Nurse Educator

National University Polyclinics; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dedicated Nurse Educator to enhance nursing education and training. This role involves assessing and implementing educational programs for nursing staff, ensuring high standards of patient care. You will supervise nursing students, conduct training sessions, and collaborate with various stakeholders to improve clinical competencies. If you're passionate about nursing education and eager to contribute to professional development, this opportunity offers a dynamic environment to make a significant impact in the healthcare sector.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with 9+ years of clinical experience, including teaching.
• Diploma and Degree in Nursing required, teaching qualification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and provide clinical supervision for nursing students and staff.
• Conduct training and continuing education programs for nursing staff.
• Collaborate with education institutions to enhance nursing practice.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Clinical Teaching

Critical Thinking

Clinical Reasoning

Education

Diploma in Nursing

Degree in Nursing

Teaching Qualification

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Overview
The job-holder assesses, identifies, implements, co-ordinates and evaluates departmental nursing staffs’ continuing education, training and development plans to ensure provision of competent and quality patient care. They are responsible for nursing staff induction, clinical education/training, in-service education, personal and professional growth.

Job Responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities:

• Serves as resource person in education/nursing training matters and clinical issues to provide high quality standard of care
• Plans and provides direct clinical supervision for nursing students and junior staff
• Facilitates the clinical learning environment of nursing students to improve nursing students’ learning experiences
• Monitors and evaluates nursing students’ feedback; develop action-plans collaboratively with ward nursing colleagues to improve nursing students’ learning experiences
• Collaborates with education institution to ensure nursing students’ application of learning in practice, e.g. hand hygiene compliance
• Utilizes effective teaching strategies to develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning among nursing students, newly recruited nurses and nursing staff
• Coaches preceptors and clinical instructor on their role effectiveness and assessment of nursing trainees and junior nurse’s performance e.g. formative and summative assessment, learning action plans
• Conducts nursing staff orientation, training and continuing education programmes to maintain level of competency
• Conducts learning needs analysis to identify learning gaps and training needs of nursing staff at ward/cluster level
• Provides career counselling/coaching for all levels of nursing staffs’ professional development
• Responsible to maintain and perform the following core competencies competently:
• Clinical teaching/supervision
• Structured teaching
• Assessment of trainees and nurses’ clinical performance [formative & summative]
• Reviews and revises existing curriculum following constructive recommendation on training/practice issues in order to meet the current educational needs of the hospital
• Participates in the implementation and development of e-learning resources
• Mentors and inducts potential acting nurse clinician for education track
• Works collaboratively with ward/unit/cluster Nursing Officers and Senior Nursing Officers to [i] maintain clinical standards; [ii] conduct total performance management (includes career coaching and staff development) and [iii] assume joint managerial responsibilities, e.g. patient’s and/or family’s feedback, eHOR etc.

Secondary Responsibilities:

• Maintains clinical competency by seeking educational opportunities to maintain current knowledge and acquire new knowledge related to nursing practice
• Collaborates with ward/cluster nursing leaders in nursing research initiatives/evidence-based practice to improve patient outcome
• Participates in educational audit/quality improvement projects/risk management
• Participates in nursing workgroup/committee at cluster/hospital level
• Takes on additional responsibilities or tasks as assigned by the Senior Nurse Educator, Deputy/Assistant Director (Nursing) and Chief Nurse

Requirements

• Registered Nurse with at least 9 years of post-registration clinical experience, of which a minimum of one (1) year experience in clinical teaching/professional development and continuing education at an acute hospital setting, and 2 years as Assistant Nurse Clinician
• Diploma in Nursing with relevant post-basic advanced certification and Degree in Nursing from recognized training institution as approved by Singapore Nursing Board. A teaching qualification would be an advantage. Interest to teach nursing training and development activities
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good computer skills and proficient in MS Office applications such as MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint

If the role sounds interesting to you, please contact [e-mail] to understand more on the role. Please indicate the position that you are interested in the subject heading.