Nursing Educator – Informaticist

Job Brief

Be part of a healthcare organization that believes in making a difference beyond medical care. We've transformed into a leading community health center in the Pacific Northwest with 40+ clinics across Washington and Oregon. We offer a wide range of services such as medical, dental, pharmacy, orthodontia, nutritional counseling, autism screening, and behavioral health. Our holistic model also extends assistance to shelter, energy, weatherization, HIV and AIDS counseling, home visits, and mobile medical/dental clinics.

Job

• $87,302 - $117,019 DOE with the ability to go higher for highly experienced candidates
• 100% employer-paid health insurance including medical, dental, vision, Rx, and 24/7 telemedicine
• Profit sharing & 403(b) retirement plan available
• Generous PTO, 8 paid holidays, and much more!

• Serves as subject matter expert for professional standard and expectation to all nursing and Medical Assistant staff.
• Serves as primary point of contact for nursing education and help support facilitation request in a timely manner.
• Consistently monitors and evaluates nursing practices to maintain excellence in standards of care. Support the Regional Director of Nursing to implement quality improvement initiatives in all regions.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates clinical educational programs using the most effective and best practice recommendations for clinical staff.
• Coordinates clinical education program and activities, as well as assists in tracking progress of the clinical team using various methods of program evaluation.
• Collaborates with the Regional Director of Oregon to manage and communicate clinical performance of clinical staff and standard of practice are met as identified and emphasized by the organization.
• Facilitates in supporting intermittent and ad‑hoc clinical education need to the clinical staff based on the request of local nursing leaders.
• Ensures clinical web page is updated with the most recent nursing communication and information as appropriate.
• Collects, validates, and helps in managing nursing supervisor dashboard update in Epic to ensure the focused key performance indicators are accurately reflected.
• Collaborates and works with the business intelligence team to ensure the validity of nursing and clinical data. Provides consulting skills on data collection, database analysis, and reports designed to assess efficiency.
• Organizes and coordinates clinical education program, clinical skills, and competencies, as well as assists in tracking progress of the clinical team using appropriate learning management system resources.
• Works closely with the Senior Director of Nursing to formulate a clinical education plan for new hire nurses, medical assistants, new graduate nurses, new charge nurses, and nursing supervisors, ensuring role and expectation discussion.
• Coordinates and collaborates with organizational department/area nursing supervisor and administrator for understanding clinical needs of each clinic.
• Provides leadership, guidance, counseling and continuing education to staff per clinical leadership request.
• Prioritize clinical education to meet the needs of the clinic and project, coordinating with the Senior Director of Nursing.
• Actively participates with Senior Director of Nursing and local nursing leadership to identify and develop clinical education programs focused on helping coach, mentor, and evaluate performance of clinical staff.
• Partner with Senior Director of Nursing to implement and enforce clinical practice standards to help nursing supervisors disseminate clinical roles and expectation of each clinical staff in the clinics appropriately.
• Collaborates with all members of care provision team to share knowledge and plan for optimal implementation of clinical education for all nursing staff.
• Exercises considerable judgment in applying professional knowledge in solving problems within established policies and practices.
• Identify and discuss gaps in existing policy and practices with Senior Director of Nursing for process improvement.
• Serves as an expert and resource to nursing supervisors and clinical staff.
• Coordinates organizational…