Clinical Education Specialist

The Clinical Education Specialist is responsible for assessing developing conducting and evaluating educational programs and activities to support quality safety and patient and colleague outcomes. Other activities may include participation in nursing research projects evidence-based practice (EBP) projects administrative functions community education and health promotion activities. The Clinical Education Specialist maintains relationships with department leaders and provides direction and guidance to other education staff.

Essential Functions:

• Develops designs and delivers educational programs training onboarding and orientation for new and existing colleagues.
• Delivers lectures conducts seminars and develops teaching materials for both in-person and online/virtual formats.
• Promotes a learning environment using principles of education and adult learning to design curricula and educational activities in a manner that enhances learners competence to provide quality healthcare and to enhance clinical skills through group activities individual instruction or the general use of role model and mentoring concepts.
• Demonstrates an integration of knowledge skills experience and attitude needed to coordinate the educational offering needed by clinicians managers and others engaged in direct patient care certification accreditation compliance standards and risk management.
• Participates in service-wide educational needs assessments as needed to support quality safety and patient and colleague outcomes.
• Coordinates with department leaders to ensure ongoing competence of staff.
• Participates in performance improvement activities ensuring criteria meet compliance quality and regulatory standards.
• Serves as a resource person and consultant related to educational needs
• Collaborates with peers in the identification and conduction of research to further knowledge of clinical practice or staff development.
• Integrates research and current literature into educational activities using the EBP process.
• Maintains records of educational offerings.
• Maintains own clinical skills and competence related to clinical practice and staff development.
• Performs continuous quality improvement to existing programs regularly assessing Return on Investment and relevance for continued offering.
• Our Trinity Health Culture: Knows understands incorporates & demonstrates our Trinity Health Mission Values Vision Actions & Promise in behaviors practices & decisions. Knows understands incorporates and demonstrates the Organizational Mission Core Values and Vision in behaviors practices policies and decisions.
• Maintains a Working Knowledge of applicable federal state & local laws / regulations Trinity Health Integrity & Compliance Program & Code of Conduct as well as other policies & procedures & guidelines to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest ethical & professional behavior & safe work practices.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Colleague must have an RN license as defined by their primary work state (Illinois) issued prior to hire date.
• Those colleagues hired before January 1 2020 must provide licensure or proof of application in the process in their secondary state by August 28 2020.
• Individuals hired in this role after January 1 2020 must provide licensure or proof of application in their secondary state by August 28 2020 or within six months of hire whichever date is later.
• Minimum BSN in nursing.
• Three years of clinical experience

Additional Qualifications (preferred qualifications):

• Masters degree in nursing or a related field preferred
• Minimum of 1 to 2 years in nursing education/nursing professional development
• Certification in a specialty area or in nursing professional development

Compensation:

$35.89 - $62.91 per hour

Actual compensation will fall within the range but may vary based on factors such as experience qualifications education location licensure certification requirements and comparisons to colleagues in similar roles.

Benefits:

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Rooted in our Mission and Core Values we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives experiences and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.