RN Clinical Educator POC- PRN

Baptist Health Care•Pensacola, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Educator - Point of Care serves as the point of care or designated unit educator for new employee orientation and facilitates annual team member development through formal and informal in-services and training programs. The role supports the development of bedside clinical team members and fosters empowerment through knowledge to achieve excellence through the delivery of evidence-based nursing practice. This position collaborates with the clinical education team to provide computer orientation and retraining as deemed necessary. This position facilitates quality reports to assure proper documentation and follow-through are being met. The position follows and teaches the established nursing process, including patient assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation. This position ensures adherence to hospital or department policies, and nursing procedures, standards, and practices. The role functions to assure nursing practices are aligned systemically with evidence-based practice and regulatory compliance. The position participates in planning and implementing initiatives aimed at improving clinical quality outcomes and achieving departmental annual goals. In alignment with the BHC system goals, this role plays a key role in driving improvements in quality and service with a focus on improvement of departmental retention rates, HCAHPS scores, and Hospital-Acquired Condition rates. In collaboration with other certified clinicians serves as the clinical subject matter expert and internal consultant to leadership assuring that professional standards of practice in the clinical area are integrated into decision-making, operations, and practice. The role serves as an educator, leader, change agent, and researcher. Baptist Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system committed to improving the quality of life for people and communities in northwest Florida and south Alabama. The organization includes three hospitals, four medical parks, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, and an extensive primary and specialty care provider network. With more than 4,000 team members, Baptist Health Care is one of the largest non-governmental employers in northwest Florida. Baptist Health Care, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. BHC maintains and enforces a policy that prohibits discrimination against any workforce members or applicants for employment because of sex, race, age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, religion, genetic information, or other category protected by federal, state or local law. Certain positions may require a Level 2 Background check through AHCA.  Additional information about this requirement can be found here: Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse [https://info.flclearinghouse.com/].

Requirements

RN license
Point of care or designated unit educator experience
Experience in new employee orientation
Experience in facilitating in-services and training programs
Knowledge of evidence-based nursing practice
Familiarity with computer orientation and retraining
Understanding of quality reporting and documentation
Proficiency in the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation)
Knowledge of hospital/department policies and nursing procedures/standards/practices
Understanding of regulatory compliance in nursing
Experience in improving clinical quality outcomes
Familiarity with departmental retention rates, HCAHPS scores, and Hospital-Acquired Condition rates
Experience as a clinical subject matter expert and internal consultant
Experience in integrating professional standards of practice into decision-making, operations, and practice
Experience as an educator, leader, change agent, and researcher

Nice To Haves

Certified clinician

Responsibilities

Serves as the point of care or designated unit educator for new employee orientation.
Facilitates annual team member development through formal and informal in-services and training programs.
Supports the development of bedside clinical team members and fosters empowerment through knowledge to achieve excellence through the delivery of evidence-based nursing practice.
Collaborates with the clinical education team to provide computer orientation and retraining as deemed necessary.
Facilitates quality reports to assure proper documentation and follow-through are being met.
Follows and teaches the established nursing process, including patient assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation.
Ensures adherence to hospital or department policies, and nursing procedures, standards, and practices.
Assures nursing practices are aligned systemically with evidence-based practice and regulatory compliance.
Participates in planning and implementing initiatives aimed at improving clinical quality outcomes and achieving departmental annual goals.
Plays a key role in driving improvements in quality and service with a focus on improvement of departmental retention rates, HCAHPS scores, and Hospital-Acquired Condition rates.
Serves as the clinical subject matter expert and internal consultant to leadership assuring that professional standards of practice in the clinical area are integrated into decision-making, operations, and practice.
Serves as an educator, leader, change agent, and researcher.