Clinical Educator - Labor/Delivery - Sharp Tri-City - PT/0.6 - Days

150 Sharp Tri-City Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 62,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

150 Sharp Tri-City Medical Center offers a Clinical Educator position focused on advancing nursing competencies across assigned areas and collaborating with the management team to maximize patient outcomes and clinical practice.

The role operates as an educator, leader, mentor, and consultant for nurses and interdisciplinary teams, supporting Sharp’s Service Excellence Initiative and modeling professional standards.

Qualifications

• 5 years related clinical experience.
• AHA BLS Healthcare Provider - REQUIRED.
• California RN license - REQUIRED.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - REQUIRED.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a safe, clean working environment.
• Provides clinical education to staff.
• Coordinates all new hire orientation and staff development.
• Functions as an expert practitioner, mentor and consultant for nurses and other disciplines.
• Participates on committees and task forces representing clinical area.
• Promotes evidence based practice in the clinical setting.
• Ensures all staff competencies are complete.
• Attends leadership meetings and completes assignments in a timely manner.
• Promotes patient, physician, and staff satisfaction.
• Promotes and monitors safety, infection control and performance standards in clinical area.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Hours and Pay

Hours: Shift Start Time: Variable Shift End Time: Variable AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift Additional Shift Information: Weekend Requirements: As Needed On-Call Required: No Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $62.000 - $71.750 - $81.490 The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

What You Will Do

The Clinical Educator facilitates the enhancement of nursing cognitive skills and competency for assigned areas. The clinical educator works collaboratively with the management team to maximize patient outcomes and clinical practice. This individual functions as an educator, leader, expert practitioner, mentor and consultant for nurses and other members of the interdisciplinary team. Supports the mission and values of the Medical Center, and acts as a role model relative to the Medical Center's Service Excellence Initiative.

Required Qualifications

• 5 Years related clinical experience.
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing -REQUIRED
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - Various-Employee provides certificate -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in a related field.
• 2 Years teaching or education position.
• Inpatient Obstetric Nursing (RNC-OB) - National Certification Corporation for the Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing Specialties -PREFERRED

Other Qualification Requirements

• BSN or Bachelor's degree in related field, required. A combination of equivalent education and experience may be considered.
• Current Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring Certification (AWHONN or other approved course), required.
• Current ACLS; American Heart Association Healthcare Provider, required (ED, ICU, Telemetry, Surgical services, OR/PACU/PREOP, Labor and Delivery only).
• CCRN, preferred (ICU only).
• CNOR, required (Surgery only).
• CPAN, required within 6 months (PACU only). If CCRN upon hire or transfer, CPAN required within 6 months.
• NVCI within 90 days of hire or transfer, required (ED, BHU and OP only).
• Current PALS, required (ED only).
• NIHSS within 90 days of hire or transfer, required (ED, ICU and Telemetry).
• Current STABLE Certification preferred.

Essential Functions

1. Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit based safety and infection control requirements.
2. Provides clinical education to staff.
3. Coordinates all new hire orientation and staff development.
4. Functions as an expert practitioner, mentor and consultant for nurses and other disciplines.
5. Participates on committees and task forces representing clinical area.
6. Promotes evidence based practice in the clinical setting.
7. Ensures all staff competencies are complete.
8. Attends leadership meetings and completes assignments in a timely manner.
9. Promotes patient, physician, and staff satisfaction.
10. Promotes and monitors safety, infection control and performance standards in clinical area.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Proficient computer skills required. Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and willingness to learn other software packages as needed.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class.

Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system based in San Diego, California, with four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three medical groups and a health plan. We provide medical services in virtually all fields of medicine, including primary care, heart care, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health, rehabilitation, robotic surgery and bariatric surgery. Sharp sets the community standard for exceptional care. Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital have received prestigious Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care. At the heart of our organization are more than 18,000 affiliated physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers who are on a journey to make health care better for our patients and their families. It’s what we call The Sharp Experience – treating each person with dignity, compassion and respect, and using our clinical excellence and advanced technology to deliver the highest-quality patient care. We are dedicated to transforming the health care experience by making Sharp the best place to work, the best place to practice medicine and the best place to receive care in San Diego.