Clinical Ambulatory Educator

SB Clinical Practice Management Plan•Commack, NY

About The Position

SUMMARY: The Clinical Ambulatory Educator is responsible for planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating educational programs/activities based on a learning needs assessment of the organization. This position will be responsible for the orientation of new employees, evaluation of their progress in the orientation process, and for providing resources to departments in developing and implementing a learning plan for improving identified deficiencies. This position reports to the Director of Nursing of Ambulatory Care Services and collaborates closely with Executive Leadership, Director of Human Resources, Environment of Care/Safety Coordinator, Nurse Managers and all Services within the Stony Brook Ambulatory Network in the development and implementation of facility wide-educational programs and initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
5 years of Registered Nurse experience.
2 years of Nursing Education experience
Current registration to practice as a Licensed Registered Nurse in New York State.
Experience in education and training program/curriculum design and facilitation.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS).

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Nursing.
Experience as Basic Life Support instructor.

Responsibilities

Develops, implements, and evaluates specific orientation and training for both new and current clinical staff.
Develops, plans, executes, and tracks in-service programs, educational series, conferences and lectures, thereby encouraging the continued development of nursing/clinical staff.
Creation of LMS/HealthStream clinical education trainings, tracking and monitoring completion compliance.
Educates nursing/clinical staff (including technical skills and use of equipment) utilizing verbalization and return demonstration to assure successful completion and achievement of competencies.
Identifies and documents nursing staff’s learning need’s assessment, learner objectives, and the context of programs, resources, and methods of evaluation used.
Provides and/or coordinates ongoing instruction of technical skills and equipment in accordance to both Ambulatory policies and procedures and equipment manufacturer recommendations to all nursing/clinical staff.
Monitors the quality of nursing care rendered and the documentation of the nursing process through direct interaction with departmental nursing leadership, clinical staff members and their assigned patients and families.
Coordinates delivery of patient care by all health professionals by actively sharing knowledge and ideas at Administrative and Clinical meetings, Leadership Rounds and other sessions as appropriate.
Perform statistical reporting, evaluation, consultation, and make data-based recommendations to ambulatory leadership
Participate in the development/creation of clinical support staff programs: Medical Assistant Program, Patient Care Technician, Scribes, etc.
Attends and participates in discussions with physicians, administrators and nursing related to the clinical area.
Represents and clarifies the needs of the nursing staff and the patient population.
Coordination, record keeping and Orientation of clinical placement of clinical students within Ambulatory practices; tracking/education/orientation of site preceptors.
Works to standardize clinical education processes across the Stony Brook Medicine Ambulatory network.
Position covers all Stony Brook Ambulatory and requires frequent travel to clinical sites within the network.
Other duties as assigned.