Clinical Nurse Educator Emergency Dept

BHS; Lexington (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, Dental insurance

Life Insurance

PTO and leave programs

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking an Emergency Dept Clinical Nurse Educator for full-time day shift. The Educator will lead clinical education, orientation and ongoing competency verification across the department.

The CNE collaborates with nursing leadership, educators and HR to align education with patient safety, quality care and regulatory standards, while serving as a resource and clinical consultant to staff.

Qualifications

• Current RN license or work permit in Kentucky.
• Three years of acute care experience in the designated specialty within the last five years.
• BSN from accredited nursing program.
• Certification as Professional Development Specialist preferred.
• Basic Life Support certification.
• ACLS/PALS/NRP/TNCC/ENPC certifications as required by assignment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with department directors, nursing staff and others to identify unit-specific educational needs.
• Collaborates with educators to prevent redundancies of educational efforts.
• Facilitates unit/hospital orientation program for area of responsibility.
• Provides ongoing support and coaching to preceptors and new employees.
• Assesses educational needs for orientation, in-service education and continuing education.
• Teaches programs using adult learning principles and quality instructional materials.
• Evaluates learning objectives and ensures accreditation documentation.
• Participates in patient care delivery and provides clinical consultation.
• Engages in research/evidence-based practice and develops practice guidelines.

Skills

RN license

Acute care

BSN

PDS preferred

BLS certification

ACLS/PALS/NRP

Education

BSN from accredited program

Job description

Summary

Job Description:

Emergency Dept Clinical Nurse Educator

Full-Time, Days

The Educational Development and Community Education Department provides clinical and non-clinical education, professional development, leadership development, and community education across the organization

The Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE) functions to ensure that clinicians are prepared to be responsible for promoting patient safety and high-quality patient care through clinical leadership, education, consultation, modeling, and research. The CNE incorporates evidence-based practice, theory, and research into various patient care settings according to patient needs by collaborating with multi-professional multidisciplinary groups, facilitating the development of hospital and department policies, nursing procedures, and regulatory standards and guidelines. The role also includes functioning as a community resource on topics within scope of practice and providing nursing orientation, education, and ongoing competency verification. The CNE is a role model for caring that honors the patient's mind, body, and spirit.

Job Description:

• Collaborates with department directors, nursing staff, and others to identify unit-specific educational needs.

• Collaborates with other educators to prevent redundancies of educational efforts.

• Collaborates with human resources department, nurse educators, professional development specialists, clinical nurse specialists, and department directors to facilitate the unit/hospital orientation program for area of responsibility.

• Provides ongoing support and coaching to preceptors and/or new employees.

• Assesses educational needs through a variety of methods, both formal and informal, for orientation, in-service education and continuing education to preceptors, new employees, and experienced staff.

• Demonstrates ability to teach programs using adult learning principles, professional presentation skills, and quality audiovisual aids and handout materials.

• Evaluates achievement of learning objectives

• Facilitates attainment of necessary or desired educational credit from accreditation bodies for a given professional category and submits required documentation after the program

• Participates in patient care delivery

• Participates indirectly in the delivery of patient care in area of specialization.

• Acts as a resource for staff in locating answers to questions, best evidence, current policies, procedures, and protocols.

• Provides clinical consultation.

• Participates in research/evidence-based practice

• Incorporates research findings and best practice findings into the development of clinical practice guidelines/standards/policies.

Requirements:

• Current RN license or work permit in Kentucky.

• Three (3) years of acute care experience in the designated specialty within the last five (5) years

• BSN from accredited nursing program

• Certification as Professional Development Specialist (PDS) preferred

• Basic Life Support certification.

• ACLS/PALS/NRP/TNCC/ENPC certifications as required by department of assignment.

Benefits:

• Health, Vision, Dental, and Pet Insurance

• Life Insurance

• Short Term and Long-term Disability and Life Insurance

• Identity Theft Protection

• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually

• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave

• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire

• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)

• PTO Sell Back Program

• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)

• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial assistance

• Retirement with Company Match

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.