Clinical Educator Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and related nursing experience.
• Ability to stand, walk, stoop, pull, reach, bend, and frequently lift up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to tolerate noise and circulate in patient areas for extended periods.
• Ability to teach and communicate effectively.
• Ability to provide and teach emergency care, including CPR and Mandt behavioral interventions.
• After hire, ability to train and supervise subordinate personnel.
• Ability to organize thoughts clearly and concisely, orally and in writing, and to present effectively to groups.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual ability in English and Spanish or another language.
• Bachelor's degree in nursing.
• Two years of Registered Nurse experience, including at least one year in psychiatric nursing.
• Registered Nurse license in South Carolina.

Responsibilities

• Provide orientation for nursing employees and facilitate clinical experiences for nursing students.
• Update educational materials to reflect current policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Assist with mandatory training and certification, including CPR and Mandt instruction, for required disciplines.
• Develop and conduct ongoing nursing education, training, and activities for nursing employees across all three shifts.
• Serve as a consultant to help individual employees improve job performance.
• Support the Nurse Manager, Director of Nursing, and Assistant Director of Nursing in delivering patient care.
• Participate in hospital performance-improvement activities and evaluate the quality of patient care, effectiveness of nursing practice, and patient satisfaction outcomes.
• Coordinate performance-improvement activities using the Nursing Process and findings to assess nursing employees' learning needs.
• Participate in assigned committees.
• Provide direct patient care in critical staffing or emergency situations as assigned.
• Relieve the Nursing Supervisor as assigned.
• Collaborate with the treatment team in multidisciplinary treatment planning to facilitate and optimize patient care.
• Maintain SCEIS data entry for employee training and education.
• Maintain instructor status in CPR and other assigned courses.
• Maintain clinical competency through continuing education programs or in-services.
• Attend non-mandatory in-services (20 hours) and mandatory in-services, such as CPR, Mandt, and SCEIS.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
• 15 days of annual (vacation) leave per year.
• 15 days of sick leave per year.
• 13 paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• Access to the S.C. Deferred Compensation Program.
• Retirement benefit choices: State Retirement Plan (SCRS) or State Optional Retirement Program (State ORP); enrollment in one plan is required for FTE employees.