Nurse Educator – Cardiac Med-Surg

Job Title: Nursing Educator

Department: Cardiac Medical Surgical Units – 2100/2200/2300

Location: Unity Hospital

Hours Per Week: Full Time, 40 hours

Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7a-3p

SUMMARY

As a Nurse Educator, your leadership and development abilities greatly enhance the educational experience for nursing and clinical staff, creating life-long learning opportunities and ensuring quality patient care.

Unity – 2nd Floor Nurse Educator

• Educate nursing team on three medical-surgical units on a wide range of topics to ensure up to date, evidence-based practice.
• Provide real-time support with new hospital initiatives, quality improvement projects, policy changes, troubleshooting, and managing day-to-day inpatient nursing care.
• Support professional development through coaching, assistance with clinical ladder, and assessing educational needs. Education created and tailored to meet these educational needs to provide effective and individualized teaching.
• Promote safe and quality patient care, collaborating with front-line staff to determine new initiatives to support exemplary patient care and provide a supportive work environment for all staff.
• Teach orientation and ongoing educational classes based on hospital/system needs.

ATTRIBUTES

• Minimum of three (3) years of clinical nursing experience
• Excellent leadership and presentation skills
• Developed basic computer skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Orientation Management. Develop, organize and deliver all classroom orientation lesson plans; facilitate the orientation process for all new nurses and patient care technicians in acute care area settings; support staff educational needs for emergency response measures
• Assessment. Provide ongoing educational needs assessment to identify relevant educational activities such as new diagnoses, new equipment, policy and procedure expectations and quality outcome data; assess staff competency levels and facilitate various methods to accomplish competency completion
• Educational Development. Utilize a variety of learning methods such as PowerPoint presentations, online computer programs, self-learning packets, demo/re-demonstration, simulation training; develop quality educational activities that include all aspects of eligibility for ANCC contact hours, including advertisement, measurable objectives, content outline that is based on current, evidenced-based literature, evaluation and certificate; maintain strict recordkeeping of all educational activities with attendance

EDUCATION:

BS: Nursing (Required), MS: Nursing

LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS:

BLS – Basic Life Support – American Heart Association (AHA), RN – Registered Nurse – New York State Education Department (NYSED)

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

M – Medium Work – Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects; Requires frequent walking, standing or squatting.

For disease specific care programs refer to the program specific requirements of the department for further specifications on experience and educational expectations, including continuing education requirements.

Any physical requirements reported by a prospective employee and/or employee’s physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations.

PAY RANGE:

$79,560.00 – $109,200.00

CITY:

Rochester

POSTAL CODE:

14626

The listed base pay range is a good faith representation of current potential base pay for a successful full time applicant. It may be modified in the future and eligible for additional pay components. Pay is determined by factors including experience, relevant qualifications, specialty, internal equity, location, and contracts.

Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Minority/Female/Disability/Veterans by a prospective employee and/or employee’s Physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations.

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