Educator Patient Care Services - Education-Clinical

McLaren Health Care • Lansing, MI

6d

About The Position

Responsible for evaluating the learning needs of staff and providing on-going education within assigned unit scope of practice by using evidence-based research, following hospital policy and procedures, nursing process guidelines, standards of care, and accrediting body standards. Develops orientation and competency curriculums.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Incorporates the roles of educator, facilitator, change agent, leader, consultant, or researcher in the learning activities that support the nurse in developing and maintaining continuing professional nursing competence.
1. Educator: Utilizes principles of adult learning, nursing process, and nursing theory to foster the educational development of staff, the healthcare team and self.
· Develops, plans, and implements educational activities within their area of expertise and directly or indirectly fosters the development of competence in the learner.
· Provides role orientation development, which engages the learner in critical thinking and problem solving.
· Develops an annual educational plan, based upon an assessment of each nursing unit/nursing group, which defines core and ongoing competency validation consistent with current practice, assures consistent standards of practice across the continuum, and meets all legal and program accreditation requirements.
· Develops, coordinates, and evaluates basic and advanced nursing continuing education programs consistent with American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation Criteria and other applicable national accrediting bodies.
· Ensures documentation of employee orientation, competency validation, and continuing education activities in assigned areas.
· Supports and assists staff in developing preceptor and teaching skills.
· Identifies creative competency verification and continuing education methods, which are cost effective, utilizing risk/benefit analysis skills and stimulate an ongoing learning environment/culture.
· Differentiates educational issues from system/compliance issues.
· Studies and evaluates matters relating to continuing education and recommend appropriate action.
2. Leader: Utilizes leadership principles and support organizational and administrative structures to achieve department and organization goals.
· Participates in quality improvement initiatives in specialty areas.
· Orientation of new department members in clinical orientation.
· Supports leadership efforts to monitor educational activities of staff.
· Ensures that the educational activities are congruent with the organizations mission, vision, and goals.
3. Consultant: Acts as a formal or informal consultant to clinical and administrative staff.
· Participates in the development, facilitation, and evaluation of unit, departmental, service line, and corporate goals and objectives, especially as they relate to clinical practice, patient outcomes, and defining systems/models of care delivery.
· Promotes professional cohesiveness among clinical staff, positive working relationships with other departments, and interdisciplinary team building in health care delivery.
· Represents the clinical specialty in networking with hospital/system-wide committees, professional associations, external agencies, and related programs.
· Provides feedback to the learners, leadership, and the organization related to the effectiveness of the learning and the learning activity.
· Identifies the need for state legislation in the field of continuing education and recommend appropriate action.
· Provides continuing education activities and providers of continuing education.
· Reviews or initiates other duties related to continuing education.
· Reviews matters relating to continuing education and recommends appropriate action.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Nursing or Bachelor of Science or Arts in related specialty.
• Minimum of three years experience in clinical setting.
• Current State of Michigan Registered Nurse license.
• BLS certification as Healthcare Provider or equivalent through the Military Training Network (MTN).
• ACLS required for Emergency Department and Critical Care, mandatory within one year of hire.
• PALS/NRP required in Obstetrics. Certification where applicable, mandatory within one year of hire.

Responsibilities

• Incorporates the roles of educator, facilitator, change agent, leader, consultant, or researcher in the learning activities that support the nurse in developing and maintaining continuing professional nursing competence.
• Educator: Utilizes principles of adult learning, nursing process, and nursing theory to foster the educational development of staff, the healthcare team and self.
• Develops, plans, and implements educational activities within their area of expertise and directly or indirectly fosters the development of competence in the learner.
• Provides role orientation development, which engages the learner in critical thinking and problem solving.
• Develops an annual educational plan, based upon an assessment of each nursing unit/nursing group, which defines core and ongoing competency validation consistent with current practice, assures consistent standards of practice across the continuum, and meets all legal and program accreditation requirements.
• Develops, coordinates, and evaluates basic and advanced nursing continuing education programs consistent with American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation Criteria and other applicable national accrediting bodies.
• Ensures documentation of employee orientation, competency validation, and continuing education activities in assigned areas.
• Supports and assists staff in developing preceptor and teaching skills.
• Identifies creative competency verification and continuing education methods, which are cost effective, utilizing risk/benefit analysis skills and stimulate an ongoing learning environment/culture.
• Differentiates educational issues from system/compliance issues.
• Studies and evaluates matters relating to continuing education and recommend appropriate action.
• Leader: Utilizes leadership principles and support organizational and administrative structures to achieve department and organization goals.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives in specialty areas.
• Orientation of new department members in clinical orientation.
• Supports leadership efforts to monitor educational activities of staff.
• Ensures that the educational activities are congruent with the organizations mission, vision, and goals.
• Consultant: Acts as a formal or informal consultant to clinical and administrative staff.
• Participates in the development, facilitation, and evaluation of unit, departmental, service line, and corporate goals and objectives, especially as they relate to clinical practice, patient outcomes, and defining systems/models of care delivery.
• Promotes professional cohesiveness among clinical staff, positive working relationships with other departments, and interdisciplinary team building in health care delivery.
• Represents the clinical specialty in networking with hospital/system-wide committees, professional associations, external agencies, and related programs.
• Provides feedback to the learners, leadership, and the organization related to the effectiveness of the learning and the learning activity.
• Identifies the need for state legislation in the field of continuing education and recommend appropriate action.
• Provides continuing education activities and providers of continuing education.
• Reviews or initiates other duties related to continuing education.
• Reviews matters relating to continuing education and recommends appropriate action.

What This Job Offers

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