Clinical Nurse Educator

Primary City/State: Four Peaks Medical Center - 1301 S Crismon Rd Mesa, AZ 85209

Category: Educator

Shift: Day

Department: Professional Nursing Education

Part-Time, Days, 20hrs per week

Position to support Four Peaks Labor and Delivery and Couplet Care

BSN required/Masters in Education OR currently enrolled in final year of MSN or M ED Program Preferred

3 Years of experience as a direct patient care RN Required

Great care starts with great people. (Like you.)

At Honor Health, you'll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona's largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to what matters most - caring for the health and well-being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

The Clinical Nurse Educator provides clinical and nursing professional expertise as an educator, leader, consultant, facilitator, change agent and researcher to support the organization in the provision of quality patient care by helping to ensure the clinical competence of nursing staff and foster the delivery of evidence-based nursing practice. The Educator uses evidence-based practices and research that focuses on the knowledge and skills required to care for patients in the assigned areas including quality improvement, safety, and regulatory/accreditation requirements, and outcomes evaluation of programs, projects, education and training.

The Educator collaborates with the leadership team and staff regarding patient care and staff performance issues, participates in setting standards, and maintains knowledge and skills in assigned area(s). The Educator advances and leads educational practices based on the Honor Health Nursing Professional Practice Model, strategic plan and in accordance with the Association of Nursing Professional Development's Scope and Standards of Professional Nursing Practice.

• Transformational Leadership
  • Supports the ongoing development of staff through coaching, mentoring, and role modeling.
  • Approaches work from a systems thinking perspective considering network, service line and/or campus impact of activities.
  • Collaborates with members of leadership team in providing appropriate educational opportunities for licensed and unlicensed personnel.
  • Maintains accountability for independent educator practice, schedule and work produced.
  • Attends and constructively participates in employee education, department meetings and/or in-services as scheduled or directed.
  • Maintains an active rounding practice to "go and see" activities such as training initiatives in process, progress of orientee and preceptor dyads, how skills are applied in the clinical setting.
• Structural Empowerment
  • Completes a continuing education needs assessment using staff surveys, outcome metrics, regulatory standards, and other data for area of assignment then plans, develops, conducts, and evaluates, mandatory and elective education and on-the-job training programs.
  • Conducts follow up assessments to ensure the training meets the employee's needs and that the desired behaviors are being exhibited. Evaluates the impact of educational programs on improving patient care, quality, cost, and experience and communicates findings to stakeholders.
  • Teaches content as needed and/or assigned in formal and informal settings with a focus on improvement of skills and retention of knowledge using appropriate strategies, technologies and adult learning principles.
  • Ensures that educational activities are implemented in a professional and timely manner, adjusts content and teaching strategies appropriate to learner needs, and documents teaching/learning process and outcomes in accordance with standards. Adheres to and supports organizational education recordkeeping policies.
  • Regularly teaches or facilitates new hire orientation, clinical academies, residency, mentor, and preceptor programs which contribute to employee retention and engagement.
  • Serves as an expert consultant for staff in areas of program development, clinical practice, and professional development.
• Exemplary Professional Practice
  • Assists in dissemination of quality measures, educates staff on quality methodology, and implementation of performance improvement activities.
  • Educates staff on patient safety initiatives and facilitates support of organizational strategies to meet expectations of patient safety benchmarks.
  • Executes tasks and behaves in a manner consistent with a culture of compliance, safety and a high reliability organization and adheres to organizational policies and procedures.
  • In collaboration with nursing leadership contributes to and executes on the organization's process for defining, assessing, maintaining, demonstrating, and improving the competence of nursing staff on an ongoing basis linking competencies to unit performance measures or system outcomes.
  • In collaboration with leader(s)…