Clinical Educator - Comprehensive Cardiac Unit
- Clinical and Organizational Development
- Chicago (Lincoln Park)
- Full time
- Days
Position
Summary:
Fosters a learning environment
and coordinates educational activities to achieve and advance the clinical
competency and professional development of patient care staff.
Essential Job Functions:
- Coordinates area orientation designed to achieve the
clinical competency of staff. Assesses clinical reasoning skills of staff and
provides learning opportunities to advance clinical competencies, critical
thinking, and decision-making skills of staff.
- Fosters interdisciplinary learning opportunities with
the delivery of patient care and fosters staff decision-making in the context
of the healthcare continuum.
- Fosters the development of leadership, teamwork, and
customer service skills. Assesses the learning needs of staff and reviews
performance improvement data to provide educational activities which meet the
needs of staff and achieve expected family care outcomes.
- Employs a variety of interactive teaching strategies.
- Evaluates the outcomes of orientation and educational
activities in collaboration with staff, clinical, administrative and
educational leaders. Revises learning activities based on results of
evaluation.
- Serves as a clinical resource for patient care staff.
Mentors and actively facilitates the clinical and professional advancement of
staff. Coaches orientees and guides staff to appropriate resources to achieve
performance expectations.
- Serves as a role model and facilitates research and
scholarly activities. Links staff to expert sources of knowledge. Actively
fosters staff utilization of research findings in clinical practice.
- Provides consultation to leadership regarding systems
for clinical competency and ongoing professional development of staff.
Participates in the development and attainment of goals and objectives.
- Maintains the documentation and record keeping system
in compliance with organizational and external agency requirements.
- Participates in outreach education to advance
pediatric clinical practice in the professional community.
- Performs job functions adhering to service principles with customer
service focus of innovation, service excellence and teamwork to provide the
highest quality care and service to our patients, families, co-workers and
others.
FTE status: FT-80
Requirements
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A Bachelor of Science or Arts degree required. Master’s degree in area of clinical
specialization and/or education preferred. Licensed in area of clinical
practice.
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Must be a licensed Registered Nurse in the state of
Illinois.
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Three or more years of clinical experience
preferred.
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Possesses effective teaching skills.
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Ability to physically immobilize children if necessary.
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Ability to assess and respond quickly to patient care
situations. Ability to
effectively communicate with patients, families, physicians, and hospital
staff. Ability to operate and
move audio/visual equipment from location to
location.