Advanced Practice Educator - Full Time

APP Educator

The APP Educator is a licensed Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with System-wide Professional Development responsibilities. S/he demonstrates understanding of APP role at "top-of-license" and serves as a clinical resource and role model within his/her area of expertise. The APP Educator fulfills his/her organizational functions according to the Professional Development (PD) roles of learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, advocate for PD specialty, and partner for practice transitions.

The APP Educator carries out these responsibilities in alignment with the current Professional Development Scope & Standards of Practice and utilizing the nursing process as applied to the specialty (assessment, learning needs and outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation).

Performs roles and responsibilities/duties in accordance with the Mission, Vision, and Goals of UHealth.

Caring Science

Promotes a culture of caring and compassion, Caring Science, and implementation of Caritas Processes® in advanced practice; fosters teamwork and actively contributes to the successful accomplishment of the facility's goals and mission.

Is respectful of individual staff's spiritual beliefs and practices. Creates an environment for the staff that helps them support the patients physically and spiritually. Establishes a helping-trusting relationship with the staff. Responds to each staff member as a whole person, supporting their needs and concerns. Encourages staff to speak honestly about their feelings. Supports the APP to be accepting and supportive of patient beliefs regarding a higher power if they believe it allows healing.

Mentors APPs to conduct activities that meet developing competencies, precepting new staff, receiving appreciation or recognition letter and/or participating in a medical mission.

Learning Facilitator:

Uses the educational design process to bridge the knowledge, skills, and/or practice gaps identified through needs assessments and environmental scanning.

Teaches needed information for self-care and illness prevention. Adjusts information and expectations based on responses from staff, leadership, colleagues, and cultural variations while addressing and meeting the needs of any language barriers that may be present.

Teaches other staff members both incidentally and/or through formal roles such as preceptor or super-user.

Collaborates with practitioners, leaders, nurses and educators, across departments to integrate the plan of care for a specialized group of patients, while adhering to regulatory, accreditation, specialty standards, and related UHealth policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Change Agent:

Actively works to transform processes at various levels through inspiration, initiative, adoption, and sustainment of, and adaptation to change, using performance improvement processes.

Serves as Resource when needed. Initiates system-wide education projects with significant impact on patient care, expense reduction, safety and/or patient experience.

Rapidly grasps problem situations and responds quickly and appropriately. Identifies the need for and activates emergency protocols.

Adapts to changing work demands and environment. Anticipates possible problems and assists leader(s) in the development of contingency plans.

Mentor:

Advances the profession by contributing to the professional development of others and supports life-long learning as individuals develop across practice, professional and educational settings.

Provides in-services, continuing education, serving as resource/super-user/specialist/support, competency development, and proctor skill validation.

Serves as a system-wide role model, mentor, and/or preceptor in area of expertise. Teaches others and suggests process improvements. Provides evidence-based practice suggestions and coaches others to improve, supports changes, and recognizes contribution of others.

Contributes to the knowledge and skill of other members of the staff through one or more activities such as formal or informal teaching, participation in Shared Governance groups, professional publications and/or presentations.

Supports activities that fulfill academic growth for APPs such as participating in an educational conference, poster presentation, or publication.

Leader:

Influences the interprofessional practice and learning environments, the PD specialty, and the role or advanced practice in healthcare.

Leads/guides clinical personnel in system-wide onboarding, orientation, education, ongoing competency, and role development.

Monitors own practices and assists in monitoring and evaluating others for practices related to patient and employee safety and compliance with standards and policies. Looks for opportunities for continual improvement in patient care and the work environment. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

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