Registered Nurse- Port Orange Adult Health / Critical Care (Educator)

Day (United States of America) Registered Nurse- Port Orange Adult Health / Critical Care (Educator) The Clinical Educator is responsible for the assessment, design, delivery and evaluation of the orientation, education, training, and staff development of the nursing workforce throughout all in-patient entities of Halifax Health.

Responsibilities

• The Clinical Educator supports the development of nursing related positions and fosters knowledge and skill enhancement through the delivery of evidenced based nursing practice.
• This position is responsible for facilitating the educational process through assessment, design, planning, implementation and evaluation of competency assessment programs, orientation, continuing education, training activities and on-going professional development.
• This role is a member of a centralized, professional staff development department and is not assigned to any one unit. - BSN required, MSN preferred. - 5 years of nursing, clinical educator, or nursing instructor experience required. - 2 years' experience in development and design of education/training curriculum and staff development for a healthcare workforce. - Demonstrated knowledge of principles, philosophies and theories of learning. - Ability to design and develop a broad repertoire of instructional strategies. - Demonstrated knowledge of learning objectives, curriculum and program development principles; and accreditation standards and procedures related to nursing competency. - Evaluation skills – The ability to critically examine education content and ascertain relevancy to the needs of the nurse learner as well as, regulatory & federal, state laws & hospital policy training requirements. - Content synthesis & creation – Ability to work with subject matter experts (SME's) and appropriate team members to gather content and create evidence based education/training activities and materials. - Considerable knowledge of classroom presentation methods and techniques in an adult instructional setting. - Demonstrated project management methodologies to oversee large-scale educational and change initiatives. - Research skills - Adheres to Cornerstone principles at all times.
• Acts as a role model in service excellence. - Serve as a champion for change that meets Halifax Health goals and vision. - Assesses educational needs for the health system or specific clinical units. - Participates in planning and implementing staff education to new policies/procedures, equipment, and performance improvement initiatives. - Works collaboratively with other clinical educators to design educational programs that require innovative teaching techniques. - Develops and implements general and/or unit specific orientation plan in collaboration with unit nursing leadership. - Assists in the professional development of staff via assessment of needs with planning, implementation, and evaluation of educational programs - Interacts professionally with vendor/manufacturer sales representatives to coordinate educational demonstrations of new equipment or supplies. - Provides individual instruction as necessary. - Documents staff participation education programs in appropriate format - Provides proper documentation for continuing education programs, BLS, ACLS, and yearly skills labs. - Facilitates unit specific patient education - Provides direct patient care as needed to assist in development of staff clinical skills, maintain professional expertise, and assist the nursing unit in emergency situations. - Participates in developing, implementing and revising health system and unit specific policies/procedures.
• May coordinate the Patient Care Manual or policy/procedure manual for specific clinical area. - Participates in health system/unit specific committees and teams as assigned by coordinator. - Maintains knowledge base within area of specialty - Performs other duties as assigned by coordinator according to unit needs.