate group therapy and/or education sessions

Qualifications

• Education: Essential: Bachelor's Degree; Nonessential: Master's Degree; Essential: Education specialization: BSN or MSN; Nonessential: Bilingual English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo
• Experience: Essential: 18 months directly related experience; Nonessential: 3 years directly related experience
• Credentials: Essential: CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days; RN in NM or as allowed by reciprocal agreement by NM; Instructor in Unit-Required Certifications w/in 90 Days; Nonessential: Current Instructor in BLS, ACLS, NRP or other instruct cert; Essential: Credential equivalent experience: Instructor in Unit-Required Certifications or obtained within one year of position (BLS, ILS, NRP, PALS, ACLS, TNCC, etc)
• Physical Conditions: Heavy Work: Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 to 2