Clinical Educator 1.0 FTE
About The Position
The Clinical Educator provides orientation, training, and education for clinical nursing personnel to promote consistent standards of practice and competencies in patient care. The role assesses, plans, and implements educational programs supporting new-hire orientation, staff development, and competency training. The Educator aligns practices with Franciscan Alliance values and organizational and departmental goals to improve patient and staff outcomes. The role introduces and supports new ideas and helps implement and sustain change strategies. It develops, coordinates, maintains, evaluates, and improves orientation components using evidence-based practice. The Educator evaluates educational programs, processes, and clinical interventions for alignment with practice standards and regulatory requirements; facilitates communication across management, staff, ancillary departments, and professional contacts; and promotes the professional growth of peers. The position also identifies gaps between current and desired future processes, procedures, and system functionality, and supports staff development through remediation, certification, mentoring, regulatory education, training on new equipment and procedures, and EMR updates. Travel is never or rarely required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
- Five years of nursing experience in Med/Surg or PCU.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
- Registered Nurse (RN) license from a State Licensing Board.
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
Responsibilities
- Act as a change agent by introducing and supporting new ideas and assisting with implementation and sustainment of change strategies.
- Develop, coordinate, maintain, evaluate, and improve orientation components using evidence-based practice.
- Evaluate educational programs, processes, and clinical interventions to ensure alignment with standards of practice and regulatory requirements.
- Facilitate communication among management, staff, ancillary departments, and professional contacts across Franciscan Alliance.
- Promote the professional growth of peers.
- Identify and report gaps between current and desired future state processes, procedures, and system functionality.
- Support staff development through remediation, certification, mentoring, regulatory requirements, and education on new equipment, procedures, and EMR updates.
- Contribute to quality and project work.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefit offerings for eligible employees; details are available on the company's career site.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
