Unit Based Educator

Receive 17% Weekday Nights, 26% Weekend Nights and 15% Weekend Day shift differentials

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Department: CTH Outpatient Clinic

FTE: 1.00
Full Time
Shift: Days

Position Summary:

• Function as unit educator, master teacher, master preceptor and facilitates evidenced-based research into specialized areas of nursing. Utilize the expertise of a practitioner to incorporate nursing processes into the plan of care for a specialized group of patients. Perform as a unit educator while maintaining clinical skills by performing as a clinical instructor for students from the CON on home unit and/or assisting in staffing on unit.
  
  Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies, procedures and guidelines. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

Detailed responsibilities:

• * LEAD - Provide educational leadership to enhance specialized patient care within clinical protocols
• * INITIATE - Initiate unit-based strategies for developing clinical skills through the master clinician, master preceptor model
• * PERFORM - Perform as a unit educator while maintaining clinical skills by performing as a clinical instructor for students from the CON on home unit and/or assisting in staffing on unit
• * PLAN - Develop patient plans of care incorporating evidenced-based research and national standards
• * CONSULTS - Consult with and serve as a clinical resource for the multidisciplinary team to ensure quality patient care
• * EDUCATE - Educate appropriate staff in the use of new equipment, supplies, and instruments for their service; coordinates in-service training/workshops for appropriate staff
• * ASSIST - Assist patient and caregivers with educational needs, problem solving, and health management aspects across the continuum of care
• * COLLABORATE - Collaborate with the Clinical Educator as well as the Clinical Nurse Specialist, Specialty RN, or Unit Director to plan and implement pertinent curricula
• * MONITOR - Monitor trends and implement educational strategies to ensure quality standards and parameters are achieved
• * PATIENT CARE - Deliver safe direct care to an assigned group of patients, providing specialized patient care within nursing protocols and assisting the admission, transfer and discharge process performing all RN nursing duties
• * DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
• * PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
• * PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• * PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• * PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• * PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"
• * MEDICATION - Administer medication, including IV medication, via the Seven Rights; document and communicate clinical findings
• * PATIENT CARE - Write treatment plans; coordinate patient drug and procedure activities; administer medication and treatment; provide and coordinate nursing care of assigned patients; may facilitate group therapy and/or education sessions

Essential:

• * Bachelor's Degree

Nonessential:

• * Master's Degree

Education specialization:

Essential:

• * BSN or MSN

Nonessential:

• * Nursing

• Essential: 18 months directly related experience
• Nonessential:
  Bilingual English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo 3 years directly related experience

• Essential: CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers within 30 days
• Essential: RN in NM or as allowed by reciprocal agreement by NM
• Essential:
  Instructor in Unit-Required Certifications within 90 Days
• Nonessential:
  Current Instructor in BLS, ACLS, NRP or other instruct cert
• Credential equivalent experience:
  Essential:
  Instructor in Unit-Required Certifications or obtained within one year of position (BLS, ILS, NRP, PALS, ACLS, TNCC, etc)

• Heavy Work:
  Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects or people. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.

• Essential:
  Sig Hazard:
  Chemicals, Bio Hazardous Materials req PPE
• Essential:
  Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required

Sign-On Bonus Available

Relocation Assistance Available