RN Clinical Educator

Sanford Health•Rapid City, SD

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for assessing, planning, coordinating, teaching, and/or evaluating education and training programs for designated area and audience. Develops alternative methodologies for education based on learning principles. Collaborates with clinical partners, educational facilities, and/or other community agencies and consortium institutions when applicable to curriculum. Responsible to manage the orientation, staff development and ongoing professional development, education, and mentoring for new, transferring, and existing clinical staff and/or partners. May also participate in coordinating orientation schedules with managers, preceptors, orientees and/or clinical partners; coordinates and/or provides skills immersion and lab experiences; provides feedback, coaching, and mentors designated audience; ensures orientation documentation processes are complete and filed; follows up at regular intervals to evaluate continued progress; and ongoing collaborates with managers and preceptors as to needs and concerns. Expected to continuously develop, monitor, and evaluate all programs related to orientation, professional development, education, and mentoring for quality improvement opportunities and other initiatives. Additional focus may center on the facilitation of consensus building around an educational intervention amount subject matter experts and leadership. Included in this role are the development, coordination, assisting and/or teaching of programs or classes related to new clinical staff and/or partner's orientation/professional development and preceptor development. Expected to build strong alliances with department leaders, clinical partners, community agencies and consortium institutions when applicable. Must be able to organize, plan, coordinate, and facilitate educational programs, utilize adult learning principles, use various teaching/learning methodologies and provide role modeling and leadership.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in nursing required.
Three years clinical experience required.
Current unencumbered license as a Registered Nurse in the state(s) of practice and/or possess multi-state licensure privileges as required by position.
Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications.

Nice To Haves

Master’s preferred.
Graduate from a nationally accredited nursing program preferred, including, but not limited to, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA).

Responsibilities

Assessing, planning, coordinating, teaching, and/or evaluating education and training programs for designated area and audience.
Developing alternative methodologies for education based on learning principles.
Collaborating with clinical partners, educational facilities, and/or other community agencies and consortium institutions when applicable to curriculum.
Managing the orientation, staff development and ongoing professional development, education, and mentoring for new, transferring, and existing clinical staff and/or partners.
Coordinating orientation schedules with managers, preceptors, orientees and/or clinical partners.
Coordinating and/or providing skills immersion and lab experiences.
Providing feedback, coaching, and mentoring to designated audience.
Ensuring orientation documentation processes are complete and filed.
Following up at regular intervals to evaluate continued progress.
Collaborating with managers and preceptors as to needs and concerns.
Continuously developing, monitoring, and evaluating all programs related to orientation, professional development, education, and mentoring for quality improvement opportunities and other initiatives.
Facilitating consensus building around an educational intervention amount subject matter experts and leadership.
Developing, coordinating, assisting and/or teaching of programs or classes related to new clinical staff and/or partner's orientation/professional development and preceptor development.
Building strong alliances with department leaders, clinical partners, community agencies and consortium institutions when applicable.
Organizing, planning, coordinating, and facilitating educational programs.
Utilizing adult learning principles.
Using various teaching/learning methodologies.
Providing role modeling and leadership.