Nurse Educator*(301)

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 a resource person in education/nursing training matters and clinical issues to provide a 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; develops action plans collaboratively with ward nursing colleagues to improve nursing students’ learning experiences.
• Collaborates with educational institutions 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 instructors on their role effectiveness and assessment of nursing trainees and junior nurses’ 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 staff’s 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 recommendations 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 clinicians for the education track.
• Works collaboratively with ward/unit/cluster Nursing Officers and Senior Nursing Officers to maintain clinical standards; conduct total performance management (includes career coaching and staff development) and 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 outcomes.
• 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 a recognized training institution as approved by the 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.