ECMO Clinical Educator

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

About The Position

Assesses, plans, coordinates, implements, and evaluates education for clinical employees which promotes clinical and professional development resulting in improved quality of care for patients and families. Perform duties associated with clinical practice, professional development, leadership and quality, and evidence-based practice. Develops and implements education plan for assigned unit to proactively support delivery of safe patient care. This role will be split between clinical and admin duties.

Requirements

Must have 3 years of pediatric critical care experience
Must have 1 year of experience as an Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) Advanced Technology Specialist (ECMO Primer) or 3 years of experience as an ECMO Specialist
Experience and demonstrated expertise and knowledge in practice related to specialty
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science (Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT))
Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the single State of Georgia or Multi-State through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact or current license in the state of Georgia as a Respiratory Care Professional or Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) certified from National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC)
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association within 30 days of employment
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification from the American Heart Association within 1 year of employment as required by department specifications
Professional certification deemed by department required upon one year of hire
Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
Strong presentation skills to showcase credibility and effectiveness
Basic knowledge of adult learning principles in the design of educational activities to provide quality training materials
Proficiency in using professional technology tools such as Microsoft Office Suite and Learning Management System (LMS)

Nice To Haves

Specialty certification or equivalent experience
Experience in patient/family, clinical or community education

Responsibilities

Manages ongoing process of healthcare delivery across the continuum to deliver age and developmentally appropriate patient-family-centered care. Utilizes clinical decision support tools and resources to recognize issues, prioritize care, and modify plan of care as needed.
Supports the environment for delivery of care.
Acts as clinical resource for patient population in area.
Maintains competence to provide and/or assist with clinical care.
May serve as unit leader on shift in absence of manager.
Facilitates onboarding of new employees, which includes the process of orienting, socializing and integrating an employee to the organization with a focus on retention and growth.
Develops and implements an individualized orientation plan to guide new employees to job competency or existing employees to changing roles and responsibilities. The orientation plan should align with system orientation programs.
Coordinates logistics of orientation keeping all stakeholders informed.
Develops, coordinates, manages, evaluates, and documents expected outcomes and objectives to support the dynamic process of competency assessment, learning, and change.
Promotes compliance with regulatory bodies standards, including the maintenance of educational records.
Utilizes novice to expert continuum with developing employees.
Aligns educational programs with organizational and strategic plans to include quality and safety trends.
Conducts learning needs assessments and practices gap analyses through environmental scanning to achieve specific outcomes in identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skill, or attitude.
Collaborates across disciplines to create effective education and initiatives.
Conducts educational planning to include continuing ECMO education or inter-professional continuing education, if desired, in accordance with accrediting agency requirements.
Identifies desired outcomes and plans, designs, and delivers learning activities using adult learning concepts and instructional design principles to achieve specific outcomes for identified target audiences, which may include license and non-licensed healthcare personnel.
Evaluates learning outcomes and revises educational activities and orientation programs based on data and feedback.
Monitors resource allocation and utilization by considering cost-effectiveness of educational activities.
Documents provided educational activities using LEAN methodology and Children’s current Learning Management System (LMS). Demonstrates proficiency in the use of Children’s LMS.
Advances the profession by identifying and developing strategies to facilitate a continuous process of role maturation for self and others.
Fosters a culture of lifelong learning and professional development through role-modeling, mentoring and guidance.
Promotes growth and development of leadership skills, accountability, clinical decision making, and problem-solving within self and others.
Maintains clinical knowledge, skills and competence in patient care setting as evidenced by the ability to deliver proficient direct age and developmentally appropriate safe patient care. (Examples of direct care could be side-by-side or group precepting of new nurses, providing clinical expertise in the practice setting, taking a patient assignment and/or acting as charge or resource nurse.)
Engages in organizational committees (i.e. TEACH) and/or shared governance councils.
Introduces and supports new ideas and initiatives; exhibits creativity and flexibility in times of change.
Partners with leadership team to provide performance feedback during orientation and beyond to guide and direct employee role maturation and career development and advancement.
Incorporate research, evidence-based practice (EBP), practice-based evidence and benchmarked best-practices into educational planning to guide practice decisions.
Participate in development and implementation of departmental process improvement plans and quality measurements.
Collaborates with partners and stakeholders to share expertise in planning and decision-making to achieve desired results.
Supports academic and community partnerships.