Unit-Based Clinical Nurse Educator CCC, PCU, Cath Lab

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Plymouth (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health is seeking a skilled nursing educator to advance evidence-based practice and quality improvement across inpatient and outpatient settings. You will translate complex guidelines into practical curricula and lead targeted educational initiatives that enhance patient outcomes.

In this role, you will design curricula, develop competency-based training, mentor bedside leaders, and collaborate with clinical leaders to implement education programs that support safe,

Responsibilities

• Formulates and raises vital clinical questions and issues clearly and precisely
• Brings practice issues to the attention of others when assistance is needed to facilitate resolution
• Utilizes reliable sources for locating current standards of practice, research, evidence reports and clinical guidelines
• Establishes and maintains a system for assessment of quality nursing care that complies with evolving regulatory agency requirements.
• Uses QI tools and methodologies to assess performance and identify gaps between current unit & best practice related to key clinical outcome measures
• Provides leadership in generating clinical inquiry and critical thinking among staff by developing mechanisms that effectively translate available data into information used by staff for clinical decision making
• Systematically evaluates the quality, cost, and effectiveness of nursing practice through identification of nursing phenomena and/or systems issues appropriate for study.
• Participates in the development and sustainability of standards for professional practice and nursing education programs designed to facilitate high quality patient care.
• Actively builds effective interdisciplinary relationships to assure dialogue around patient care and issues in an effort to enhance evidence based, outcome driven patient care.
• Contributes to the design of a continuing education curriculum that is evidence based and reflects contemporary and innovative nursing practice.
• Creates learning opportunities to expand the evidence based knowledge and skills of nursing staff.
• Fosters improvement in patient care by helping professional staff develop systematic ways of studying and resolving clinical/systems challenges.
• Serves as a resource for interpretation and integration of current policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines into practice within area of nursing expertise.
• Maintains own clinical expertise and practices as an autonomous clinical decision maker within their scope of licensure, certification, and training.
• Assesses individual, unit based, and department educational needs and develops evidence based educational curricula to support accomplishment of annual educational goals
• Collaborates with directors and managers to develop and implement a staff orientation, competency, continuing education and in-service programs that support safe practice.
• Contributes to the formulation of the curricula aimed at supporting the development of bedside team leaders, charge nurses, preceptors, super-users, clinical champions
• Develops and conducts educational programs designed to support and enhance their understanding of the quality improvement process, evidence based practice and its link to enhanced patient care outcomes; servers as a "Nurse Planner" for MARN contact hour programs.
• Incorporates principles of adult learning and multigenerational differences in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of education programs
• Teaches classes related to the care of patients in the practice area directly related to role assignment ensuring that education program materials include culturally appropriate and age specific content.
• Uses instructional materials from various media and formats as appropriate to learning environment
• Assists staff to utilize quality improvement data to drive practice changes and achieve optimal patient outcomes
• Recommends changes in educational goals, priorities, and/or strategies based on evaluation of effectiveness of educational programming using process and outcome data.
• Facilitates the implementation of new health care technology through design of effective training programs and evaluation monitoring.
• Provides educational

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

40hpw; Days w/ off-shift as needed

Duties/Responsibilities

Job Description

• Formulates and raises vital clinical questions and issues clearly and precisely
• Brings practice issues to the attention of others when assistance is needed to facilitate resolution
• Utilizes reliable sources for locating current standards of practice, research, evidence reports and clinical guidelines
• Establishes and maintains a system for assessment of quality nursing care that complies with evolving regulatory agency requirements.
• Uses QI tools and methodologies to assess performance and identify gaps between current unit & best practice related to key clinical outcome measures
• Provides leadership in generating clinical inquiry and critical thinking among staff by developing mechanisms that effectively translate available data, e.g., pathway variances, QI audits, and research findings, into information used by staff for clinical decision making.
• Systematically evaluates the quality, cost, and effectiveness of nursing practice through identification of nursing phenomena and/or systems issues appropriate for study.
• Participates in the development and sustainability of standards for professional practice and nursing education programs designed to facilitate high quality patient care.
• Actively builds effective interdisciplinary relationships to assure dialogue around patient care and issues in an effort to enhance evidence based, outcome driven patient care.
• Contributes to the design of a continuing education curriculum that is evidence based and reflects contemporary and innovative nursing practice.
• Creates learning opportunities to expand the evidence based knowledge and skills of nursing staff.
• Fosters improvement in patient care by helping professional staff develop systematic ways of studying and resolving clinical/systems challenges.
• Serves as a resource for interpretation and integration of current policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines into practice within area of nursing expertise.
• Maintains own clinical expertise and practices as an autonomous clinical decision maker within their scope of licensure, certification, and training.
• Assesses individual, unit based, and department educational needs and develops evidence based educational curricula to support accomplishment of annual educational goals
• Collaborates with directors and managers to develop and implement a staff orientation, competency, continuing education and in-service programs that support safe practice.
• Contributes to the formulation of the curricula aimed at supporting the development of bedside team leaders, charge nurses, preceptors, super-users, clinical champions
• Develops and conducts educational programs designed to support and enhance their understanding of the quality improvement process, evidence based practice and its link to enhanced patient care outcomes; servers as a "Nurse Planner" for MARN contact hour programs.
• Incorporates principles of adult learning and multigenerational differences in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of education programs
• Teaches classes related to the care of patients in the practice area directly related to role assignment ensuring that education program materials include culturally appropriate and age specific content.
• Uses instructional materials from various media and formats as appropriate to learning environment
• Assists staff to utilize quality improvement data to drive practice changes and achieve optimal patient outcomes
• Recommends changes in educational goals, priorities, and/or strategies based on evaluation of effectiveness of educational programming using process and outcome data.
• Facilitates the implementation of new health care technology through design of effective training programs and evaluation monitoring.
• Provides educational