Job Details
Job Description:
MUST HAVE BACKGROUND WITH EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
MUST HAVE ACTIVE ALASKA LICENSE AT TIME OF SUBMISSION
MUST HAVE ALL VACCINATIONS AT TIME OF SUBMISSION
Maintains an ongoing, consortium-wide nursing education program for nursing staff to meet regulatory requirements. Assures nursing competency of all assigned staff including new hires. Provides support services to internal/external customers under direct supervision of the Clinical
Education Manager, with latitude for independent decision making. Designs, teaches, and evaluates training programs. Acts as an internal training and organizational development consultant. Provides career development resources. Plans, implements, coordinates, and administers clinical specialty training programs including human patient simulator training. Provides educational and development services to both professional and non-professional staff to maintain and develop competency.
· Ensures educational activities are congruent
with SEARHC’s mission, goals, values, priorities, and resources.
o Promotes the SEARHC Seven Standards of
Excellence.
o Is responsible for the coordination and quality
of the nursing service orientation program across the entire service.
o Acts as both a formal and informal consultant,
assisting with the integration of new learning into nursing practice and
serving as a resource by assisting nursing in identifying problems, identifying
available internal and external educational resources, and selecting
educational options.
o Integrates ethical principles into all aspects
of practice.
o Teaches assessment, diagnosis, outcome
identification, planning, and implementation of plan of care.
o Focus is patient/family centered,
developmentally and age-appropriate, and culturally relevant.
o Provides nursing to meet the physical,
emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs of the patient and family,
utilizing a family-centered approach to care.
o Utilizes the nursing diagnosis approach and
assessment to develop, implement, evaluate, and revise an appropriate patient
plan of care.
o Identifies specific patient care problems that affect
program planning and development.
Collaborates with members of the multidisciplinary
team in assessing, planning, implementing, and o evaluating patient care delivery.
o Ensures that all nursing staff are oriented to
the same standards, using the ASHNHA competencies when available.
o Provides oversight of the orientation process
in collaboration with the department managers and charge nurses.
o Familiarizes all consortium staff with
appropriate policies and procedures relevant to their skill level.
o Coordinates with departmental and clinical
nurse managers to ensure consistency of area-specific orientation programs.
o Provides coordination of the ACLS, PALS, BLS,
NRP, and other programs.
o Provides coordination activities for classes
that are requested by the NEC to be provided from outside contract instructors
or companies.
· Provides ongoing evaluation of the quality and
effectiveness of educational activities to ensure that they maintain and
enhance professional development that promotes the delivery of cost-effective,
high-quality healthcare.
o Collaborates with others in the practice of
nursing professional development at the institutional, local, regional, and
state levels.
o Serves as the liaison for clinical education
opportunities provided at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital for internal and external agencies
including UAS CNA students, UAA nursing students, and Village Health
Occupational Program (VHOP) students.
o Facilitates communication with other health
care providers in the community related to continuing education opportunities
and coordination of services.
o Participates in and uses evidence-based
research to identify strategies for improving professional development
activities, nursing practice, and patient outcomes.
o Considers factors related to safety,
effectiveness, and cost in planning, delivering, and managing nursing
professional development activities.
· Assists learners to identify both their
learning needs and the effective learning activities required to meet those
needs while fostering a positive attitude about benefits and opportunities of
life-long learning.
o Identifies changes that should be made in
nursing practice using an evidence-based approach and facilitating the
initiation of, adoption of, and adaptation to change.
o Designs, creates, and applies research by
supporting the integration of research into practice and helping to develop
staff members’ knowledge and skills in the research process as well as by fostering
the use of systematic evaluative research regarding clinical, educational, and
managerial data
· Fulfills assignments delegated by the Clinical
Education Manager (CEM) in hospital emergency events.
o Acts rapidly and effectively in any emergency.
· Attends and participates in at least 50% of
Nurse Executive Committee meetings
o Applies information presented in meetings.
o Participates in Nursing Service’s goal setting.
o Initiates discussion with CEM regarding area or
department issues.
o Completes annual competencies and evaluation
materials.
o Maintains certifications and licensure
o Refers unresolved problems with
patients/visitors/co-workers to CEM for resolution
o Addresses
employee concerns consistent with Human Resources Policy.
Education,
Certifications, and Licenses Required
· Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing
· Master’s degree in Nursing, Business
Administration, Education, Sociology, or related field
· Current full, unrestricted Registered Nurse
license in the state of Alaska
· ACLS, BLS, and PALS instructor certification
· ACLS, PALS, and NRP
· High
school diploma or GED
Experience
Required
· 5 years’ professional nursing experience with
minimum 2 years as staff RN in a specialty (ER, ICU, OB, OR)
· At least 1 year with nursing supervisory
responsibilities
· Prior Med/Surg, Outpatient, and/or Remote Rural
experience preferred.
· May substitute professional clinical instructor
experience for clinical nursing experience on a year-for-year basis
· 3 years’ instructor experience required,
preferably at the hospital or college level
· Evidence of successful completion of method of
instruction or adult education training may substitute on a year-for-year basis
for teaching experience.
Knowledge, Skills, and
Abilities:
Knowledge
of
Professional
nursing principles, practices, concepts, diagnoses, processes, and
procedures as applied to the care of the patient population served.
Nursing
management
Care
of adult and geriatric patient problems and conditions
Hospital
and Consortium Policies and Procedures to fully comply with and instruct others
on proper application of these measures
Relevant
educational content and appropriate methods of delivery
Skills
in
· Collaborating to develop and evaluate standards
of care for patients and training modalities that are evidence-based
· Using aggressive patient management techniques
to defuse any patient/visitor/peer volatile situations
· Ensuring planned educational activities are
implemented
· Conducting comprehensive evaluations of all
educational activities
· Oral and written communication
Ability
to
· Develop and facilitate relevant and effective
education for adult learners
Develop
training programs that follow curriculum standards
Create
specific training programs applicable to all levels of care provided by
the consortium
Provide
a positive training environment that reinforces current nursing practice,
is evidence-based, provides for continuity, maintains standards of care,
and is family-centered
· Initiate treatments, medications, emergency,
and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of standing orders
and ACLS
· Provide guidance and leadership by working
cooperatively with others, establishing and maintaining interpersonal
relationships with patients, visitors, and other healthcare team members
· Enter and retrieve patient data accurately
Verbally communicate findings with healthcare team
Position Urgency:
Normal
Shifts:
Will discuss at interview
State License Details:
Must Be Currently Active
Minimum Years of Experience:
Less than 1 year
Minimum Guaranteed Hours:
40
Specialty Type:
Nursing
Sub Specialty:
Nurse Educator
General Certifications:
BLS/BCLS
Bilingual:
No
EMR Used:
Meditech
Holiday Coverage Required:
No
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