Nursing Clinical Educator (Full-Time)

Larkin Community Hospital • Hialeah, FL

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Nursing Clinical Educator collaborates with Nurse Educators, Managers, and Directors to support and implement unit(s) educational programs for nursing and clinical staff. This role is based on environmental scanning, identified practice gaps, regulatory/accreditation requirements, specialty standards, PI reports, mission/values, policies, procedures, guidelines, and learning needs. The educator develops activities to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skills, or practice. They create a learning environment by collaborating with practitioners, leaders, nurses, educators, patient care staff, and unit management in providing continuing nursing education and in-services. The role also coordinates the education of patient care staff to ensure proper use and maintenance of equipment and supplies, documents and supports competency, and addresses competency deficits in staff members and teams. Additionally, the educator supports the process of orienting, socializing, and integrating an employee to the organization with a focus on retention and growth, and facilitates unit(s) orientation of licensed and unlicensed healthcare personnel during onboarding and when changes in roles, responsibilities, and practice settings occur.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration or other clinical field Required
• 3+ years experience in an acute care setting Required
• Currently licensed as an RN in the state of practice or has an active compact state license in accordance with law and regulation Required
• Basic Life Saving (BLS) Required

Nice To Haves

• ICU, Cardiac Catheterization and Neuro Intervention experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Support and implement unit(s) educational programs for nursing and clinical staff.
• Develop activities to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skills, or practice.
• Create a learning environment by collaborating with practitioners, leaders, nurses, educators, patient care staff, and unit management.
• Provide continuing nursing education and in-services.
• Coordinate education of patient care staff to ensure proper use and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
• Document, and support competency, and address competency deficits in staff members and teams.
• Support the process of orienting, socializing, and integrating an employee to the organization with a focus on retention and growth.
• Facilitate unit(s) orientation of licensed and unlicensed healthcare personnel during onboarding and when changes in roles, responsibilities, and practice settings occur.

What This Job Offers

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