Clinical Educator, Sterile Processing Department

3110 Kennestone Hospital, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellstar Health System in Georgia is seeking a Professional Educator to lead learning and development across disciplines. This role acts as subject matter expert, coach, and consultant, designing programs using ADDIE, evaluating impact, and aligning with system goals.

As part of an interdisciplinary team, you will mentor staff, partner with academic resources, and ensure competency, regulatory compliance, and quality care.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience in sterile processing required.
• Previous experience in educator role strongly preferred.
• All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.
• CRCST strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Leads learning need assessments on a regular basis to inform design, development, implementation and evaluation of learning activities.
• Creates learning programs to support change in a process, policy, or practice to improve care.
• Utilizes adult learning theory as a framework for best practice learning activities and ensures competency after learning initiatives.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to ensure learning activities include all disciplines where appropriate.
• Participates in change management to sustain practice improvements.

Skills

English proficiency

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Adult learning theory

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Master's degree in a related field (preferred)

Job description

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift Day (United States of America) Shift: Days 6a-2:30p Mon-Fri

Job Summary: The Professional Educator is a member of an interdisciplinary team and acts as the lead for learning in their environment. As such, they will assume a variety of roles such as subject matter expert, coach, change agent, researcher, and consultant. The Professional Educator assumes responsibility for the oversight of learning and development needs of team members for whom they have been designated to support. This role is expert in assesses learning needs, develops and executes programs to meet those needs and evaluates the effectiveness of those efforts and utilizes the ADDIE framework (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation). As a member of the interdisciplinary team, it is expected the individual upholds and supports WellStar in achieving it mission and goals, fosters communication and collaborative practice between disciplines and serves as a positive role model to promote professional practice. In addition to assessing team member needs within their defined scope of responsibility, they must also be cognizant of system level goals to ensure their work reflects these imperatives and is translated into sound educational activities designed to influence behavior and practice change. This work is done in partnership with system and facility resources to ensure alignment and sustainability. The scope of the responsibility for the Professional Educator will include both local and system activities but effort in these domains will be dictated by the role into which they are hired.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

Leader of Learning

• Leads learning need assessments on a regular basis as a means to inform the design, development, implementation and evaluation of learning and development activities or programs.
• Creates learning programs to support change in a process, policy, or practice with the goal of improving the care for the communities served
• Utilizes adult learning theory as a framework for the creation of best practice learning activities and ensures competency after learning initiative.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to ensure learning activities are inclusive of all disciplines when appropriate.
• Participates in the change management process through implementation of educational initiatives with a focus on sustainability of practice and behavior change.
• Supports the systems competency model annually and at onboarding to ensure that team members are supported in the process.

Coach/Mentor/Consultant

• Serves as a coach/mentor for newly hired team members or students to ensure they are acculturate to their work environment and are supported in their onboarding program.
• Partners with preceptors/orientees to ensure all aspects of competency assessment are occurring as expected.
• Connects with academic partners to facilitate the experiences of our learners.
• Serves as a consultant as the lead for learning to guide others in the appropriate assessment, designs, implementation and evaluation of learning activities and program.

Professional Development

• Fosters a culture of lifelong learning and personal development within team members.
• Partners with internal and external resources (e.g. OL, Career Development, professional organizations) to ensure team members are aware of and how to access relevant resources that support their career and professional development.

Evidence Based Practice and Research

• Utilizes evidence to guide the development of learning programs with regards to content, methods and evaluation.
• Partners with subject matter experts, to ensure educational initiatives support current policies and expected practices based on evidence.
• Utilizes local and system quality data to drive educational programs and competency verification.
• Supports the implementation of Lean and associated tools and methodologies as a means to improve practice and engage teams around improvement.

Resources and Support

• Upholds and teaches all health care system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies put forth by this job description and professional association including legal, regulatory and accreditation requirements and standards ensuring by way of example, such goals as TJC Patient Safety Goals and WellStar Health Systems safety absolutes
• Ensure the maintenance of relevant competencies as the subject matter expert as a professional educator, in order to maintain credibility and relevance to the work.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education:

Bachelors Other / Related Field or Masters Other / Related Field-Preferred

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

Additional License(s) and Certification(s):

CRCST strongly preferred

Required Minimum Experience:

Minimum 1 year experience in sterile processing required. Previous experience in educator role strongly preferred

Required Minimum Skills: Ability to read, write and speak English language Optimizes the use of technology to support learning and performs basic computer skills Strong interpersonal, collaborative skills along with customer service skills Ability to function in a fast paced environment Responds to emergencies in using a decisive, composed and respectful manner Possess excellent time management skills; possess a strong understanding of learning adult learning theories can utilize multi-methods to implement training/development.

Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more. Nationally ranked and locally recognized for our high-quality care and inclusive culture, Wellstar is one of Georgia’s largest and most integrated healthcare systems. Every day, 24,000+ of us work together to provide personalized care for patients at every age and stage of life – and our team members are the foundation of that care.

Mission, Vision & Values

At a time when the healthcare industry is changing rapidly, Wellstar remains committed to exceeding patients’ and team members’ expectations, while transforming healthcare delivery. OUR MISSION: To enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. OUR VISION: Deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. OUR VALUES: We serve with compassion We pursue excellence We honor every voice Culture of Excellence Wellstar consistently receives attention and accolades from national organizations that set the standards for world-class care. Our system-wide practice of safety principles, assessing and addressing errors and seeking feedback from our patients and customers continually earns recognition for advances in safety and quality. Featured on the FORTUNE “100 Best Companies to Work For” list and Seramount 100 Best Companies list, we not only provide top-notch care for our patients, but also foster the culture of Wellstar as a Great Place to Work.