Clinical Nurse Educator – Temporary, 30 Hours (Onsite)

Brigham and Women's Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 63,000 - 168,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite role

Job summary

Brigham and Women’s Hospital seeks a Clinical Nurse Educator/Instructor for a temporary, part-time role (30 hours per week) in the Central Center for Nursing Excellence. You will lead orientation, staff development, and education programs, with a focus on evidence-based practice and clinical expertise.

Responsibilities include coordinating education, supporting competency training, and serving as a clinical expert across units.

Qualifications

• BSN required.
• MSN (or) DNP (or) PhD preferred.
• Current certification required or to be attained within two-year period from date of hire.
• Current nursing licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Minimum two years of clinical experience as a clinical nurse with demonstrated evidence of leadership progression.
• Demonstrated evidence of competent nursing practice in clinical area or specialty.
• Competency in adult learning principles and a sound clinical nursing knowledge base.
• Teaching experience and/or preceptor experience required.
• EPIC training preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists with central classes and orientation activities as needed.
• Participate in educational needs assessments and identify learning needs of patients and staff.
• Facilitate opportunities and developmental experiences necessary for staff to successfully precept, teach, and mentor others.
• Facilitate educational offerings that incorporate new initiatives, products, equipment, technology, policies, procedures, or regulations in either a classroom, a simulated laboratory settings, or on assigned patient care area.
• Track and monitor orientation progress for all department of nursing hires.
• Support competency training and annual HealthStream completion by all staff.
• Conduct an on-going evaluation of educational offerings by using the latest evidence, scholarly information, and cost-effectiveness strategies.
• Serves as a nursing practice leader, coach and mentor to staff.
• Participates in self-performance appraisal process in an ongoing manner.
• Seeks feedback regarding role performance from his/her respective nurse leaders, peers, and others.
• Provides formal and informal opportunities for staff to develop personal career goals and recognizes their achievement
• Provides ongoing formal and informal feedback regarding professional development to staff members.
• Facilitate, and support peer to peer education.
• Provides informal consultation on education and practice issues.
• Participates in committees and task forces as designated by Professional Development Manager.
• Initiates and maintains effective collaborative relationships.
• Responds effectively to requests for education and training.
• Participates in developing nursing department policies and procedures with designated work teams.
• Provides direct patient care in both collaboratively planned and emergent situations.
• Serves as a role model in providing expert care to patients.
• Engages in direct patient care experiences that promote, facilitate, and evaluate staff's critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving abilities.
• Models clinical decision-making skills and critical thinking behaviors in the clinical setting.
• Provides direct clinical support for orientation and training.
• Collaborates with nursing staff to manage emergency clinical situations
• Serves as a clinical expert in patient care areas, mainlining and enhancing competency through a variety of methods including but not limited to direct patient care, professional conferences, and participation in divisional journal clubs.
• Participates in quality and process improvement initiatives as designated by the Professional Development Manager.
• Participates in Collaborative Care Reviews and supports improvement efforts as designated by the Professional Development Manager.
• Supports education of new initiatives.
• Supports regulatory preparation and required learning.
• Implements audit plan as directed by the Professional Development Manager.
• Develops programs that are responsive to needs identified through divisional / unit quality data.
• Uses new information and/or research findings in developing and revising program content.

Skills

Leadership

Evidence-based practice

Critical thinking

Training leadership

Self-motivation

Independent work

Change management

Time management

Collaboration

EPIC proficiency

Microsoft Office

Education

BSN

MSN/DNP/PhD

Tools

EPIC

Microsoft Office

Job description

Brigham and Women’s Hospital seeks a Clinical Nurse Educator/Instructor for a temporary, part-time role (30 hours per week) in the Central Center for Nursing Excellence. You will lead orientation, staff development, and education programs, with a focus on evidence-based practice and clinical expertise.

Responsibilities include coordinating education, supporting competency training, and serving as a clinical expert across units.