Ambulatory Nursing Education and Safety Specialist- Oncology

Exemption Status: Exempt

Hiring Range: $96,220.80 - $

Schedule Details: Monday through Friday

Scheduled

Hours:

8am-4:30pm

Shift: 1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours: 40

Cost Center: 10020 - 4010 Clinic Administration

This position may have a signing bonus available; a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading‑edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other.

And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

• 1. Participates in the development of goals, objectives, policies and procedures for efficient departmental operations.
• 2. In collaboration with other unit‑based leadership, coordinates team huddles during the day and in the evening to review new admissions, patient progression towards goals and discharge plan, to improve access and facilitate patient transitions.
• 3. Responsible for communicating, educating and monitoring changes to clinical practice and expectations including reviewing documentation, providing additional support to staff and reporting ongoing non‑compliance to management.
• 4. Collaborates with the leadership team in the strategic planning, implementation, evaluation, and revision of systems to support and enhance the competence, autonomy, and accountability of the nursing staff including defining nursing standards, practices, and educational needs of patient and nursing staff.
• 5. Creates atmosphere conducive for learners to learn and to practice in accordance with Standards of Nursing Practice.
• 6. Conducts an educational needs assessment for area(s) of responsibility on a regular basis.
• 7. Designs, organizes, implements, and evaluates orientation, in‑service, and continuing education programs for staff in coverage areas.
• 8. Demonstrates expertise of nursing care with patients and patient populations to provide clinical support in coverage areas.
• 9. Promotes evidence‑based educational methods and technologies that support development of nursing expertise.
• 10. Assists staff nurses to apply educational principles to patient education sessions.
• 11. Identifies policies, standards, and practices not in compliance with current standards and communicates needed revisions through the leadership structures as applicable.

• 1. Acts as a member of the nursing leadership team by participating in interview panels, orientation, annual regulatory and clinical competency requirements. Reports unprofessional or unsafe practice to the Nurse Manager.
• 2. Assists Manager and/or designee to ensure the department complies with hospital established policies, regulatory, quality assurance programs, safety, and infection control policies and procedures.
• 3. Serves as a role model, coach and facilitator.
• 4. Fosters a collaborative professional relationship with other hospital departments/staff, physicians, and managers to ensure best practice is the focus for all patient‑centered quality care.
• 5. Participates in staff meetings, sharing system wide goals and objectives with front line staff and links their daily work to the mission and vision and strategic goals of the organization.
• 6. Assures that staff meets required competencies, both annual and unit based, for area of practice.
• 7. Develops precepting skills of staff nurses in coverage area and oversees charge nurse orientation for nurses new to that role.
• 8. Serves as a consultant/facilitator for nursing and medical center committees in the planning of formal and informal learning activities within the medical center as requested.
• 9. Serves as faculty for Department of Nursing programs. Participates in educational strategic planning efforts for the Department of Nursing.
• 10. Establishes and…