Clinical Educator Labor, Delivery Recovery & Postpartum
Waukesha, WI - USA
Job Summary
We Are Hiring:Clinical Educator - LDRP
Schedule Details:Will need to flex hours to accommodate 2nd shift workers as well as various educational programs such as skills fairs.
Ready to make an impact beyond the bedside Join ProHealth Care as a Clinical Educator supporting our Labor Delivery Recovery and Postpartum (LDRP) teams at Waukesha Memorial Hospital and Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital and help shape the future of maternal and newborn care.
In this role you will do more than teachyou will strengthen clinical practice support professional growth and help our teams provide safe compassionate and highly specialized care to mothers babies and families. You will lead onboarding and competency development provide hands-on education and simulation and serve as a trusted clinical resource for staff leaders providers and interdisciplinary partners.
At ProHealth Care continuous learning is essential to delivering exceptional care. You will work in a collaborative environment that values clinical expertise evidence-based practice teamwork innovation and the unique needs of patients and families throughout pregnancy labor delivery and the postpartum experience.
Join usand help empower our LDRP teams to provide their best care every day.
What You Will Do
The Clinical Educator is responsible for developing and coordinating onboarding orientation clinical education competency validation and ongoing professional development for nursing staff supporting Labor Delivery Recovery and Postpartum services at Waukesha Memorial Hospital and Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital.
In this role you will:
Develop and oversee individualized onboarding and orientation plans for new clinical team members within Labor Delivery Recovery and Postpartum.
Provide education related to organizational expectations maternal-child standards of care clinical policies procedures protocols and key performance expectations.
Train assess and validate clinical competencies related to labor and delivery nursing fetal monitoring postpartum care newborn assessment obstetric emergencies and patient safety.
Serve as a preceptor and clinical resource to new staff throughout the onboarding and competency-development process.
Act as a trusted educational resource for nurses leaders physicians advanced practice providers and interdisciplinary team members.
Assess learning needs and develop educational programs simulations skills labs tools and other learning opportunities to address clinical practice gaps and support professional development.
Support education related to new clinical practices medications technology equipment and evidence-based standards within maternal and newborn care.
Coordinate and support education and simulation for high-risk and emergency obstetric situations including maternal deterioration hemorrhage hypertensive emergencies emergency delivery and neonatal stabilization.
Support ongoing competency in fetal monitoring newborn care and other specialty skills required within Labor Delivery Recovery and Postpartum.
Systematically evaluate educational outcomes clinical practices and staff competencies to ensure regulatory accreditation quality and safety requirements are met.
Lead and participate in quality improvement patient safety and performance improvement initiatives related to maternal and newborn care.
Collaborate with nursing leadership physicians anesthesia neonatal teams and other clinical partners to develop education and communication plans for new processes and clinical initiatives.
Support regulatory and accreditation readiness and help ensure clinical education reflects current professional standards and evidence-based practices.
Participate in maternal-child health committees organizational initiatives and interdisciplinary projects as an educational and clinical subject-matter resource.
Promote a culture of continuous learning teamwork patient- and family-centered care safety and clinical excellence across both hospital campuses.
Bachelors degree in Nursing required; masters degree in Nursing preferred.
3 years of experience in clinical education training and development nursing professional development or a related role preferred.
Current Wisconsin Registered Nurse license.
Previous clinical nursing experience in Labor and Delivery Labor/Delivery/Recovery/Postpartum maternal-child health or a closely related specialty required.
Strong clinical knowledge of fetal monitoring labor management postpartum care newborn assessment and obstetric emergency response.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification required or obtained within established department guidelines.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification required.
Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring certification strongly preferred.
Instructor certification in BLS ACLS NRP or fetal monitoring preferred.
Experience developing or facilitating clinical simulation competency validation and staff education strongly preferred.
Why Join ProHealth Care:
We have nearly 5000 dedicated clinical and non-clinical employees and physicians who work together every day to serve the health and well-being of our community. At ProHealth Care everyone contributes to the care our patients receive. And everyone is treated with kindness and respect in our welcoming environment.
This Position Will Offer You:
- Engaging and community focused culture
- Competitive Salaries
- Opportunity for professional career growth
- Robust benefits for full-time and regular part-time roles includingGenerous PTO;Choices in insurance; HSA;Tuition reimbursement;immediate 401K match;discounted tickets to various entertainment social and sporting events
ProHealth Care is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to an inclusive work environment and values the perspectives of our people. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex gender identity sexual orientation age status as a protected veteran among other things or status as a qualified individual with disability.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
ProHealth Care makes it easy to get the care you need, when you need it. Same-day and next-day appointments are available.