Clinical Educator (RN) - Critical Care

Advocate Health • High Point, NC

3d • $41 - $62

About The Position

The Clinical Educator coordinates and conducts education for nursing staff to enhance quality and safe patient care. The role ensures nursing staff in the service line units are educated to assess and identify patient care needs for their assigned patients. Education is based on unit and patient needs and includes service line academies, skill-based competencies, equipment-use expertise, and clinical assessment competencies.

The position supports the Critical Care Division, including Medical ICU, Cardiac Care, Cardiac Telemetry, and SICU (Intermediate Care). The educator collaborates with the Director and Manager of Clinical and Life Support Education, Directors of Nursing, and Nurse Managers to provide learning sessions that enhance staff knowledge and competency in managing cost-effective, clinically effective, complex, patient- and family-centered care.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Certification issued by the American Heart Association.
• Three years of clinical experience in a critical care environment.

Nice To Haves

• Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification preferred; encouraged to obtain within one year of hire.

Responsibilities

• Teach and demonstrate proficiency in patient physical assessment, patient care, and nursing skills, including mobility, respiratory care, nutrition, pain management, oral care, infection prevention, lift equipment, and vital-sign monitoring equipment.
• Reinforce policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines with nursing staff.
• Coordinate nursing-centered rounds and bedside reporting with the Nurse Manager and Case Manager, with the ability to phase in multidisciplinary rounds.
• Provide service-line-specific unit education programs in collaboration with preceptors and the Nursing Practice Development Specialist (NPDS), in classroom and informal on-site settings; monitor compliance and attendance rosters.
• Maintain the quality of professional services by demonstrating and maintaining competency, updating knowledge and skills, and pursuing continuing professional growth.
• Communicate effectively, positively, and professionally, modeling behaviors associated with departmental expectations.
• Collaborate with the Nurse Manager, Assistant Nurse Manager, preceptors, and NPDS to design, implement, and evaluate the nursing unit’s orientation and annual needs-assessment education plan.
• Create and maintain a safe, therapeutic environment for patients, self, coworkers, and the facility, including helping teach interpretation of nurse-sensitive indicators and develop strategies to address them and performance improvement.
• Support age- and developmentally appropriate patient care in accordance with Age/Developmental Specific Care Guidelines for the age groups served.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Competitive compensation, premium pay for eligible positions, incentive pay for select positions, and opportunity for annual performance-based increases.

What This Job Offers

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