Clinical Educator II - Nursing Program Development

UTMB Health • Galveston, TX

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About The Position

The Clinical Educator II assesses, plans, develops, implements, and evaluates evidence-based professional development activities that meet the educational needs of health system administration, staff, and patients and support institutional goals. The role uses available emerging technology to support adult learners in different roles, responsibilities, schedules, and settings.

The educator facilitates learning and learner development, evaluates learning across settings and domains, and uses assessment data to improve educational activities. The position also designs and evaluates evidence-based curricula and program outcomes, supports change and organizational effectiveness, contributes to scholarship and professional organizations, and pursues ongoing professional development and improvement in the educator role. Related duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Registered nurse (RN) with a master’s degree in nursing or a related field.
• Five years of clinical experience.
• Certification in a clinical specialty.
• Current license or valid permit to practice professional nursing in Texas.

Responsibilities

• Create learning environments that facilitate desired reasoning, critical-thinking, sensory, and psychomotor outcomes.
• Help employees develop in their roles and integrate the values and behaviors expected in those roles.
• Use varied strategies to assess and evaluate learners across settings and learning domains, and analyze the resulting data to improve professional development activities.
• Formulate program outcomes and design evidence-based course curricula that reflect current health care trends and prepare learners to function effectively in health care environments.
• Pursue self-evaluation and improvement in the educator role through professional development, mentoring, colleague support, and lifelong learning.
• Serve as a change agent and leader, model cultural sensitivity when advocating for change, and evaluate organizational effectiveness.
• Contribute to the scholarship of teaching through professional organizations, speaking engagements, evidence-based practice, research, and dissemination of scholarly work.
• Recognize how political, institutional, social, and economic forces affect the educational environment and the educator’s role.
• Perform related duties as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level