RN Nurse Educator - Infection Preventionist 10k Bonus

Options Behavioral Health Hospital; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Options Behavioral Health Hospital is offering an RN Nurse Educator opportunity with a special focus on infection prevention. The role involves developing nursing education programs, guiding infection control measures, and ensuring patient safety. A strong background in nursing education and experience in the behavioral health field is essential. A $10,000 sign-on bonus is offered to attract qualified candidates.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Employee assistance programs

Tuition reimbursement

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or equivalent experience required.
• 5+ years of experience as a registered nurse preferred.
• Certification as an NPD Practitioner preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and coordinate ongoing nursing education and training programs.
• Direct the facility’s infection control program.
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients and staff.

Skills

Professionalism

Empathy

Patient Safety

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing

Master’s degree in nursing, Healthcare Administration, or Education

Job description

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Overview

RN Registered Nurse Educator / Infection Preventionist Opportunity at Options Behavioral Health

• 10k Sign On Bonus Develop and coordinate ongoing nursing education and training programs to support staff competency and patient care excellence. Direct the facility’s infection control program, ensuring effective prevention and response to infectious risks. Demonstrate professionalism, empathy, and a strong commitment to patient safety in all responsibilities.
  
  

Overview

RN Registered Nurse Educator / Infection Preventionist Opportunity at Options Behavioral Health

• 10k Sign On Bonus Develop and coordinate ongoing nursing education and training programs to support staff competency and patient care excellence. Direct the facility’s infection control program, ensuring effective prevention and response to infectious risks. Demonstrate professionalism, empathy, and a strong commitment to patient safety in all responsibilities.
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or commensurate experience required
• At least three years’ RN experience required
• Two years of behavioral health nursing experience required
  
  

At Acadia Healthcare, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, prescription drug plan, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, vision, dental, and voluntary short-term and long-term disability coverage. Additionally, our well-being programs encompass employee assistance programs, financial support, tuition reimbursement, and much more.

Purpose Statement

Plan, develop and coordinate continuing nursing in-service education programs within the facility for all clinical and non-clinical nursing staff in a positive, empathetic, and professional manner at all times. This position is responsible for enhancing professional practice and the provision of quality patient care by providing evidence-based, quality educational programs and activities that promote professional competency for nursing, inter-professional, and non-licensed clinical staff at an assigned facility. Coordinate and lead the facility’s infection prevention and control program. Responsible for determining, preventing and containing infectious outbreaks within the facility. Performs duties with a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude. Recognizes that patient safety is a top priority.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Facilitates orientation/onboarding program to promote employee retention.
• Conducts orientation in a manner that fosters a positive learning environment.
• Role models organizational and personal commitment to new employee success.
• Participates in designing and identifying educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, which may include licensed and non-licensed healthcare personnel.
• Identifies learning needs of staff and/or facility
• Role models competent practice through demonstration or simulation activities
• Assess practice gaps/Crosswalk competencies to practice
• Collaborates with Corporate Nursing Director /Educator to review outcomes data to evaluate and refine competency management activities
• Assist with development and/or instruction of didactic content and clinical skills for designated competencies
• Develops education plan according to gap assessment or quality data/safety outcomes
• Aligns educational programs with facility and/or organization policies and procedures
• Implement and deliver educational curricula as required by regulatory agencies such as Joint Commission, CARF, CMS and State agencies.
• Creates engaging, evidence-based educational content to meet the specific needs of the intended audience
• Demonstrates exceptional instructional skills while maintaining learner engagement
• Act a general resource for nursing staff.
• Collaborate with medical practitioners and CNO/DON to incorporate nursing processes into the plan of care for patients.
• Provide educational leadership to patients and care providers to enhance specialized patient care within established clinical protocol.
• Promotes safe, quality, and compassionate patient care
• Assist patient and caregivers with education needs, problem solution and health management across the continuum of care.
• Educate direct patient care staff in the use of equipment, supplies, and coordinates in-service training for appropriate staff.
• Supports new ideas and innovation in educational design
• Provides staff with resources and “just-in-time” education to implement immediate changes
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers and others in an effective manner
• May provide direct care as needed.
  
  

Essential Functions

• Conduct ongoing surveillance of infections.
• Gather and interpret data and keep accurate records of all infections.
• Compile and present Infection Reports to the Safety/Infection Control Committee and the Performance Improvement Council at assigned intervals.
• Inspect environment and observe personnel activities for the purpose of detecting infection hazards.
• Monitor and evaluate compliance with standards set by facility policy and industry.
• Monitor and update all facility department supervisors on all area-specific policies and procedures important to infection prevention principles. Investigate all 'exposure incidents,' oversee post-exposure evaluation and follow-up process in order to recommend appropriate actions to be taken.
• Notify designated medical, administrative staff and appropriate health department authorities all reportable communicable disease.
• Develop and provide in-service and orientation programs concerning prevention and control of infection, standard precautions, isolation techniques and education on current infectious disease.
• Responsibilities may also include gathering, analyzing and presenting data, facts and trends on infection prevention to facility or corporate leadership.
• Train staff on infection prevention and control protocols.
• Assess and re-enforce infection prevention practices.
  
  

Other Functions

• Provides expertise in identifying professional development needs of individual staff
• Assists staff to identify areas for individual growth in current role
• Identifies and provides opportunities for skill enhancement and mastery
• Utilizes novice to expert continuum when developing staff
• Promotes certification in areas of nursing specialty
• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Master’s degree in nursing, Healthcare Administration, Education or other clinical field or equivalent combination of education and/or experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or commensurate experience required
• 5+ years of experience as a registered nurse strongly preferred.
• Three years of registered nurse experience required.
• Inpatient psychiatry experience as an RN strongly preferred
• Two years of behavioral health experience as an RN required.
• One or more years’ experience in infection control preferred.
• 1+ years experience in Clinical Education/Training and Development (Preferred)
• Certification as an NPD Practitioner and/or clinical certification as recognized by American Nurse Credentialing Center. (Preferred)
  
  

Licenses/Designations/Certifications

• Current state license is required for this position.
• Certification by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology preferred
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility.
  
  

Additional Regulatory Requirements

For Joint Commission facilities: The infection preventionist is appointed by the governing body to be responsible for the infection prevention and control program. The appointment is based on recommendations of medical staff leadership and nursing leadership.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws

AHRN

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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