Education Nurse Specialist
About The Position
The Education Nurse Specialist (ENS) is a registered professional nurse who provides safe, expedient, and cost-effective Clinical Education services to ensure quality patient outcomes. As a member of a team of Educators, the ENS assesses educational needs, plans programs to meet those needs, implements those programs, and evaluates the effectiveness of offerings for employees, students, volunteers, and diverse community members across the lifespan. Educational offerings provided will promote clinical reasoning and critical thinking, and will utilize best practices and current evidence (for both education and practice), and will be revised based on participant feedback, outcomes evaluation, and changes in best practice. Thorough documentation for all educational offerings, including content, objectives, evaluations, and attendance will be maintained. The ENS functions as a leader, consultant, innovator, coordinator, and change agent in the pursuit of exemplary professional nursing practice. He/she actively participates on or leads committees appropriate for his/her areas of emphasis, and is involved in the orientation and ongoing development of staff, Quality and Patient Safety Initiatives, Patient- and Family-Centered Care Initiatives, mandatory training, and electronic health record (EHR) support. The ENS behaves in a manner consistent with the standards and ethics of all health care professionals.
Requirements
- Licensed as a registered nurse by the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing is required.
- Minimum of five years clinical practice with evidence of advanced clinical knowledge, leadership, teaching, and advanced clinical reasoning ability.
- Must be proficient with computers, information technology, and patient care technology.
Nice To Haves
- Certification as American Heart Association BLS and ACLS Instructor is preferred.
- Master's degree in nursing with a concentration in education, informatics, or health information and systems management.
Responsibilities
- Assesses educational needs.
- Plans programs to meet educational needs.
- Implements educational programs.
- Evaluates the effectiveness of educational offerings for employees, students, volunteers, and diverse community members across the lifespan.
- Promotes clinical reasoning and critical thinking through educational offerings.
- Utilizes best practices and current evidence in education and practice.
- Revises educational offerings based on participant feedback, outcomes evaluation, and changes in best practice.
- Maintains thorough documentation for all educational offerings, including content, objectives, evaluations, and attendance.
- Functions as a leader, consultant, innovator, coordinator, and change agent in the pursuit of exemplary professional nursing practice.
- Actively participates on or leads committees appropriate for areas of emphasis.
- Involved in the orientation and ongoing development of staff.
- Involved in Quality and Patient Safety Initiatives.
- Involved in Patient- and Family-Centered Care Initiatives.
- Involved in mandatory training.
- Provides electronic health record (EHR) support.
- Behaves in a manner consistent with the standards and ethics of all health care professionals.
Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
