Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiac Community Educator

American Addiction Centers • Milwaukee, WI

4d • $41 - $62 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiac Community Educator will provide community educational programs in collaboration with management and clinical experts related to health promotion, wellness, disease prevention, and intervention. This role involves administering health risk assessments, educating and counseling individuals, families, and groups, and promoting self-care through education and referrals. The position also requires evaluating the effectiveness of educational activities, utilizing adult learning principles, and collaborating with physicians and other clinical experts. A key responsibility includes developing training for and training women survivors of cardiac disease to present community education, functioning as a peer counselor and support network. The RN will stay current on women's cardiac health issues through research and professional development, and participate in research activities.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices.
• Associate's Degree in Nursing.
• Requires minimum of 1 year of experience in clinical knowledge of cardiac disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
• Strong oral/written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must have excellent interpersonal and service management skills.
• Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) or similar products.
• Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, twist, and reach above shoulders throughout the workday.
• Must have speaking and hearing abilities to communicate/instruct class of 20-30 people.

Nice To Haves

• 5 years of cardiology background experience
• Education experience

Responsibilities

• Provides community educational programs in collaboration with management and clinical experts related to health promotion, wellness, disease prevention and intervention.
• Administers health risk assessments and follows up as indicated with education, counseling or referrals.
• Educates and counsels individuals, families and groups.
• Promotes self-care through the provision of information, counseling and education and refers patients to appropriate sources of care.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of educational and outreach activities to ensure programs are evidenced based, of appropriate quality and learning outcomes are achieved.
• Utilizes adult learning principles, principles of training design, change management theory and measurement of training effect in planning, implementing and evaluating community education and outreach activities.
• Incorporates alternative program design and utilizes a variety of written and visual media to disseminate information.
• Collaborates with physicians and other clinical experts, seeking and incorporating their input into educational programs as content experts and presenters.
• Develops training for, and trains women survivors of, cardiac disease to present community education.
• Functions as a peer counselor and support network.
• Remains current on women's cardiac health issues through review of current research, attendance at professional conferences, networking with colleagues, and incorporates new knowledge into programming and shares information with members of the Karen Yontz Women's Cardiac Awareness team.
• Participates in research activities including, but is not limited to, collaborative efforts using any and all of the recognized formal research processes.
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the departmental policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree