RN, Clinical Educator

Greater Lawrence Family Health Center; Lawrence (MA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Greater Lawrence Family Health Center seeks a Clinical Educator to advance nursing education and competency development across ambulatory care sites. You will lead training initiatives, coordinate onboarding, and partner with nursing leadership to enhance patient care quality.

The role includes mentoring nurses and medical assistants, ensuring preceptor programs reflect evidence-based practice, and supporting leadership development in the nursing division.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-7 years practicing in acute care, ambulatory care, health center, or similar settings.
• Minimum 2 years in a training/education role in healthcare, targeting nursing staff and MAs.
• Experience with staff development, orientation, and onboarding as directed by nursing leadership.
• Bilingual English/Spanish desirable but not required.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plans, implements and evaluates training and competency development initiatives.
• Set forth an annual plan for safe, high quality patient care and training needs.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to design training content.
• Design and evaluate new staff orientation and onboarding programs.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Training & education

Program development

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Massachusetts nursing license

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Master’s Degree in Nursing Education

Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) desirable

Tools

EMR training

Job description

Established in 1980, the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Inc. (GLFHC) is a multi-site, mission-driven, non-profit organization employing over 700 staff whose primary focus is providing the highest quality patient care to a culturally diverse population throughout the Merrimack Valley.

Nationally recognized as a leader in community medicine (family practice, pediatrics, internal medicine, and geriatrics), GLFHC has clinical sites throughout the service area and is the sponsoring organization for the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency program.

GLFHC is seeking a Clinical Educator to join our team. Reporting to the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) the Clinical Educator supports and drives practice transformation initiatives that align with GLFHCs strategic pillars and the nursing division strategic plan, including building out critical components of ambulatory care nursing practice such as telehealth, care coordination, and transition management, patient-centered medical home (PCMH) care, and population management. The Clinical Educator is a professional development specialist within Nursing and clinical support / Medical Assistants (MA) services at GLFHC.

As a Clinical Educator, the primary responsibilities are to identify professional development needs, develop a training program, facilitate training sessions, and conduct in-service sessions for nursing and clinical support staff. Under the direction of the Director of Nursing and in collaboration with the VP of Workforce Development, supports leadership development and other relevant trainings to support the leadership development of nurse managers, charge nurses, and MA supervisors.

In addition to fulfilling these responsibilities, the Clinical Educator serves as a mentor to Nurses and Medical Assistants who want to grow in their careers. The Clinical Educator collaborates with the nursing leadership team and other Clinician stakeholders to ensure competencies for nursing and MAs align with accepted scopes of practice as governed by industry standards, evidence based frameworks, and regulatory guidelines.

As part of a comprehensive education program, the Clinical Educator works with training support staff to ensure training and competency development curriculum, training guides, and job aides are designed to advance learning and achieve independent practice outcomes.

Job Responsibilities and Performance Standards:

• Assess, plans, implements and evaluates training and competency development initiatives that align with the populations served and learning gaps identified.
• Sets forth an annual plan to support safe and high quality patient care, including, identifying training programs needed based on ongoing skills assessment, regulatory, (HRSA, Joint Commission, DPH, Mass Health contracts, etc.) requirements, and new program development initiatives.
• Collaborates with subject matter experts in order to design training content and leverages these experts to drive training efforts in their area of expertise
• Designs, implements and evaluates new staff orientation and on-boarding programs that align with the learning needs of new hires, including their progression toward independent practice.
• Ensures preceptor programs are designed to reflect evidence based models and applicability to GLFHCs needs and patient populations.
• Continuously assesses and improves the quality of the preceptor programs based on input from preceptors, new hires, leadership, etc.
• Ensures the preceptors identified for nursing and MA orientation are practicing at their highest proficiency and clinical judgment.
• Supports the nursing leadership in employee retention initiatives, including the coordination of reward and recognition programs that support the nursing and MA team and improves their overall job satisfaction.
• Serves as a collaborative partner with HR and the VP of Workforce Development to coordinate placement of students and interns, based on aligned needs and learning opportunities.
• Oversees CPR certification program and serves as a liaison to the external vendor (American Heart Association) to ensure proper documentation and tracking is completed.
• Provides EMR training to the extent it aligns with clinical practice scope for nurses and MAs. May contribute to organizational EMR training needs, with approval from the DON or CNO.
• Stays current on latest evidence based practice protocols applicable to GLFHCs population and American Academy of Ambulatory Nursing standards.
• Contributes to the development of clinical policies and ongoing revision of clinical policies and practice guidelines.
• Serves as the primary point of contact for on line triage applications that guide triage practice.
• Plays a key role in survey preparation, including assessing compliance gaps with standards related to practice, patient safety, and documentation.
• Supervises and delegates to the Clinical Support Coordinator to insure training materials, training schedules/logistics, training evaluation and other programmatic details are addressed and closed.
• Serves on committees that require clinical input and or input based subject matter expertise and scope of practice.
• Serves as the primary education liaison as applicable within Mass League/NACH forums and communicates locally as needed.
• Travel between sites is required.

Qualifications:

Experience

• Minimum 5-7 years practicing in acute care, ambulatory care, health center, other settings that care for complex high risk chronic populations.
• Minimum 2 years in a training and education role in a healthcare setting targeting nursing, assistant staff, MAs or other support staff to the delivery of nursing care.
• Experience working in staff development programs, orientation and on-boarding initiatives as directed by nursing leadership.
• Bilingual (English and Spanish) desirable, but not required.

Education

• A valid Massachusetts nursing license is required.
• Bachelors in Nursing required.
• Master’s Degree in Nursing Education highly desirable Certified Nurse Educator credential is desirable.

#GLFHC offers a great working environment, comprehensive benefit package, growth opportunities, and tuition reimbursement.