Clinical Nurse Educator, Pediatric ICU - PRN

Overview

Job Title: Clinical Nurse Educator

Departments: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Neurology, and Pediatric Med/Surg (Comer
5) at UChicago Medicine

Location: Hyde Park

A Clinical Nurse Educator is a registered nurse (RN) with educational experience whose focus is on staff development and nursing education. This nurse is an educator, consultant, role model, staff/patient advocate, change agent, leader and cost-effective professional. In collaboration with nursing leadership, the Clinical Nurse Educator designs, develops, implements, and evaluates a variety of educational offerings to improve nursing care and clinical/organizational outcomes.

The Clinical Nurse Educator elevates the standard of professional nursing practice by developing, coaching and mentoring staff to become expert clinicians and leaders.

• Assesses the education needs of employees within area of responsibility.
• Utilizes standardized and develops customized assessment tools and testing methodologies to measure staff knowledge and skill in core nursing practices and within specialty areas.
• Interprets the medical center’s strategic imperatives, policies, guidelines, and other internal demands to design education that supports these strategic goals and key objectives.
• Plans and designs a variety of educational activities based on the needs assessment.
• Collaborates with key staff to develop a comprehensive annual educational calendar.
• Designs specialty-based orientations for clinical staff.
• Designs in-services and continuing education programs for staff.
• Fosters a cultural environment that promotes learning.
• Evaluates all learning activities using objective performance criteria and recommends corresponding changes in education plans.
• Participates and collaborates with nursing leadership in quality, research and scholarly activities and develops grant proposals as appropriate.
• Researches available funding sources and submits funding proposals to implement support and expand new or existing programs to meet educational needs.
• Participates on departmental and hospital committees.
• Participates in seminars, workshops, and/or for-credit courses in area of professional interest and work responsibility.

• BSN required
• Current RN Illinois license
• Minimum requirement of three years of clinical practice
• Knowledge and previous application of adult learning principles
• Demonstrated leadership skills evidenced by serving as a charge nurse, preceptor, or episodic teacher
• Demonstrates complex decision-making skills and problem-solving ability

• Certification as Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) strongly preferred; required to achieve within 18 months if not currently CNE
• Master of Science in Nursing or related education field preferred
• Previous experience in a role as an educator preferred
• Previous experience working within multidisciplinary teams or nursing leadership committees preferred

• Job Type/FTE:
  Registry (0.3 FTE)
• Shift: Day, 10 hour days
• Unit/Department:
  Pediatrics Care Center
• CBA Code:
  Non-Union

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