RN Clinical Educator

45 Fayette County Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 54,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Sarah Bush Lincoln is seeking an RN Clinical Educator to provide clinical training, education, and competency evaluations for nursing staff. The role emphasizes collaborative education strategies and adherence to safety and quality standards within the department.

The successful candidate will hold a BSN, be licensed as an RN in Illinois, and obtain ACLS and BLS certifications within 90 days of hire. Typical schedule is Monday through Friday, and compensation starts based on experience with a

Qualifications

• BSN is required.
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) within 90 days of hire.
• BLS or CPR certification within 90 days of hire.
• RN-Registered Nurse license with Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Quality Management and Clinical Director – RN as assigned.
• Consult and collaborate with other Clinical Educators and staff to assure appropriate clinical staff education and follow-up.
• Develop and coordinate clinical education and competency evaluations for patient care personnel in the assigned division.
• Validate competency for staff upon hire and annually thereafter.
• Establish stability and reduce variance in operations and procedures related to clinical quality.
• Promote and utilize Quality Improvement principles to achieve high quality care and services.
• Evaluate progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes and report data accordingly.
• Implement care plans in alignment with safety and department standards.
• Pursue required knowledge and skills through orientation, literature review, and continuing education.
• Develop plans to attain expected, measurable outcomes.
• Establish effective working relationships with peers, physicians, and health team members.
• Respond to requests from Administration and Managers to improve/expand clinical services.
• Develop, implement and evaluate departmental policies and standards to maintain high clinical quality.
• Employ teaching strategies to promote health and a safe environment.

Education

BSN (Required)

RN License (Illinois)

ACLS within 90 days

BLS/CPR within 90 days

Job description

RN Clinical Educator Job Description

Clinical Instructors provide clinical training, education, and develops performance-based learning experiences that support SBL nursing departments. Identifies and provides training solutions to identified performance issues. Measures achievement of learning objectives and provides support, as needed or requested.

Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm

Pay based on experience starting at $39.12

Estimated Compensation Range $39.12 - $60.64 Pay based on experience

Responsibilities

• Collaboration with Quality Management and Clinical Director – RN as assigned.
• Consults and collaborates with other Clinical Educators, Office Assistant Educator, Registration Educator, nurses and other disciplines to assure appropriate clinical staff education and follow-up.
• Develops and coordinates clinical education and competency evaluations for patient care personnel in the assigned division.
• Validates competency for staff upon hire and annually thereafter.
• Establishes stability and reduces variance in operations and procedures related to clinical quality.
• Promotes and utilizes Quality Improvement principles and methods to achieve high quality care and services.
• Evaluation – Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes. Reports data and outcomes to others as appropriate.
• Implementation – Implements care or work plan in alignment with the plan and approved safety, infection control,and department/organization standards.
• Knowledge – In collaboration with leaders, actively pursues required knowledge and skills through orientation activities specific to the position, reading current literature and seeking new learning opportunities.
• Planning – Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes.
• Relationships – Establishes effective working relationships with peers, physicians, and other members of the health care / work team. Identifies and confers with appropriate resources regarding patient / work decisions.
• Responds to appropriate requests and initiatives from Administration, other Directors and Managers, physicians, and staff to improve and/or expand clinical services.
• Responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of departmental policies, procedures, protocols and standards to maintain high clinical quality.
• Teaching – Employs teaching strategies to promote health and a safe environment.

Requirements

• BSN (Required)
• MSNACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support (within 90 Days of hire) - Sarah Bush Lincoln
• BLS or CPR certification (within 90 days of hire) - Sarah Bush Lincoln
• RN-Registered Nurse - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

When you come to work for Sarah Bush Lincoln or Fayette County Hospital Long Term Care, you have our commitment to help make this the best work experience of your life.

Career development is available through continuing education and on-site training, so come grow with us! We are striving to be the employer of choice in the area.

Benefits

• Employees reap the benefit of our work culture which is steeped in professional and personal development programs.
• We have developed a solid benefit package to help retain our employees, while providing them opportunities to grow their careers.
• We support on-site classroom learning programs and internet courses, and we have a generous tuition reimbursement program-- all designed to help staff achieve their goals.