RN - UNIT BASED EDUCATOR

UNM HOSPITALS; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

UNM Hospitals seeks a Unit Educator to function as a master teacher and preceptor, promoting evidence-based nursing care across neonate to geriatric patients on the Intermediate Critical Care unit.

The role involves coordinating staff education, leading clinical training, and supporting CON students on the home unit while maintaining clinical skills and adhering to hospital policies.

Qualifications

• Essential: Bachelor's Degree
• Nonessential: Master's Degree
• Education specialization: BSN or MSN
• Education specialization: Nursing
• Essential: 18 months directly related experience
• Nonessential: Bilingual English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo; 3 years related experience
• Essential: CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers within 30 days
• Essential: RN in NM or per NM reciprocal agreement
• Essential: Instructor in Unit-Required Certifications within 90 days
• Nonessential: Current Instructor in BLS, ACLS, NRP or other cert
• Credential equivalent: Instructor in Unit-Required Certifications within 1 year

Responsibilities

• Lead educational initiatives to enhance specialized patient care within clinical protocols
• Initiate unit-based strategies for developing clinical skills with master clinician model
• Perform as unit educator and clinical instructor for CON students
• Plan patient care plans incorporating evidence-based research and standards
• Consult with multidisciplinary team to ensure quality patient care
• Educate staff on new equipment, supplies, and instruments; coordinate training
• Assist patients and caregivers with educational needs across care continuum
• Collaborate with Clinical Educator and unit leadership to implement curricula
• Monitor trends and implement educational strategies to achieve standards
• Deliver safe direct care and support admission/transfer/discharge processes

Skills

Educational leadership

Clinical instruction

Staff development

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

BSN/MSN

Nursing

Tools

CPR for Healthcare / BLS

Instructor certifications

Job description

Compensation Disclaimer

Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department: Intermediate Critical Care

FTE: 1.00

Full Time

Shift: Days

Position Summary: Function as unit educator, master teacher, master preceptor and facilitates evidenced-based research into specialized areas of nursing. Utilize the expertise of a practitioner to incorporate nursing processes into the plan of care for a specialized group of patients. Perform as a unit educator while maintaining clinical skills by performing as a clinical instructor for students from the CON on home unit and/or assisting in staffing on unit. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies, procedures and guidelines. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

Detailed Responsibilities

• LEAD - Provide educational leadership to enhance specialized patient care within clinical protocols
• INITIATE - Initiate unit-based strategies for developing clinical skills through the master clinician, master preceptor model
• PERFORM - Perform as a unit educator while maintaining clinical skills by performing as a clinical instructor for students from the CON on home unit and/or assisting in staffing on unit
• PLAN - Develop patient plans of care incorporating evidenced-based research and national standards
• CONSULTS - Consult with and serve as a clinical resource for the multidisciplinary team to ensure quality patient care
• EDUCATE - Educate appropriate staff in the use of new equipment, supplies, and instruments for their service; coordinates in-service training/workshops for appropriate staff
• ASSIST - Assist patient and caregivers with educational needs, problem solving, and health management aspects across the continuum of care
• COLLABORATE - Collaborate with the Clinical Educator as well as the Clinical Nurse Specialist, Specialty RN, or Unit Director to plan and implement pertinent curricula
• MONITOR - Monitor trends and implement educational strategies to ensure quality standards and parameters are achieved
• PATIENT CARE - Deliver safe direct care to an assigned group of patients, providing specialized patient care within nursing protocols and assisting the admission, transfer and discharge process performing all RN nursing duties
• DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
• PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
• PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"
• MEDICATION - Administer medication, including IV medication, via the Seven Rights; document and communicate clinical findings
• PATIENT CARE - Write treatment plans; coordinate patient drug and procedure activities; administer medication and treatment; provide and coordinate nursing care of assigned patients; may facilitate group therapy and/or education sessions

Qualifications

Education

• Essential: Bachelor's Degree
• Nonessential: Master's Degree
• Education specialization: Essential: BSN or MSN
• Education specialization: Nonessential: Nursing

Experience

• Essential: 18 months directly related experience
• Nonessential: Bilingual English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo 3 years directly related experience

Credentials

• Essential: CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days
• Essential: RN in NM or as allowed by reciprocal agreement by NM
• Essential: Instructor in Unit-Required Certifications w/in 90 Days
• Nonessential: Current Instructor in BLS, ACLS, NRP or other instruct cert
• Credential equivalent experience: Essential: Instructor in Unit-Required Certifications or obtained within one year of position (BLS, ILS, NRP, PALS, ACLS, TNCC, etc)

Physical Conditions

Heavy Work: Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects or people. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.

Working conditions

• Essential: Sig Hazard: Chemicals, Bio Hazardous Materials req PPE
• Essential: Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required

Sign-On Bonus Available

Relocation Assistance Available