Rn - Unit Educator

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Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department: SRMC Inpatient Surgical (5-S)

FTE: 1.00

Full Time

Shift: Days

Function as unit educator, master teacher, master preceptor and facilitates evidence-based research into specialized areas of nursing. Utilize the expertise of a practitioner to incorporate nursing processes into the plan of care for a specialized group of patients. Perform as a unit educator while maintaining clinical skills by performing as a clinical instructor for students from the CON on home unit and/or assisting in staffing on unit.

Ensure adherence to hospitals and departmental policies, procedures and guidelines. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

• Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols.
• Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in‑services, meetings and workshops.
• Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes.
• Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk.
• Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner.
• Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may “not seem right.”
• Provide educational leadership to enhance specialized patient care within clinical protocols.
• Initiate unit‑based strategies for developing clinical skills through the master clinician, master preceptor model.
• Develop patient plans of care incorporating evidence‑based research and national standards.
• Consult with and serve as a clinical resource for the multidisciplinary team to ensure quality patient care.
• Assist patient and caregivers with educational needs, problem solving, and health management aspects across the continuum of care.
• Monitor trends and implement educational strategies to ensure quality standards and parameters are achieved.
• Collaborate with the Clinical Educator as well as the Clinical Nurse Specialist, Specialty RN, or Unit Director to plan and implement pertinent curricula.
• Deliver safe direct care to an assigned group of patients, providing specialized patient care within nursing protocols and assisting the admission, transfer and discharge process performing all RN nursing duties.
• Educate appropriate staff in the use of new equipment, supplies, and instruments for their service; coordinate in‑service training/workshops for appropriate staff.
• Perform as a unit educator while maintaining clinical skills by performing as a clinical instructor for students from the CON on home unit and/or assisting in staffing on unit.

• Essential: Bachelor’s Degree
• Nonessential: Master’s Degree
• Essential: BSN or MSN
• Nonessential: Other Nursing specializations

• Essential: 18 months directly related experience.
• Nonessential: Bilingual in English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo, 3 years directly related experience; 2 years specialty area experience.

• Essential: CPR for Healthcare/BLS Provider or Professional Rescuers within 30 days.
• RN in NM or as allowed by reciprocal agreement by NM.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification within 6 months.
• Basic Arrhythmia Certification within 1 year.
• Nonessential: Instructor in Unit‑Required Certifications within 90 Days.
• Current Instructor in BLS, ACLS, NRP or other instruction certification.
• Credential equivalent experience:
  Instructor in Unit‑Required Certifications or obtained within one year of position (BLS, ILS, NRP, PALS, ACLS, TNCC, etc).

Heavy Work:
Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects or people. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.

• Significant Hazard:
  Chemicals, biohazardous materials require PPE.
• Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required.

Sign-On Bonus Available.

Relocation Assistance Available.

Department:
Registered Nurse