Clinical Educator

Fresenius Medical Care • Glendale, CA

2d • $71,000 - $143,000

About The Position

The Clinical Educator supports employee training and education at company facilities and programs within an assigned geographical area. The role delivers standardized, competency-based training and development programs, including new employee orientation, preceptor training, facility-specific in-services, and clinical, quality, and customer service training to promote quality patient care and achieve area, regional, and enterprise-wide initiatives and goals.

The educator promotes patient safety, clinical quality, positive patient outcomes, and lifelong learning. The role collaborates with partners to schedule, deliver, implement, and evaluate education programs, technologies, and processes for new and current personnel, using appropriate educational venues, learning techniques, facilitation methods, and available resources. The position also supports action plans, quality-improvement processes, and metric/KPI reporting, while maintaining knowledge of products, services, and strategies across treatment modalities.

The role involves desk and computer work, interaction with patients and healthcare personnel, and travel between assigned facilities and community locations. Travel to regional, departmental, and corporate meetings may be required. The work environment is a healthcare facility with controlled air temperature and moderate noise, with possible exposure to infectious and contagious diseases or materials. The position requires approximately 35–80% travel and may involve overnight stays. Physical requirements include frequent, prolonged standing, bending, occasionally moving machines or equipment weighing up to 200 pounds with assistance, and lifting chemical and water solutions weighing up to 30 pounds as high as five feet.

Requirements

• Associate or bachelor's degree from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Current appropriate RN state licensure in the primary state of residence.
• Obtain and maintain RN state licensure in assigned states as directed.
• Meet the practice requirements in the state of employment.
• At least one year of dialysis experience as a Registered Nurse.
• Successfully complete and maintain CPR BLS (Basic Life Safety) certification, along with all annual and ongoing required education, training, and competencies.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree (BSN or MSN).
• CDN or CNN certification; otherwise, must attain certification within 18 months of employment.

Responsibilities

• Align activities and actions with regional, group, and corporate business-related goals.
• Adhere to nursing practice standards and scope, company policies and procedures, and compliance, regulatory, legal, and ethical requirements.
• Focus education programs on patient safety, clinical quality goals, and improved patient outcomes using company and industry guidelines and standards.
• Develop competency and skills to educate personnel in all chronic kidney disease treatment programs.
• Promote lifelong learning through professional programs, coaching, and available technologies.
• Collaborate with relevant partners to schedule, provide, and implement education programs, technologies, and processes for new and current personnel.
• Use appropriate educational venues and generational learning techniques to deliver, support, and evaluate training.
• Partner in implementing action plans through to resolution, as appropriate.
• Use facilitation techniques and available tools and resources to create immersive, engaging learning experiences.
• Maintain open, effective, and timely communication with internal and external customers, including company management, facility teams, government agencies, physicians, hospitals, and contracted travel personnel.
• Demonstrate leadership, communication, customer service, continuous quality improvement, relationship development, critical thinking, team building, employee motivation, performance management, and decision-making skills.
• Support metric and KPI programs through timely, complete data documentation and reporting, and ongoing quality improvement processes.
• Maintain knowledge of products, services, and strategies to support and train staff in all modalities.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Potential for performance-based bonuses depending on company and individual performance, for bonus-eligible positions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree