Clinical Nurse Educator - Cardiac ICU/Non-ICU

University of Chicago • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

Join UChicago Medicine in the Central Education Department as a Clinical Nurse Educator. This nurse has previous educational experience and focuses on supporting existing staff development and nursing education. The educator serves as a consultant, role model, staff and patient advocate, change agent, leader, and cost-effective professional. The role elevates the standard of professional nursing practice at UCM 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 the specialty area.
• Knowledge and previous application of adult learning principles.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, evidenced by serving as a charge nurse, preceptor, or episodic teacher.
• Complex decision-making skills 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 with Cardiac ICU and non-ICU patient populations.

Responsibilities

• Use standardized and customized assessment tools and testing methods to measure staff knowledge and skill 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 imperatives, policies, guidelines, and other internal demands to design education supporting organizational goals and objectives.
• Recommend deployment of educational resources to support organizational goals.
• Interpret health care 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 determine education project or program effectiveness.
• Develop knowledge- and skill-based measures to collect performance data and integrate measurement activities and findings into quality projects.
• Research funding sources and submit funding proposals to implement, support, and expand programs addressing educational needs.

What This Job Offers

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