RN Educator

Job Summary

Demonstrates through behavior Decatur Morgan Hospital’s mission, vision and values. Additionally, the nurse educator provides support to all Decatur Morgan Hospital Nursing Services employees by identifying needs for education, preparing and presenting education activities and evaluating the effectiveness of Nursing Resources activities and outcomes. Serves as a resource to all Nursing Services staff.

Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions

• Assess learning needs, plan, implement, and evaluate programs for staff development
• Analyze practice and standards to identify gaps and design educational initiatives to improve care
• Identifies educational needs and coordinates unit-based educational activities.
• Facilitates staff competency assessment ongoing and at a minimum, annually, to include but is not limited to BLS renewal, annual clinical competencies, and MOAB training
• Responsibly and accurately document education activities meeting hospital policy and accreditation processes
• Assist Human Resources in the recruitment and retention efforts for nursing
• Consistently apply principles of leadership in all inter-personal relationships
• Support hospital wide activities
• Maintains a working relationship with the local schools of nursing; serves as a liaison for planning learning opportunities for students. Oversees the shadowing program, clinical rotations, and preceptorships.
• Participate in hospital committees
• Coordinate, plan, and teach new employees through an organized orientation program.
• Other duties as assigned

Demonstrates through behavior Decatur Morgan Hospital’s mission, vision and values. Additionally, the nurse educator provides support to all Decatur Morgan Hospital Nursing Services employees by identifying needs for education, preparing and presenting education activities and evaluating the effectiveness of Nursing Resources activities and outcomes. Serves as a resource to all Nursing Services staff.

Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions

• Assess learning needs, plan, implement, and evaluate programs for staff development
• Analyze practice and standards to identify gaps and design educational initiatives to improve care
• Identifies educational needs and coordinates unit-based educational activities.
• Facilitates staff competency assessment ongoing and at a minimum, annually, to include but is not limited to BLS renewal, annual clinical competencies, and MOAB training
• Responsibly and accurately document education activities meeting hospital policy and accreditation processes
• Assist Human Resources in the recruitment and retention efforts for nursing
• Consistently apply principles of leadership in all inter-personal relationships
• Support hospital wide activities
• Maintains a working relationship with the local schools of nursing; serves as a liaison for planning learning opportunities for students. Oversees the shadowing program, clinical rotations, and preceptorships.
• Participate in hospital committees
• Coordinate, plan, and teach new employees through an organized orientation program.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Experience

Required:

• Uses common sense and special medical skills to care for the sick
• Understands technical information from reference books, manuals, educational journals etc.
• Uses eyes, ears, hands and fingers with skill
• Communicates with people
• Change from one duty to another frequently
• Follow and/or give precise instructions
• Records and interprets information accurately
• Demonstrates teaching skill / ability
• Current in BLS Instructor