Education Coordinator - Surgical Orthopedic Inpatient Unit

Texas Children's Hospital; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children's Hospital is seeking an Education Coordinator for the Surgical Orthopedic Inpatient Unit. The role provides education and administrative support to ensure smooth unit operations and the effective implementation of key educational processes.

You will design and evaluate unit-based orientation, coordinate required training, and support staff development while maintaining patient care standards and regulatory compliance in a fast-paced pediatric setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing required
• Minimum 2 years of clinical nursing; 1 year preceptor/educator preferred
• RN license in Texas or Nursing Licensure Compact
• BLS certification required

Responsibilities

• Designs, implements, and evaluates unit-based orientation for staff
• Coordinates and conducts required training to close performance gaps
• Assesses and plans patient care with input from patient/family
• Develops and sustains unit-based preceptor development and student orientation
• Participates in quality initiatives to educate staff and improve clinical outcomes
• Provides administrative support for unit operations and staff scheduling
• Undergoes respiratory fit testing as part of safety requirements

Skills

Nursing knowledge

Educator/Preceptor experience

Educational coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

RN licensure (Texas or compact)

BLS Certification

Tools

BLS Certification

Job description

Job Description

We are searching for an Education Coordinator for the Surgical Orthopedic Inpatient Unit, someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will provide education and administrative support for unit operations to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the various key educational processes at the unit level.

We are searching for an Education Coordinator for the Surgical Orthopedic Inpatient Unit, someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will provide education and administrative support for unit operations to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the various key educational processes at the unit level.

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Qualifications

• Required bachelor's degree Nursing
• Required 2 years Clinical nursing experience and 1 year Preceptor or educator experience preferred
• RN - Lic-Registered Nurses by the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact
• BLS - Cert-Basic Life Support by the American Heart Association
• Experience in a surgical sub-specialty highly preferred

Responsibilities

• Ensures the design, implementation and evaluation of cost-effective unit-based orientation process that focuses on knowledge, skills, and relationships. Designs, implements, and evaluates annually, a cost-effective unit-based orientation pathway for each job as measured by leadership team feedback. Individualizes the unit-based orientation pathways to meet the specific learning needs of staff, as measured by feedback from orientees, preceptors, and leadership team.
• Coordinates/Conducts required training to close performance gaps in knowledge and skills. Uses organizational policies and procedures, unit-specific performance improvement data and accrediting and regulatory standards to determine performance gaps, as measured by leadership team feedback. Develops and/or implements required unit-specific training that assists in closure of performance gaps, as measured by leadership team feedback. Implements a unit-based plan for staff competence staff on all shifts that results in improved performance. Obtains feedback from unit leadership and staff regarding development needs for each job/role, as measured by feedback from staff and leadership team. Compiles and analyzes needs assessment data and reports outcomes to the leadership team.
• Assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, evaluates, and documents patient care. Performs and documents assessment of the patient/family’s bio-physical, psychosocial, development (age appropriate), cultural, spiritual, and environmental needs with input from patient/family and analyzes assessment data to identify patient needs and to anticipate potential problems. Develops an individualized plan of care with input from patient and family and ensures that plan is discussed and initiated within 24 hours of admission. Re-prioritizes and updates the plan of care based on new information and changes in the patient’s condition. Communicates this information to other health care team members and documents in the medical record, as appropriate. Coordinates and participates in conferences/rounds aimed at meeting needs identified in the plan of care.
• Orients and develops preceptors. Develops, implements, and sustains a unit-based process for the orientation, professional development, and support of preceptors, as measured by feedback from preceptors, orienteers, and the leadership team. Coordinates the unit-based clinical experience for students. Implements a unit-based process to facilitate a positive and effective clinical experience for students, as measured by feedback from students, faculty, and leadership team observation. Coordinates the orientation of students/faculty to the unit, as measured by feedback from students/faculty.
• Participates in the Quality Outcomes Program and/or unit-based quality initiatives to educate staff and monitor clinical outcomes that show nursing excellence. Collaborates with the leadership team in reviewing and analyzing performance, establishing action plans to address performance issues, and evaluating outcomes of actions taken by pre-established timelines, as measured by feedback from leadership team.
• Provides administrative support for unit-based operations. Adjusts and updates staff schedules as necessary to support the orientation needs of a new employee, as measured by feedback from staff and supervisor. Assumes on-call responsibilities as needed to address preceptor, orientee, and overall orientation concerns, as well as, unit educational needs, as measured by feedback from staff and supervisor.
• As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

About Us

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children ’ s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children ’ s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children ’ s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children ’ s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the‑art facility providing world‑class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children ’ s Health Plan, the nation ’ s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children ’ s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children ’ s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after‑hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children ’ s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

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