Clinical Nurse Educator - Medical, Surgical Nursing

Clinical Nurse Educator – Medical, Surgical Nursing

2 days ago. Be among the first 25 applicants.

Location Detail: MMH-71 Haynes Street (10627)

Work where every moment matters.

Every day, over 40,000 Hartford Health Care colleagues come to work with one thing in common:
Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network as a Clinical Nurse Educator.

The Greater Manchester Region has approximately 2,500 employees. It includes Manchester Memorial Hospital, a 249-bed community hospital, Rockville General, a campus of Manchester Memorial Hospital, a 102-bed facility, a large multispecialty provider group and visiting nurse services. The Greater Manchester Region serves a region of 300,000 people in 19 towns.

Provides clinical expertise, education, consultation, leadership, and research in selected clinical areas to benefit patients, staff, and the organization. Serves as a resource to staff and management. Allocates available resources to promote efficient, effective, and compassionate patient care throughout the organization. Facilitates the development of collegial relationships. Visible, accessible, and committed to communicating effectively with staff. Promotes the profession of nursing and professional practice.

Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.

• 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.
• Must have certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support upon hire or receive certification within the new employee introductory orientation period and maintain clinical competency during employment within this role.
• Basic certification in area of specialty is preferred:
  Nursing/Education.

• 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.
• Three (3) years of Behavioral Health experience required.

• Maintains clinical competency required for area of assignment.
• Must be able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Basic Computer skills are necessary.

• Participates in regular or episodic high quality, competent direct patient care in area of expertise. Assesses the quality of care for a specific patient population. Creates an environment 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.
• Coordinates and implements continuing education for Nursing Staff. Develops programs to ensure that educational standards are met.
• Plans and implements annual Nursing competencies through collaboration with the Nurse Manager and Medical providers. Assists with documenting staff completion of nursing competencies.
• 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.
• Provides indirect patient care through delegation and guidance to staff nurses and collaboration 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…