Clinical Education Specialist (RN)

UNC Health Care; Patton Park (NC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health Care is seeking a Clinical Education Specialist, an advanced level RN role focused on addressing staff educational needs within a specialty area or across the organization. The position leads educational assessment, planning, and outcome evaluation while serving as a SME on organizational initiatives and accreditation.

Responsibilities include orienting staff to the EHR, evaluating competencies, mentoring RNs, LPNs, and CMAs, and updating training materials.

Qualifications

• Must be licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina or a compact state.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Five (5) years of experience in a critical care setting as an RN.
• Direct certification and work experience relevant to educational areas expected for instruction.

Responsibilities

• Assist with orientation of clinical staff to the electronic health record and required documentation.
• Evaluates and assesses clinical competencies; provides instruction for competency development.
• Demonstrates professional leadership in nursing practice and serves as a role model for staff.
• Maintains/updates training manuals and attends departmental meetings; may function as staff nurse when training/public initiatives are not in progress.
• Coordinate access to educational programs; assess, plan, implement and evaluate educational needs of staff.

Skills

RN

Educational leadership

Clinical instruction

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary

The Clinical Education Specialist is an advanced level RN position in clinical education that works to address staff educational needs within a specialty practice area, service and/or across the organization. Facilitates the professional development of licensed and unlicensed employees to enhance professional competency including (but not limited to) educational assessment, planning and outcome evaluation. Serves as subject matter expert in a lead capacity for organizational initiatives, including those in conjunction with hospital accreditation. Work may be performed collaboratively for multiple disciplines across the continuum of care or for a specific patient population or service area.

Responsibilities

• Assist with orientation of clinical staff, to the electronic health record and the required documentation.
• Evaluates and assesses clinical competencies for clinical staff; provides instruction to staff for competency development. Completes appropriate forms as required.
• Demonstrates professional leadership in nursing practice and serves as a role model to staff members providing clinical care, including RNs, LPNs, and CMAs. Engages in other projects and functions upon request.
• Maintains/updates training manuals, promoting standardized, quality care. Attends and participates in departmental clinical staff meetings as requested by the departmental leadership; presents standardized materials to clinical staff and/or managers as necessary. Functions as a staff nurse when training and/or other initiatives are not in progress, or when directed.
• Conducts and/or coordinates access to educational programs for clinical staff as needed. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate educational needs of staff within clinical areas.

Other Information

Qualifications

Hired candidates may be expected to attain certification as an American Heart Association (AHA) Instructor for Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). If required, training and assessment opportunities will be provided at no cost to the employee.

Required

• Must be licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina or one of compact states.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Five (5) years of experience working in a critical care setting as a registered nurse.
• Direct certification and work experience as relevant to educational areas expected for instruction.

Preferred

• Masters degree in nursing, education or related field highly preferred.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.
• Recent educator experience.

Job Details

Legal Employer: Pardee - HCHC

Entity: Pardee UNC Health Care

Organization Unit: Operating Room

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: PARDEEHOSP

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.