Pleasant View Educator Coordinator

Green County•Monroe, WI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pleasant View Educator Coordinator assesses, plans, develops, implements, facilitates, evaluates, and revises educational programming for all levels of nursing personnel. This role is a key resource for the nursing department's continuing education, ensuring mandatory requirements are met through regular audits. The coordinator identifies and corrects substandard competencies by providing additional education, including developing and training on deficiencies within the nursing department.

Requirements

Minimum of two (2) years' experience as a registered nurse.
Current unrestricted Wisconsin license as a Registered Nurse.
At least one (1) year of experience in long-term care and/or acute hospital care.
A minimum of one (1) year of nursing management experience.
Ability to decide the time, place, and sequence of operations within a system or organizational framework, and to oversee their execution.
Ability to develop, analyze, and categorize data and information using changing and established criteria to define consequences and consider/select alternatives.
Ability to compare, differentiate, measure, and/or sort data and information.
Ability to classify, compute, tabulate, and categorize data.
Ability to manage and direct a group of workers.
Ability to counsel and mediate.
Ability to persuade, convince, and train others.
Ability to interpret and advise on how to apply guidelines and standards to specific situations.
Ability to use advisory and design data and information such as technical manuals, resident records, admission and discharge documents, physician’s orders and reports, budget reports and summaries, nursing staff certification and licenses, payroll records, lab reports, drug reference manuals, incident/accident reports, medical charts, Bureau of Quality Assurance memos and audit reports, rules and regulations regarding long-term care, billing statements, resident care plans, restraint consent forms, nursing guidelines, infection control manuals, personnel guidelines, non-routine correspondence, professional nursing journals and periodicals, laws and educational curricula.
Ability to communicate effectively with nursing personnel, PV department supervisors, therapists, physicians, County Supervisors, nursing educators, hospital and clinic personnel, residents, residents’ families, lab technicians, pharmacists, clergy, insurance company representatives, vendor representatives, Administrator, and State and Federal health care regulators.
Ability to consistently communicate effectively and professionally with Green County citizens, clientele, employees, and officials.
Ability to calculate percentages, fractions, and decimals; ability to calculate volume, ratios, and ability to interpret basic descriptive statistical reports.
Ability to use functional reasoning development in performing duties within influence systems associated with supervising, managing, leading, teaching, directing, and controlling.
Ability to apply situational reasoning by exercising judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving the direction, control, and planning of an entire program or set of programs.
Ability to sit approximately 2-3 hours, stand approximately 5-6 hours, and walk approximately 4-5 hours or longer when needed.
Ability to operate medical equipment, stoop, squat, bend, kneel, reach, twist, climb, and balance approximately 1-33% of the time.
Hearing acuity, vision acuity (far and near), color vision, and depth perception approximately 67-100% of the time working.
Ability to use both right and left hands for repetitive actions such as grasping and turning, fine manipulation, and speed work.
Ability to operate equipment and machinery requiring simple, periodic adjustments.
Ability to move and guide material using simple tools.
Ability to operate mechanical lifts, stethoscope, sphygmomanometer, and thermometers.
Ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet, and limbs in performing semi-skilled movements in nursing practice.
Ability to exert mildly heavy physical effort in moderate to heavy work in an eight-hour work day, including lifting/carrying (0-34 lbs. approximately 34-66%; 35-100+ lbs. approximately 1-33%).
Ability to push/pull residents and other necessary items related to performing the CNA role (1-24lbs. approximately 34-66%; 25-100+ lbs. approximately 1-33%).
Ability to recognize and identify degrees of similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, forms, sounds, tastes, odors, textures associated with objects, materials, and ingredients.

Responsibilities

Collect and assess data and information related to education needs, including identification of trends, issues, and supporting data to determine a comprehensive education program for the nursing department (classroom, clinical experiences, learning technologies).
Assess, plan, develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive education programs to meet the ongoing competency and professional development needs of the nursing department and staff.
Ensure all programs meet Department of Nursing regulatory expectations and standards.
Adhere to national and state education practice standards and stay abreast of current research into nursing education practice.
Provide timely and continuous consultation to the Director of Nursing and Administrator for immediate educational needs and to enhance continuing education, professional development, and mentorship opportunities.
Develop and deliver/coordinate other educational programs as directed for RA/CNAs, CMAs, and Nurses (in-services, continuing education, specialty curricula).
Keep organized records and documentation of all training conducted.
Under the supervision of the Director of Nursing and Administrator, plan, develop, and evaluate the Certified Nursing Assistant Training Program authorized by the State of Wisconsin.
Use and comply with Certified Nursing Assistant course materials, maintain a classroom setting, and adhere to all regulations required by the State of Wisconsin pertaining to this specialty curricula.
Manage student class schedules, online educational activity, and ensure classroom and on-the-floor skills training is completed and in compliance with the State of Wisconsin for the Certified Nursing Assistant Training Program.
Schedule students for certified testing upon completion of the CNA course and maintain student records for seven years as mandated by the State of Wisconsin.
Attend out-of-area conferences/education when requested and share information learned by inviting team members to a follow-up session.
Represent PVNH in a positive and professional manner at all times, especially with outside employees referred through the State of Wisconsin and businesses.
Conduct and evaluate all pre-employment physical assessments under the direction of the medical director to ensure all new employees are fit for duty.
Document pre-employment physical assessment information and give it to the Green County Human Resources Department for record keeping.
Fulfill the role and duties of a floor nurse and/or other duties/responsibilities when scheduling needs arise in the facility as directed by the Director of Nursing and/or Administrator.
Make written and/or oral recommendations to the Director of Nursing concerning the operations of PVNH and assist the Director of Nursing with the planning/implementation process for achieving set goals of the nursing department.
Meet attendance standards by arriving to work on time, working all scheduled shifts and agreed-upon extra shifts, and maintaining an excellent overall attendance record.
Understand and follow the Green County and Pleasant View Employee Handbooks.
Follow facility guidelines and read and understand updates, memos, and educational sessions.
Make daily rounds observing that nursing service personnel are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards and report findings to the Director of Nursing.
Develop and maintain a good working rapport with personnel within the nursing department and other departments within the facility.
Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the facility and shift.
Attend all mandatory meetings and in-services and complete make-up sessions in a timely manner.
Monitor that privacy and confidentiality of resident information is upheld.
Monitor personnel observing that they are following established safety regulations in the use of equipment and supplies.
Monitor that nursing service work areas are maintained in a clean and sanitary manner.
Monitor that all resident rooms, treatment areas, etc., are maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner.
Monitor that nursing service personnel participate in fire safety and disaster preparedness drills in a safe and professional manner.
Monitor that nursing service personnel follow infection control guidelines.
Monitor that nursing service personnel follow established hand washing guidelines.
Maintain the confidentiality of all residents’ personal health information.
Monitor that residents are treated fairly, with kindness, dignity, and respect.
Monitor that nursing care is provided in privacy and that nursing service personnel knock before entering the resident’s room.
Monitor that nursing service personnel are knowledgeable of the residents’ rights.