Clinical Educator - Medical Surgical Floor
Clinical Educator - Medical Surgical Floor
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Job Description
The Clinical Educator coordinates and conducts education for nursing staff which will enhance quality and safe patient care. Responsible for ensuring nursing staff within the service line units are educated to assess and identify patient care needs for assigned patients. Education is provided based on unit/patient needs and includes but is not limited to service line academies skillbased competency equipment use expertise and/or clinical assessment competency. Collaborates with Director of Clinical and Life Support Education Manager of Clinical and Life Support Education Directors of Nursing and Nurse managers to provide learning sessions to enhance staff knowledge and competency in the management of cost effective/clinically effective complex patient and family centered care.
Position Highlights:
- Shift Schedule: Full time Days (MondayFriday 8a 5p)
- Department: Nursing Education Service Line: Medical Surgical Floor
- Location: High Point Medical Center
What We Offer:
- Generous PTO: Accrue up to 25 days/year to be used for vacations sickness holidays and personal matters.
- Day 1 Health Insurance Coverage: Choose from either copay or HSAeligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work!
- Wellness Incentives: Take advantage of up to $1350 in wellness incentives through our LiveWELL program prioritizing your wellbeing.
- Looking to get certified We cover the costs of 183 different nursing certifications from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
- Parental Benefits: We understand the importance of family providing six weeks of paid birthingmother maternity leave and four weeks of paid parental leave.
- Retirement: Secure your future with up to 7 employerpaid retirement contributions ensuring financial peace of mind.
Education / Experience:
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required; BSN required.
- Three years clinical experience in area of interest required.
Licensure Certification and / or Registration:
- Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina.
- BCLS required.
- National certification in specialty preferred encouraged to obtain within one year of hire.
Essential Functions:
- Teaches and demonstrates proficiency in patient physical assessment skills patient care and nursing skills (i.e. mobility respiratory care nutrition pain management oral care preventing infection lift equipment vital sign monitoring equipment).
- Reinforces policies and procedures protocols and guidelines with nursing staff.
- Coordinates nursing centered rounds and bedside reporting in conjunction with the Nurse Manager/Case Manager with an ability to phase in multidisciplinary rounds.
- Provides service line specific unit educational programs in collaboration with preceptors and Nursing Practice Development Specialist (NPDS) in class settings informal onsite settings. Monitors compliance and attendance rosters.
- Ensures the quality of professional services by demonstrating and maintaining competency through updating knowledge and skills and continuing professional growth.
- Communicates in an effective positive and professional manner role modeling behaviors associated with Wake Forest Baptist Health Behavioral expectations.
- Collaborates with nurse manager assistant nurse manager preceptors and NPDS to design implement and evaluate the nursing units orientation and annual needs assessment education plan.
- Creates and maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for patients self coworkers and facility including assisting in teaching interpretation of and developing strategies to address nurse sensitive indicators and performance improvement.
- Supports provision of age/developmentally appropriate patient care in accordance with Age/Developmental Specific Care Guidelines for the specific age groups served.
Employment Type
Full-Time
