Education Coordinator-Perianesthesia Services Full Time Days

We are seeking an experienced candidate to serve as an Education Coordinator for our Perianesthesia Services at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital!

This is an exciting opportunity for an RN who is passionate about staff education and quality outcomes. Youll help prepare staff orientation for new team members and participate in many departmental and housewide education and quality initiatives.

This is a fulltime 40hour per week position. Standard hours are MondayFriday from 7am3:30pm.

The Education Coordinator reflects the mission vision and values of NM adheres to the organizations Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program and complies with all relevant policies procedures guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

The Education Coordinator is a registered professional nurse who demonstrates exemplary direct patient care and is accountable for formal and informal staff education and   orientation. This role works collaboratively with the Interprofessional team NMAcademy peers and the Shared Leadership Committee to identify learning needs develop and implement educational strategies and participate in learning effectiveness evaluation. 

The Education Coordinator adheres to the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice of Professional Nursing and the Code of Ethics.

Responsibilities:

• Integrates theoretical knowledge evidencebased practice principles and clinical expertise in nursing practice into educational experiences. 
• Develops coordinates implements and evaluates formal and informal education of the staff including nurses assistive personnel and student nurses including off shifts and weekends.
• Coordinates and participates in unit specific orientation process in collaboration with the NM Academy peers managers and the Department of Professional Practice and Development.
• Develops coordinates implements and evaluates annual unitspecific clinical skills validation and competency evaluation.
• Coordinates mandatory education activities including off shifts and weekends.
• Partners with unit leadership to develop educational learning plans for individual staff.
• Maintains standards of practice relevant to specific clinical settings.
• Collaborates with the NM Academy to identify educational needs and to develop and implement appropriate strategies to meet those needs. 
• Supports ongoing development of critical thinking skills of clinical nurses.
• Provides direct patient care as needed and acts as a clinical instructor during orientation and transition into practice of new hires. 
• Develops education plans around proposed practice changes to support the Nursing Practice and Quality and Safety Committees.
• Uses established research critique guidelines when reviewing evidencebased articles.
• Understand the CMS and TJC standards as they relate to direct patient care.
• Develop inservices in response to quality audits and CMS and TJC standard changes
• Provides feedback to the manager regarding staff performance.

Additional Functions 
 

• Participates in unit/departmental/divisional or hospital committees/task forces as assigned.
• Remains clinically proficient within area of expertise.

Qualifications :

Required:

• Bachelor of Arts degree or Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois
• Certification in area of clinical specialty or to be obtained within a year

Preferred:

• Master of Science in Nursing
• Membership in Professional Nursing Organization
• BLS Certification
• ACLS Certification in clinical areas where required

Additional Information :

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age sex race color religion national origin gender identity veteran status disability sexual orientation or any other protected status.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical emotional and financial wellbeing while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more.