Clinical Educator - ICU- FT- Days@LHAAMC

<p><strong>Position Objective:</strong></p><p>Promotes the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective health care through the provision of expert clinical education. Collaborates with the leadership team in the planning and implementation of organizational and departmental goals. Creates a climate of innovation through role modeling, consultation, research, and facilitation of learning in collaboration with the clinical education team, unit specific leadership, and department staff.</p><p><strong>Essential Job Duties:</strong></p><p>Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.</p><ol><li>Provides education to staff on regulatory standards and compliance, current clinical practice issues, and safety standards</li><li>Coordinates, facilitates, and evaluates the orientation process for new unit staff.</li><li>Participates in processes to determine unit competencies and to assure competence of staff. Collaborates with other departments and nursing areas to ensure consistency and to avoid duplication.</li><li>Participates in unit-specific and hospital-wide quality improvement activities, actively participates in the activities of the Clinical Education Council.</li><li>Maintains staff education tracking records.</li><li>Collaborates with the Clinical Director and Unit Leadership in the area of specialty to achieve departmental and organizational goals.</li><li>Attends on-going educational opportunities that support best-practice initiatives and provides summary presentations to applicable groups within the organization.</li><li>Participates in the evaluation and interview of job candidates and makes recommendations regarding appropriate fit for organization and specific unit.</li><li>Participates in staff performance evaluations and develops individual educational plans to facilitate staff competency and performance.</li><li>Encourages staff participation in seminars, meetings, in-services, and shared governance activities. Offers guidance to staff in pursuit of continued professional development.</li></ol><p><strong>Educational/Experience Requirements:</strong></p><ul><li>Minimum education level - Bachelor`s Degree in Nursing.</li><li>Master`s Degree in Nursing preferred.</li><li>Minimum of three years as a Registered Nurse in a care setting applicable to the service or initiative.</li><li>Demonstrated experience in nursing staff development or nursing leadership with knowledge of nursing staff development theory or principles of adult education required.</li><li>Outside applicants seeking a Clinical Educator position must be able to demonstrate that they have met the required criteria at previous empl