RN - Nursing Education Coordinator

Overview

Employment Type: Full time

Shift: Day Shift

Description: Posting

An Opportunity to Join our Remarkable Care Team in the Nursing Administration Department awaits YOU!!!!

Trinity Health Livonia is one of the nation's top healthcare service providers, spanning five counties in Southeastern Michigan. SJMHS represents more than 2,700 physicians and 14,000 nurses and staff, and includes 5 Hospitals, 5 Outpatient Health Centers, 8 Urgent Care Facilities, and over 25 Specialty Centers. Saint Joseph Mercy Health System is part of Trinity Health, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation, serving communities in 21 states with 86 hospitals, 128 continuing care facilities and home health and hospice programs.

Trinity Health Livonia Hospital
is a 304-bed acute care hospital located in Livonia, MI, offering services across emergency, medicine, surgery, rehabilitation, ICU, cancer, cardiology, geriatrics and women’s health. Trinity Health Livonia continues to expand to provide quality health and medical services. Trinity Health Livonia has received awards recognizing excellence in clinical outcomes, patient safety, financial performance and efficiency.

The Nursing Education Coordinator cultivates an environment of lifelong learning by supporting the development of effective quality, innovative, creative, and engaging continuing education activities, implementing evidence-based practice innovations, and continuously evaluating learning needs and/or practice changes. Supports a shared leadership philosophy and the professional practice model for patient care services.

• Functions as a role model in a clinical specialty and maintains current knowledge and competency in nursing professional and development practice
• Excellent project management skills, able to take projects through to completion
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, fostering collaborative relationships with physicians, nurses, healthcare team members and leadership
• Collects data and information related to educational needs and other pertinent situations
• Analyzes issues, trends, and supporting data to determine educational needs of individuals, organizations and communities
• Identifies target audience, purpose, objectives, and outcomes for each learning activity
• Establishes plans describing strategies, alternatives, and resources to achieve outcomes
• Ensures that educational activities are implemented and conducts comprehensive evaluations
• Coordinates educational initiatives and activities
• Employs strategies to promote positive learning and practice environments
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes and improves nursing professional practice
• Designs, develops, and evaluates programs for new nurse orientation and ongoing professional education for staff
• Assists in the implementation/in-service of new products and equipment
• Participates in ongoing quality monitoring, policy review, and process improvement related to nursing and development
• Establishes collegial partnerships contributing to professional development of peers and staff
• Serves as a resource to managers and staff for educational needs; can flex work hours as needed
• Considers safety, effectiveness, and cost in relation to professional development activities
• Contributes to the positive image of nursing and enhances the culture of the organization by modeling professional behavior
• Exhibits caring principles as outlined in the professional practice Model of Care
• Present unfamiliar detailed information in a comprehensible way; works with little direction while coordinating with physicians, nursing, and/or committees
• Reads, analyzes, and interprets professional journals and regulatory resources; ability to write reports, policies and procedures
• Ability to make timely and effective decisions and take initiative in ambiguity
• Performs other duties as assigned

• Education
• Graduation from an accredited Nursing Program; BSN required
• Master’s preferred
• Licensure/Credentials
• Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan
• Certification in clinical specialty or educational area completed or active…