Clinical Educator, Outpatient Surgery

Department:

70101 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center - Surgery Center: Winston Salem

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Varies

Join our team at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist as a Clinical Educator for Outpatient Surgery! In this pivotal role within our Outpatient Surgical Services team, you'll drive nursing excellence, foster professional development, and make a lasting impact on both our care teams and the patients we serve.

Position Highlights:

• Schedule: Full-time, Monday-Friday, standard business hours. Schedule may vary based on operational needs.
• Location: This is a regional role that will oversee the education of Surgical Services nursing staff across multiple outpatient surgery clinics in the Wake region.

What We Offer:

• Day 1 Health Coverage:Choose from either copay or HSA-eligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work.
• Education Assistance:We invest in your professional growth, offering up to $2,500 per year towards a bachelor's degree and up to $5,000 per year towards a graduate degree.
• Retirement:Up to 7% employer-paid contributions to your retirement fund.
• Wellness:Access LiveWell incentives to earn rewards for physical, financial, and personal well-being.

Job Summary: The Clinical Educator coordinates and conducts education for nursing staff, which will enhance quality and safe patient care. Responsible for ensuring nursing staff within the service line units are educated to assess and identify patient care needs for assigned patients. Education is provided based on unit/patient needs and includes but is not limited to service line academies, skill-based competency, equipment use expertise, and/or clinical assessment competency. Collaborates with Director of Clinical and Life Support Education, Manager of Clinical and Life Support Education, Directors of Nursing, and Nurse managers to provide learning sessions to enhance staff knowledge and competency in the management of cost effective/clinically effective complex patient and family centered care.

What You'll Need:

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required;BSN required, five years clinical experience in area of interest required.
• Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina. BCLS required. National certification in specialty preferred, encouraged to obtain within one year of hire.

What You'll Do:

1. Teach and demonstrate proficiency in patient physical assessment skills, patient care and nursing skills (i.e. mobility, respiratory care, nutrition, pain management, oral care, preventing infection, lift equipment, vital sign monitoring equipment).
2. Reinforce policies and procedures, protocols and guidelines with nursing staff.
3. Coordinate nursing centered rounds and bedside reporting in conjunction with the Nurse Manager/Administrator with an ability to phase in multidisciplinary rounds'
4. Provide service line specific unit educational programs in collaboration with preceptors and Nursing Practice Development Specialist (NPDS) in class settings, informal on-site settings. Monitor compliance and attendance rosters.
5. Ensure the quality of professional services by demonstrating and maintaining competency through updating knowledge and skills and continuing professional growth.
6. Communicate in an effective, positive, and professional manner role modeling behaviors associated with Wake Forest Baptist Health Behavioral expectations.
7. Collaborate with site based Administrator, nurse manager, assistant nurse manager, preceptors and NPDS to design, implement, and evaluate the nursing unit's orientation and annual needs assessment education plan.
8. Create and maintain a safe and therapeutic environment for patients, self, co-workers, and facility including assisting in teaching interpretation of and developing strategies to address nurse sensitive indicators and performance improvement.
9. Support provision of age/developmentally appropriate patient care in accordance with Age/Developmental Specific Care Guidelines for