Clinical Nurse Educator, Registry

UChicago Medicine • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

UChicago Medicine is seeking a Central Clinical Nurse Educator (RN) for its Central Education Department. In this registry role, the educator supports existing staff development and nursing education. The role serves as educator, consultant, role model, staff and patient advocate, change agent, leader, and cost-effective professional. The Clinical Nurse Educator elevates professional nursing practice by developing, coaching, and mentoring staff to become expert clinicians and leaders.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• At least three years of clinical practice in a specialty area.
• Knowledge and prior application of adult learning principles.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, such as serving as a charge nurse, preceptor, or episodic teacher.
• Complex decision-making and problem-solving ability.

Nice To Haves

• Master of Science in Nursing or a related education field.
• Certification in a specialty area.
• Previous experience in an educator role.
• Previous experience working within multidisciplinary teams or nursing leadership committees.

Responsibilities

• Use standardized and customized assessment tools and testing methods to measure staff knowledge and skills in core nursing practices and specialty areas.
• Collect data on employee learning needs at least annually through observation, interviews, focus groups, and assessment instruments.
• Interpret the medical center’s strategic priorities, policies, guidelines, and other internal needs to design education that supports organizational goals and objectives.
• Recommend deployment of educational resources to help achieve organizational goals.
• Interpret healthcare trends and incorporate current research into learning-needs assessments and identification of learning needs.
• Collaborate with key staff to develop a comprehensive annual educational calendar.
• Participate in designing centralized and unit-based preceptor education and development initiatives.
• Prepare educational objectives, lesson plans, handouts, self-learning modules, instructional manuals, and tests.
• Serve as faculty at organization-wide education events, as appropriate.
• Evaluate learning activities using objective performance criteria and recommend corresponding changes to education plans.
• Use appropriate tools and testing methods to assess changes in learners’ knowledge, skills, and clinical practice, and to determine education project and program effectiveness.
• Develop knowledge- and skill-based measures to collect performance data and integrate measurement activities and findings into quality projects.
• Research available funding sources and submit funding proposals to support and expand programs that meet educational needs.

Benefits

• Benefit options are available for eligible roles.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level