Clinical Nurse Educator

St. Joseph's/Candler; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Joseph's/Candler is seeking a Clinical Nurse Educator to enhance care quality in Critical Care. The role educates staff, supports certifications, and integrates research into practice to ensure nurses are oriented and competent.

Responsibilities include identifying educational opportunities, collaborating with managers, and guiding staff through evidence-based standards to improve patient outcomes and performance metrics in the unit.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Nursing required; Master's preferred.
• 3-5 years nursing experience required; 5-7 years preferred.
• Critical Care experience preferred; minimum 3 years in CC required.
• Active state license and national certification required.
• BLS and ACLS certifications required.

Responsibilities

• Assesses educational opportunities and coordinates resources to meet Patient Care goals.
• Educates others and shares expectations on budgets, staffing and productivity management models.
• Partners with Managers to share best practices and identify trends for improvement.
• Fosters creative strategies for effective and efficient staffing productivity.
• Provides rationale and implementation guidelines for nurse-sensitive indicators and clinical quality outcomes.
• Provides clinical experiences to develop nursing process, critical thinking, knowledge and skills.
• Provides application experiences to ensure clinical competency upon residency completion.
• Demonstrates ability to manage change and empower others across systems.
• Promotes collaborative relationships with staff and physicians on resources and standards of care.
• Contributes to nursing care plans in consultation with the RN and families; prioritize patient needs.
• Reviews and revises nursing care plans with the RN to meet changing needs.
• Provides structured, tiered competency-based clinical experiences for new graduates with feedback.

Skills

Critical Care experience

3-5 Years experience

5-7 Years experience

More than 5 years CC with 3+ in CC

Education

BSN

MSN

Professional License with State of Practice

National Certification

BLS

ACLS

Job description

• The Clinical Nurse Educator role will be utilized to improve the overall quality of care within Critical Care. This job will help prepare the nursing staff through education, certification and the incorporation of research for the future. The clinical educator will focus on clinical education, improving performance measures, engaging staff and ensuring annual competencies are competed to meet the needs of the unit and improve overall care of patients. The Clinical Nurse Educator utilizes the novice to expert model, in conjunction with current evidence based standards of practice to ensure new graduate nurses are fully oriented and competent upon completion of the orientation period.

• Education
• Bachelors in Nursing - Required
• Masters in Nursing - Preferred
• Experience
• 3-5 Years - Required
• 5-7 Years - Preferred
• More than 5 years of nursing work experience in Critical Care preferred, with minimum of 3 years required in Critical Care required.
• License & Certification
• Professional License with State of Practice - Required
• National Certification - Required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) - Required
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - Required
• Core Job Functions

• Assesses for educational opportunities and coordinates appropriate resources to meet the needs of Patient Care goals. Educates others and shares expectations and knowledge gained in finance budgets, flexible staffing and productivity management models. Partners with Managers to share best practices, identify trends/opportunities for improvement and foster creative strategies for effective and efficient management of productivity.

• Provides rationale and implementation guidelines for nurse sensitive indicators and other clinical quality outcomes. Provides clinical experiences to develop nursing process, and critical thinking, knowledge and skills. Provides application experiences to ensure clinical competency upon completion of residency.

• Demonstrates the ability to manage change and empower others to influence clinical practice and political processes within and across systems.
• Assists the Manager by providing constructive feedback on staff to assist with annual and probationary reviews. Maintains competency in professional certification.
• Promotes collaborative relationships with co-workers and physicians through introductions and follow up. Provides education and support in the appropriate utilization of resources and standards of care for the patient population.
• Contributes to formulation of nursing careplan for patients in consultation with the RN and in collaboration with patient, families, healthcare members using established nursing diagnoses and nursing protocols. Prioritize nursing care needs of clients. Assist in the review and revision of nursing care plans with the RN to meet the changing needs of the patient.

• Provides structured, tiered competency based clinical experiences for new graduates. Provides consistent feedback and progress reports to the new graduate, and follow up with the nurse manager. Facilitates staff development and personal growth through peer review, observation, education and role modeling.