Educator: Nurse

Mediclinic; Durban; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Mediclinic is seeking an Educator to deliver Higher Education and Training programmes for students and staff, ensuring competence as independent healthcare practitioners. The role involves classroom and practical staff training across Mediclinic facilities.

Essentially, you will design materials, coordinate student processes, and facilitate both theoretical and clinical learning while ensuring compliance with relevant standards.

Qualifications

• Professional Nurse qualification and nursing education training are essential.
• Postgraduate diplomas enhance educator capabilities in higher education and clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with Higher Education & Training and American Heart Association (AHA) standards.
• Design and assess learning materials and interventions.
• Facilitate the learning process, incl. theoretical and clinical facilitation.
• Coordinate and administer student-related processes.

Skills

Adult Learning Principles

Instructional Design (ADDIE)

Kirkpatrick levels

Bloom's Taxonomy

Group facilitation

Workplace assessment

Compilation procedures

Learning quality management

Mentoring

Training needs analysis

Education legislation

MS Office

Scholarly skills

Moderation

Policies & Procedures

Education

Professional Nurse

Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Education (Nurse Educators)

Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Speciality (if appointed as a specialist nurse educator)

Master’s degree in nursing (Nurse Educators, if appointed as a specialist nurse educator)

Tools

None

Job description

Mediclinic is an international private healthcare services group, founded in South Africa in 1983, with divisions in Switzerland, Southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia) and the United Arab Emirates.

The Group is focused on providing specialist-orientated, multidisciplinary services across the continuum of care in such a way that the Group will be regarded as the most respected and trusted provider of healthcare services by patients, medical practitioners, funders and regulators of healthcare in each of its markets.

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

The Educator presents and facilitates Higher Education and Training programmes and courses for Mediclinic students and employees to acquire competence as independent healthcare practitioners. They provide both classroom and practical staff training.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

• Ensure compliance with Higher Education & Training and American Heart Association (AHA) standards
• Design and assess learning materials and interventions
• Facilitate the learning process, incl. theoretical and clinical facilitation
• Coordinate and administer student‑related processes

Required Education

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION

Professional Nurse

Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Education (Nurse Educators)

DESIRED EDUCATION

Postgraduate Diploma in a Nursing Speciality, e.g. Critical Care Nursing (if appointed as a specialist nurse educator)

Master’s degree in nursing (Nurse Educators , if appointed as a specialist nurse educator

Required Experience

ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

5 years’ experience as a Professional Nurse / Paramedic

Desired Experience

N/A

Required Job Skills And Knowledge

• Mediclinic Training, Emergency Medical Care and Nursing Policies and Procedures
• Adult Learning Principles
• Instructional Design (ADDIE model) and the application thereof
• Kirk Patrick levels of evaluation
• Bloom's Taxonomy of assessment and evaluation
• Nursing and Emergency Medical Care Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
• Group facilitation tools, techniques and best practices
• Workplace assessment
• Demonstrate competence in compilation procedures
• Understanding of learning and development quality management
• Mentoring and coaching
• Training needs analysis, design and evaluation (including curricula development)
• Education and Training legislation and other relevant healthcare-related legislation and its application within Mediclinic training environment
• Computer Skills (MS Office suite)
• Scholarly skills
• Moderation