Clinical Nurse Educator - General Medicine

University of Chicago • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

Join UChicago Medicine as a Clinical Nurse Educator in the Central Education Department. This nurse has previous educational experience and focuses on supporting existing staff development and nursing education. The Clinical Nurse Educator serves as an educator, 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 prior 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 general medicine patient populations.

Responsibilities

• Use standardized and customized assessment tools and testing methodologies 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 instrumentation.
• Interpret the medical center’s strategic imperatives, policies, guidelines, and other internal demands to design education that supports strategic goals and key objectives.
• Recommend the deployment of educational resources to support organizational goals.
• Interpret health care trends and incorporate current research into learning-needs assessments and the 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 for programs.
• 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 methodologies 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 funding sources and submit funding proposals to implement, support, and expand programs that meet educational needs.

What This Job Offers

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