Clinical Educator

Fresenius Medical Care; Lubbock (TX); Presencial; USD 65.000 - 95.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Fresenius Medical Care in the United States seeks a Nursing Education Specialist to train staff across facilities, support new employee orientation, and deliver competency-based education for clinical, quality, and customer service initiatives.

The role partners with regional teams to implement curricula, support quality metrics, and promote patient safety. Expect travel to facilities 35-80% as part of ongoing professional development.

Formación

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree from an accredited School of Nursing.
• RN state licensure in primary state of residence and active license.
• BSN or MSN preferred.
• Minimum 1-year dialysis experience as RN CDN or CNN preferred or must attain within 18 months.
• CPR/BLS certification; ongoing education and competencies.

Responsabilidades

• Develops competency and skills to educate personnel across dialysis programs.
• Delivers standardized, competency-based training and new employee orientation.
• Collaborates with partners to schedule, provide, and implement education programs.
• Maintains timely data documentation and supports quality improvement metrics.
• Travel between assigned facilities to support training activities (35-80%).

Conocimientos

RN licensure

CPR/BLS certification

Educación

Associate or Bachelor's degree in Nursing

BSN or MSN preferred

Descripción del empleo

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Supports the training and education of employees based in company facilities and programs within an assigned geographical area. Delivers standardized, competency based, training and development programs including new employee orientation, preceptor training, facility specific in- services, and clinical, quality, and customer service training programs to promote quality patient care, and achieve Area, Regional and/or Enterprise wide initiatives & goals.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Aligns with regional, group, and corporate, business-related goals through all activities and actions. Adheres to standards and scope of nursing practice, company policy, procedures, compliance, regulatory, legal, and ethical, requirements. Focuses all programs towards achieving a culture of patient safety, clinical quality goals, and improving patient outcomes, using company and industry guidelines and standards. Develops competency and skills to educate personnel in all chronic kidney disease treatment programs. Empowers and promotes a culture of lifelong learning through professional programs, coaching, and available technologies. Collaborates with relevant partners at all levels to schedule, provide, and implement education programs, technologies, and processes for new and current personnel. Utilizes appropriate educational venues and generational learning techniques to deliver, support, and evaluate training. Partners in the implementation of action plans through to resolution, as appropriate. Uses facilitation techniques and the variety of tools and resources available to promote immersive, engaging, learning experiences. Develops and maintains open, effective, and timely communication with internal and external customers such as, but not limited to, company management and facility team, government agencies, physicians, hospitals, and contracted travel personnel. Demonstrates leadership competencies, excellent communication, customer service, continuous quality improvement, relationship development, critical thinking, team building, motivating employees, performance management, and decision- making skills. Supports metric / KPI programs, with timely and complete data documentation, reporting, and ongoing quality improvement processes. Maintains knowledge of products, services, and strategies to support and train staff appropriately in all modalities. Perform other related duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Day to day work includes desk and personal computer work and interaction with patients, Regional and facility/program employees and physicians. The position requires travel between assigned facilities and various locations within the community. Travel to regional, departmental, and corporate meetings may be required. The work environment is characteristic of a health care facility with air temperature control and moderate noise levels. May be exposed to infectious and contagious diseases / materials. This position requires frequent, prolonged periods of standing and the employee must be able to bend over. The employee may occasionally be required to move, with assistance, machines, and equipment of up to 200 lbs., and may lift chemical and water solutions of up to 30 lbs. as high as 5 feet. May be asked to provide essential functions of this position in other locations which may include overnight stays, with the same physical demands and working conditions as described above. This position requires between approximately 35-80% travel.

SUPERVISION

None

EDUCATION AND REQUIRED SKILLS

Associate or Bachelor’s degree from an accredited School of Nursing. Advanced degree BSN or MSN (preferred) Current appropriate RN state licensure in primary state of residence Obtain and maintain RN state licensure in assigned states as directed Must meet the practice requirements in the state of employment Minimum 1-year dialysis experience as a Registered Nurse CDN or CNN (preferred) or must attain within 18 months of employment Successful completion and maintenance of CPR BLS (Basic Life Safety) Certification, all annual and ongoing required education / training / competencies.

Fresenius Medical Care maintains a drug-free workplace in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. Fresenius Medical Care is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, national origin, age, disability, military service, or other non-merit-based factors Creating a future worth living. For patients. Worldwide. Every day. Fresenius Medical Care is the world's leading provider of products and services for individuals with kidney disease of which approximately 4.5 million patients worldwide regularly undergo dialysis treatment. United by a shared purpose of creating a future worth living for chronically and critically ill people, we care for around 292,000 dialysis patients around the globe. In addition, we operate around 35 global production sites to provide products such as dialysis machines, dialyzers, and related disposables. We aim to continuously improve our patients’ quality of life by offering them high-quality products as well as innovative technologies and treatment concepts.