Women Services Clinical Nurse Educator

Position Title: Clinical Nurse Educator             Position Code: Educator-6024
Department: Women’s Services               Safety Sensitive:    ☒  Yes   ☐  No
Reports to: Department Director               Exempt Status:    ☐  Yes   ☒  No   
                  
Position Purpose:
All KHI employees are expected to perform their respective tasks and duties in such a way that supports KHI’s vision to be among the kindest, highest quality health systems in the country.
Serves as an educational and informational resource for all staff while proactively involved with continuous process improvement and supporting a positive, respectful, and professional working environment for all.

Adheres to all areas of the KHI Behavioral Expectations Agreement and Social Media Guidelines; Supports/embraces KHI’s Mission, Vision, and values, as well as promote a positive image of KHI; Acts as a role model to staff; Maintains patient and staff confidentiality; Maintains a professional appearance and manner at all times; Supports a healthy work environment through skilled communication, true collaboration, effective decision making, appropriate staffing and meaningful recognition.  

All care is provided with kindness and compassion.

Key Responsibilities
Works under the direction of the Director of Education and the Chief Nursing Officer to provide continuing clinical education to staff. Strives to provide excellent service with compassion, tact, cheerfulness, accuracy, patience, flexibility in scheduling, calmness in emergency, and ability to work well with all team members. Receives and applies feedback from peers and superiors. Assists with orientation and training of staff as requested. Must be able to perform, and educate to, all the key responsibilities listed in the Registered Nurse position description, for the areas assigned.

Standard 1.   
BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS:
1.   Adheres to all areas of KHI Behavioral Expectations Agreement to include principles of courtesy, respect/privacy, communication, responsiveness, and teamwork.
2.   Embraces KHI Missions, Vision and Values.
3.   Models behaviors that reflect affiliations with professional organizations as well as the community.

Standard 2.   
SAFE PRACTICE AND ENVIRONMENT:
1.   Facilitates staff in-patient education endeavors.
2.   Integrates and reinforces key aspects of patient safety into orientation programs, education programs, and work environment.
3.   Facilitates and promotes culturally sensitive patient education information.
4.   Assists in coordinating the annual KHI Safety Fair.
5.   Maintains clinical competence in area of specialty.
6.   Participates in the development and implementation of education information and materials for discharge planning and for teaching health care consumers.
Standard 3.   
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT:
1.   Demonstrates active participation in the professional development of nursing staff through competency management.
2.   Assesses educational needs and facilitates educational sessions/programs for nursing staff related to:
a.   Clinical practice
b.   New products/equipment
c.   National patient safety goals/core measures.
3.   Assists in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of new strategies to improve the delivery of nursing care.
4.   Participates in quality improvement activities specific to assigned clinical areas as requested.
5.   Participates as an active member on one of the Nursing Shared Leadership Councils.

Standard 4.   
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT:

1.   Implements and facilitates clinical based orientation for new nursing staff for assigned areas.
2.   Collaborates in the ongoing evaluation of nursing orientation curriculum and content.
3.   Assists in identifying educational needs of all nursing staff in assigned areas.
4.   Initiates and coordinates clinically based hospital education specific to assigned areas.
5.   Conducts educational programs to meet competency assessment requirements in conformance with departmental objectives and regulatory standards.

Standard 5.   
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT:
1.   Exercises confidentiality documentation regarding patients, staff, and personnel.
2.   Provides on-going education of clinical documentation processes.
3.   Utilizes current, appropriate technology as a tool to support staff education.
4.   Selects, modifies, and presents information that is based on the learner’s ability, so it is easily understood by the learner.

Standard 6.   
PROVISION OF CARE – CLINICAL PRACTICE
1.   Ensures educational activities are congruent with KHI’s mission, vision, values, strategic goals, and priorities.
2.   Facilitates the adult learning process by developing, planning, and presenting educational activities that directly or indirectly foster the development of s