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:
Intermediate Critical Care

FTE: 1.00
Full Time
Shift: Days

Function as unit educator, master teacher, master preceptor and facilitates evidenced-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.

• LEAD
  - Provide educational leadership to enhance specialized patient care within clinical protocols
• INITIATE
  - Initiate unit-based strategies for developing clinical skills through the master clinician, master preceptor model
• PERFORM
  - 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
• PLAN
  - Develop patient plans of care incorporating evidenced-based research and national standards
• CONSULTS
  - Consult with and serve as a clinical resource for the multidisciplinary team to ensure quality patient care
• EDUCATE
  - Educate appropriate staff in the use of new equipment, supplies, and instruments for their service;coordinates in-service training/workshops for appropriate staff
• ASSIST
  - Assist patient and caregivers with educational needs, problem solving, and health management aspects across the continuum of care
• COLLABORATE
  - Collaborate with the Clinical Educator as well as the Clinical Nurse Specialist, Specialty RN, or Unit Director to plan and implement pertinent curricula
• MONITOR
  - Monitor trends and implement educational strategies to ensure quality standards and parameters are achieved
• PATIENT CARE
  - 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
• DEVELOPMENT
  - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
• PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
• PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• PATIENT SAFETY 5 - 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"
• MEDICATION
  - Administer medication, including IV medication, via the Seven Rights;document and communicate clinical findings
• PATIENT CARE
  - Write treatment plans;coordinate patient drugand procedure activities;administer medication and treatment;provide and coordinate nursing care of assigned patients;may facilitate group therapy and/or education sessions

Essential:

• Bachelor's Degree

Nonessential:

• Master's Degree

Essential:

• BSN or MSN

Nonessential:

• Nursing

Essential:

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