Clinical Nurse Educator, Intensive Care
Company: ECHN
Location: Manchester
Posted on: October 16, 2024
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Job Description:
NEW HIRE SIGN ON BONUS ELIGIBLE POSITION! - $8K POSITION
SUMMARY: Provides clinical expertise, education, consultation,
leadership and research in selected clinical areas to benefit
patients, staff and the organization. Promotes compliance with
regulations by working with ECHN staff to develop practices that
are relevant and compliant. Facilitates project teams as well as
organizational department efforts to improve systems and process
within ECHN. # EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION: Must be a graduate of an
accredited School of Nursing and hold and maintain current a
Registered Nurse license in the State of Connecticut. Must hold a
BSN from an accredited University. Master#s Degree in Nursing
Preferred # matriculation required after one year in position. BLS
certified and Certification as an instructor in Basic Cardiac Life
Support within one year in position. Basic certification in area of
specialty is preferred:# Education/Critical Care Nursing #
EXPERIENCE: Must have at least five (5) years or more of
progressive experience in clinical practice, nursing education,
and/or nursing management in an acute care setting.## #
COMPETENCIES: Strong leadership skills, attention to detail and
excellent communication skills. Ability to maintain
confidentiality. Maintains clinical competency for area of
assignment. # ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES: # Disclaimer:
Job descriptions are not intended, nor should they be construed to
be, exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or
working conditions associated with the job.# They are intended to
be accurate reflections of the principal duties and
responsibilities of this position.# These responsibilities and
competencies listed below may change from time to time. # Nurse
Educator Provides educational leadership to direct care providers
to enhance specialized patient care within the Intensive Care
Units, Step Down Units. Assesses the quality of care for a specific
patient population. Creates an environment of nursing excellence in
which high quality care can be provided. Coordinates and implements
orientation of nursing staff.# Collaborates to develop
individualized orientation programs and monitors orientee#s
progress.# Collaborates with Nurse Manager to address orientee
concerns/problems.# Ensures accurate completion of orientation
paperwork. Collaborates with medical providers, patient care staff,
and unit management in the planning, implementation, and delivery
of educational curricula. Plans and implements annual competencies
through collaboration with the Nurse Manager and Medical providers.
Assists with documenting staff completion of nursing competencies.
Monitors trends and implements educational strategies to ensure
compliance with quality standards and parameters. Uses a
comprehensive approach, a high level of discriminative judgment,
advanced knowledge, and expert skill to identify problems and
issues that interfere with patient care and that may require
intervention. Provides clinical practice interventions that result
in improvements in clinical outcomes, patient /family satisfaction,
resource allocation, staff knowledge and skills, health care team
collaboration, and organizational efficiency Collaborates with
members of the healthcare team to develop standards of care,
clinical procedures, or quality improvement plans.# Implementation
and adherence are evaluated to compare outcomes, refine guidelines,
improve clinical management and further promote consistent
adherence.# Participates in system evaluation of technology and its
impact on patients and resources Acts as an expert resource that
provides pertinent information which enables nurses and others to
make decisions based on a wide range of relevant and appropriate
alternatives. Supports the Clinical team in their ability to care
for this patient population. Participates in both formal and
informal teaching and coaching of staff nurses, graduate nursing
students, other healthcare professionals and patients/ families.
Demonstrates commitment to career development and professional
practice of self and staff. Fosters a spirit of inquiry by
documenting problems to determine research needs or by generating
or refining identified research problems. Interprets and applies
research findings. Analyzes and evaluates the appropriateness of
research and applies research findings to advance clinical practice
and patient care delivery. Evaluates outcomes. Collaborates with
nurses, nurse educators, physicians, and other healthcare providers
and patients and their families to result in teambuilding,
synergism, and integrative solutions. Acts as positive role model
for nurses demonstrating practical integration of theory and
evidenced based practice. Utilizes evidence based practice in
clinical procedures, administrative policies and educational
materials for patients, staff and others. Acts as a change agent to
provide a link between a variety of resources and staff and asserts
clinical and professional leadership in the practice setting or
healthcare system, in health care policy and delivery decisions, or
in the administration of direct care programs. Acts as a
knowledgeable, strong, risk taking nurse leader. Conveys a strong
sense of staff advocacy and support. #MPECHN
Keywords: ECHN, New England , Clinical Nurse Educator, Intensive Care, Healthcare , Manchester, Northeast
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