Nurse Educator Jobs

Description
Dignity Health East Valley Rehabilitation Hospital is a joint venture operation and free-standing Post-Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital between Dignity Health and Kindred Healthcare.Our two-story, 58,000-square-foot facility includes a stroke unit, therapy gym and 50 beds to serve patients recovering from significant neurological injury, illness and trauma and similar medical conditions.
Job Summary
Assumes responsibility and accountability for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of education programs including clinical orientation of new employees. Evaluates the effectiveness of the programs and reports findings to leadership and appropriate committees.
Essential Functions
Education RN Job Specific:

• Supports and aligns educational activities with best practice initiatives and hospital's quality improvement process.
• Works at maintaining a good rapport and a cooperative working relationship with physicians, departments and staff.
• In collaboration with hospital leadership and personnel from applicable departments or services, reviews and revises the program to improve outcomes.
• Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates education programs and orientation of staff, students, volunteers and contracted nursing staff.
• Meets all competencies required for registered nurse.
• Partners with CNO and Nurse Manager to promote individual and team accountability for learning.
• Responsible for coordination of CPR training and ensuring staff is compliant with current certifications
• Functions as a resource for new staff as necessary during orientation period and ongoing as demonstrated through feedback tools from employee and preceptor.
• Evaluates educational needs of staff through various methods including QI programs, safety occurrence monitoring, changes in patient population served, and annual needs assessment.
• Uses independent judgement to plan, create, implement and excecute training content and programs.
• Individualizes and coordinates learning opportunities by using multiple strategies based on content, audience and complexity. Applies adult learning principles.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Consistently provides input into individual staff development during the orientation process and on an ongoing basis.
• Demonstrates ability to work collaboratively and lead work groups, committees and individual staff in organized and efficient manor to accomplish expected goals and outcomes.
• Assesses, plans, develops, implements and evaluates ongoing competencies of staff based on need.
• Demonstrates flexibility of schedule and utilizes creative strategies to meet the learning needs of staff on all shifts.
• Along with HR, ensures staff education records are up to date.
• Ensures competency of all preceptors and participates in matching preceptors with new employees.
• Designs individualized orientations based upon specific position and assessment of competency.
• Develops reviews and recommends reference material based upon assessed needs of staff.
• Participates in establishing goals, objectives, policies and procedures for staff development.
• Serves as clinical education resource on current practices and procedures within the hospital.
• Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the hospital, as well as the focus statement of the department.
• Communicates and collaborates with colleagues on developing education standards, plans and initiatives.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience planning, coordinating, evaluating and/or directing educational activities of clinical personnel
• Current state licensure as Registered Nurse.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience as a bedside RN
• Graduation from an accredited Bachelors of Science in Nursing, Associate Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma program. Bachelors or Masters strongly preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• CPR/BCLS certification. ACLS preferred.