Job Description
Job DescriptionDescription:
Position Title: Clinical Educator
Department: Nursing Administration
Reports To: Director of Nursing
FLSA Status: Exempt
Summary:
The clinical educator is responsible for preparing and mentoring current and future generations of clinical and non-clinical staff. Clinical educators play a pivotal role in strengthening the workforce, serving as role models and providing the leadership needed to implement evidence-based practice.
Duties and Responsibilities (include, but are not limited to the following):
- Design and implement academic and continuing education programs, hospital orientation, and a selected part of nursing orientation for new nursing department employees.
- Conducts needs assessments using a variety of strategic tools.
- Perform advanced evaluations and provide guidance for testing new procedures.
- Plans, prepares and maintains materials for use in educational programs for accuracy and relevance to the target audience.
- Identifies and evaluates instructional materials in all types of media, formats, platforms and methodologies.
- Prepares short and long-term planning and programs to address identified needs.
- Assess and set goals for educational programs, updating them when needed.
- Serves as an educational consultant to facilities, task forces, committees, and projects relating to policy, procedure and program development.
- Create a culture which supports and encourages continual learning.
- Able to take a patient assignment based on hospital needs.
Supervisory
- This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities; however, this position may oversee clinical and non-clinical staff during education meetings or programs.
Requirements:
Qualifications
- A minimum two years of experience developing educational programs preferred.
- Three years teaching experience or coordination preferred.
- Five years minimum acute care experience preferred.
- Experience in an Intensive Critical Unit preferred.
Education and/or Experience
- Current RN license for State of California.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Health Services, or equivalent preferred.
- Certified Nurse Educator certification preferred.
- Masters in Nursing preferred
- BLS and ACLS