Clinical Educator, Registered Nurse - Part Time (.FTE

Position: Clinical Educator, Registered Nurse - Part Time (.5 FTE)

Location: Mason, OH

Job : 1688

# of Openings: 1

FTE: .5 (20 hours per week)

Shift: Days

Req: 1688

The Lindner Center of Hope is a nonprofit, comprehensive mental health center and global leader offering state‑of‑the‑science diagnosis and treatment of the most pervasive mental illnesses of our time.

• One of the first centers designed as a fully integrated system of care to address deficiencies in mental health care as identified by the Institute of Medicine.
• Innovative residential assessment, inpatient and outpatient programs in partnership with UC Health serving more than 54,660 patients from around the world.
• A leader in research and collaborations that are advancing the field and positioning Cincinnati as a national leader in mental health care.

We embrace the many talents, skills, and experiences our employees bring to Lindner Center of Hope. Everyone is encouraged to use their unique gifts to express ideas, make meaningful contributions to our programs and genuine connections with patients and family, as well as strengthen donor, referrer and community relations.

At Lindner Center of Hope, you’ll have the opportunity for a consistently rewarding career, working for an organization that shares your desire and ability to make a demonstrable difference in the lives of people living with mental illness.

This position functions as the theory-based nurse and clinical expert. Collaborates with staff on complex patients. Serves as educator, consultant, and researcher.

• Implements advanced practice through collaboration with the clinical and the leadership team
• Identifies changes that should be made in nursing practice using an evidence-based approach. Continually investigates methods for improving patient care.
• Collaborates with members of the interdisciplinary team as a consultant
  • Serves as a resource for other members of the interdisciplinary team related to provision of care
  • Works jointly to solve problems
  • Offers ongoing evaluation of nursing practice
  • Utilizes advanced knowledge and skills to support staff practice by role modeling and providing patient advocacy
• Provides educational offerings for staff development and continuous learning
• Provides an appropriate climate for learning and facilitates the adult learning process by developing, planning, and presenting educational activities and directly or indirectly fostering the development of competence in the staff
• Provides ongoing evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of the educational activities to ensure that they maintain and enhance professional development
• Collaborates with leadership to assess the learning needs of the staff
• Designs and implements comprehensive clinical orientation plan
• Identifies, develops, and implements opportunities for continuous learning
• Uses care situations to teach staff principles and interventions
• Facilitates evidence based interdisciplinary care
  • Interprets and applies current research findings into practice
  • Initiates and/or assists in developing standards for patient care
  • Assists in the identification of indicators for study
  • Participates in the design and implementation of population appropriate clinical research topics
  • Reports findings from professional literature and conferences
  • Summarizes potential applicability for practice
• Participates in the continuous improvement of the organization through the quality improvement process
  • Compiles reports for quality measurement
  • Conducts risk assessments
  • Completes monitors for assigned indicators
  • Implements actions that result in continuous improvement of quality and compliance
  • Participates in the organization wide quality measures

• Coordinate, manage and develop bi-annual education in-services.
  • Develop and manage interactive learning environment
  • Update learning materials based on evidence-based research and staff needs
  • Follow-up with staff for any remediation needs.
• Continuing Medical Education (CME) Coordinator
  • Complete or renew applications for each regularly scheduled program event
  • Manage all paperwork and applications for one-time events
  • Collect sign‑in sheets…