Unit Based Educator

Jobtome; Albuquerque (NM); Sur place; USD 72 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Sign-On Bonus Available

Relocation Assistance Available

Résumé du poste

Jobtome is seeking a dedicated Nurse Educator for the Operating Room at SRMC in Albuquerque, NM. You will act as unit educator and clinical instructor for CON students, guiding home-unit staffing and adherence to nursing protocols.

The role focuses on patient safety, staff education, and evidence-based practice across neonatal to geriatric care, with opportunities to lead unit-based educational initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• BSN or MSN in nursing preferred.

Responsabilités

• Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols.
• Enhance professional growth through educational programs and workshops.
• Identify and report patient safety concerns, medical errors and near misses.
• Deliver safe direct care to an assigned group of patients across age groups.
• Educate staff in the use of new equipment, supplies, and procedures.

Connaissances

Clinical instruction

Home unit staffing

Educational leadership

Formation

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

BSN or MSN

Description du poste

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: Operating Room - SRMC

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

• PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
• DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
• 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\"
• 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
• 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
• ASSIST - Assist patient and caregivers with educational needs, problem solving, and health management aspects across the continuum of care
• MONITOR - Monitor trends and implement educational strategies to ensure quality standards and parameters are achieved
• COLLABORATE - Collaborate with the Clinical Educator as well as the Clinical Nurse Specialist, Specialty RN, or Unit Director to plan and implement pertinent curricula
• 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
• EDUCATE - Educate appropriate staff in the use of new equipment, supplies, and instruments for their service; coordinates in-servicetraining/workshops for appropriate staff
• 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

Education

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

Experience

• Essential: 18 months directly related experience
• Nonessential: Bilingual English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo3 years directly related experience2 years specialty area 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: Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification w/in 6 months
• Essential: Basic Arrhythmia Cert w/in 1 year
• Nonessential: Current Instructor in BLS, ACLS, NRP or other instruct cert

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

Department: Registered Nurse