RN Clinical Educator

Johnson Regional Medical Center•Clarksville, AR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position will serve as a consultant, role model, change agent, mentor, collaborator, and facilitator of learning. They are responsible for planning, scheduling, monitoring, and documenting staff development activities of all clinical employees. This includes orientation, in-service training, annual competency requirements, and professional development activities. This position ensures educational outcomes are measurable and aligned with the design and planning of programming.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field and graduation from an accredited school of professional nursing required.
Must maintain current Arkansas licensure as a Registered Nurse.
At least three (3) years' experience in a clinical, leadership, or educational role in Nursing required.
Current knowledge of continuous quality improvement and methodology.
Knowledge of applicable standards and regulations.
Current American Heart Association BLS (Basic Life Support) upon hire required.
Current American Heart Association ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) upon hire or within first 90 days of employment required.
Always maintains patient confidentiality
Participates in quality improvement program by identifying, collecting, analyzing, and documenting the results.
Sensitivity to and willingness to interact with persons of various social, cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds.
Proficiency with software and/or equipment (Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.)
Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize projects, work independently, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines.
Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills are required.
Teaching/presentation skills are required.
Skilled in data collection, analysis, evaluation, and interpretation.
Ability to work independently and take initiative when necessary.
Good judgement, problem solving and decision-making skills.
Demonstrated commitment to working together and possessing the skills to lead, influence, and motivate others.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in nursing is preferred.
At least five (5) years in an Acute care hospital setting in a clinical educator role preferred.
Nursing Professional Development Certification NPD-BC – American Nurses Credentialing Center – preferred.

Responsibilities

Design educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, which may include licensed and non-licensed healthcare personnel.
Prioritize department and hospital needs aligning hospital initiatives and environmental scanning to prioritize and address practice gaps.
Assess knowledge, skill, and practice gaps within the hospital system differentiating between practice gaps, performance issues, and process/system issues.
Ensure realistic, achievable outcomes created in collaboration with key stakeholders and subject matter experts.
Determine appropriate interventions incorporating theories pertaining to learning, behavioral change, and motivation.
Analyze cost and anticipated return on investment for learning activities, programs, and projects determining cost effectiveness of educational methodology.
Demonstrate use of current evidence-based education guidelines (adult learning theory, brain-based learning, etc.) during implementation of educational programs.
Develop, coordinate, manage, facilitate, conduct, and evaluate orientation programs for clinical personnel.
Assist unit leadership teams in prioritizing competency selection and with selection of instructional strategies to meet learning objectives.
Identify and develop strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning.
Promote and integrate the science of nursing professional development in order to continuously improve their practice.
Promote research, EBP, and QI in patient care settings.
Collaborate with partners to share expertise in planning and decision making to achieve the desired results.
Create and maintain an education file for each clinical employee for monitoring and documenting training and development of each staff member.
Facilitate communication between employees and administration to ensure that orientation and training requirements are met promptly.
Act to minimize risk and ensure safety of patients and staff.
Promote strict staff observance of confidentiality and patient rights.
Understand and support hospital nursing philosophy and the hospital mission.
Guide, direct, motivates, and influences others.
Provide positive reinforcement and feedback for improvement.
Model a positive attitude towards organization.
Focus the team on teamwork to achieve goals.
Understand and be sensitive to the needs of others.
Set high performance expectations and develop others by appropriate delegation.
Choose courses of action using sound and logical judgement.
Optimize information from multiple sources.
Consider multiple goals, perspectives, options, and outcomes when planning.
Use intuition and insight in decision making when appropriate.
Employ originality, imagination, and inventiveness to generate innovative ideas, alternatives, or solutions.
Develop new or improved methods, products, or services.
Display intellectual curiosity, and challenge conventional practices for the good of the organization.