Clinical Nurse Educator Diabetes - Registry

Be a part of a worldclass academic healthcare system University of Chicago Medicine as a Registry Clinical Nurse Educator (RN) Diabetes in our Professional Development Department.

A Clinical Nurse Educator is a nurse with previous educational experience whose focus is on staff development and nursing education. This nurse is an educator consultant role model staff/patient advocate change agent leader and cost effective professional. In collaboration with nursing leadership the Clinical Nurse Educator designs develops implements and evaluates a variety of educational offerings in order to improve nursing care and clinical/organizational outcomes. The Clinical Nurse Educator elevates the standard of professional nursing practice at UCH by developing coaching and mentoring staff to become expert clinicians and leaders. This nurse will be responsible for addressing all related diabetes concepts and skills including insulin pump therapy. The CNED will collaborate with other nursing services endocrinology services nutritional services and other healthcare professionals in the provision of services to patients.

Eligible for a SignOn Bonus up to $5000!

Essential Job Functions

• Utilizes standardized and customized assessment tools and testing methodologies to measure staff knowledge and skill in core nursing practices and within specialty areas.
• Collects data regarding employeelearning needs at least annually through the methods of observation interviewing focus groups and instrumentation.
• Interprets the medical centers strategic imperatives policies guidelines and other internal demands in order to design education that supports these strategic goals and key objectives.
• Offers recommendations for the deployment of educational resources to enable the achievement of organizational goals.
• Interprets health care trends and incorporates current research into the design of learning needs assessments and the identification of learning needs.
• Collaborates with key staff to develop a comprehensive annual educational calendar.
• Participates in the design of centralized and unitbased preceptor education and development initiatives.
• Prepares educational objectives lesson plans handouts selflearning modules instructional manuals and tests for programs.
• Evaluates all learning activities using objective performance criteria and recommends corresponding changes in education plans.
• Utilizes appropriate tools and testing methodology for assessing changes in learners knowledge skills and clinical practice as well as for determining education project/program effectiveness.
• Develops knowledge and skill based measures to collect performance data and integrates measurement activities and findings into quality projects.

Required Qualifications

• BSN required
• Minimum requirement of three years of clinical practice in specialty area
• Current RN Illinois License
• Knowledge and previous application of adult learning principles
• Demonstrated leadership skills evidenced by serving as a charge nurse preceptor or episodic teacher
• Demonstrates complex decisionmaking skills and problem solving ability

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Science in Nursing or related education field
• Certification as Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)
• Previous experience in a role as an educator
• Previous experience working within multidisciplinary teams or nursing leadership committees

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: Registry 0.1
• Shift: Day/Weekends
• Unit/Department: Nutrition Services
• CBA Code: NonUnion

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Must comply with UChicago Medicines COVID19 Vaccination requirement as a condition of employment. If you have already received the vaccination you must provide proof as part of the preemployment process. This is in addition to your compliance with the Flu Vaccination requirement as well. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered consistent with applicable law. Lastly a preemployment physical drug screening and background check are also required for all employees prior to hire.

Compensation & Benefits Overview

UChicago Medicine is committed to transparency in compensation and benefits. The pay range provided reflects the anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position.

The pay range is based on a fulltime equivalent 1.0 FTE) and is reflective of current market data reviewed on an annual basis. Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and organizational considerations such as internal equity. Pay ranges for employees subject to Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated by the medical center and their respective union.

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