RN CLIN EDUCATOR - Texas Behavioral Health Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

19h • Onsite

About The Position

UT Southwestern is a world-renowned medical and research center in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, with over 75 years of excellence. The institution is committed to innovation, teamwork, and compassion, and is ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth. UT Southwestern invests in its employees by offering opportunities for career growth and development, a highly competitive benefits package, and a culture of professionalism. The RN Clinical Educator facilitates initial and ongoing competency processes for their assigned department, establishes educational plans, and collaborates with managers, directors, and clinical leaders to assess, develop, and implement learning needs. This role involves modeling lifelong learning, serving as a resource for staff educational needs related to changes in service or equipment, and implementing programs to meet these needs. The educator fosters competence and professional growth by facilitating the adoption of practice and policy changes, acting as a role model for interdisciplinary care and patient/family education, and providing an appropriate learning environment using adult learning principles. The position also requires demonstrating continuous performance improvement in alignment with hospital targets.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Nursing from an ACEN or CCNE accredited nursing program (or complete within 3 years).
• 5 years of experience in the health care field, preferably a hospital setting.
• (RN) REGISTERED NURSE license.
• (BLS) BASIC LIFE SUPPORT course accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC).

Responsibilities

• Facilitate initial and ongoing competency process for the assigned department.
• Establish plans for their educational needs and follow up as needed.
• In conjunction with the managers, directors, and clinical leaders, assess, develop, and implement immediate and future learning needs of the unit/department/organization.
• Models behaviors that reflect life-long learning at the local/national level: welcoming students/instructors and identify resources for them, coach staff through clinical advancement processes, fostering the use of evidence-based practice.
• Serves as a resource to clinical leaders by identifying educational needs of staff, as they relate to changes in service, equipment, or technique.
• Implements programs to meet educational needs, which may include identifying available internal and external resources.
• Fosters competence and professional growth of staff by facilitating the adoption of practice and policy changes and serving as a role model for interdisciplinary care and education of the patient and family.
• Provides an appropriate environment for learning.
• Facilitates adult learning principles by planning and presenting educational activities in a variety of styles.
• Demonstrate continuous performance improvement in targeted areas of responsibility in alignment with the overall annual Hospital performance improvement targets.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees