Nurse Educator - Surgical Services
- Aiken, SC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Consistently exercises appropriate judgment and discretion in the provision of duties.
- Provides leadership in assessing, providing, and evaluating education and practice needs. Utilizes internal and external resources to enhance nursing practice and staff development.
- Participates/Leads various committees as needed with focus on nursing practice and bedside consultation.
- Serves as a role model, clinical expert, and mentor.
- Maintains/facilitates compliance with regulatory standards.
- Assists with development and coordination of competency-based orientation programs.
- Facilitates competency evaluation, unit orientation, and the preceptor program for assigned areas.
- Collaborates with members of the health care team to plan and implement changes in practice to improve quality of care.
- Participates in hospital clinical orientation and the nurse residency program.
- Coordinates and teaches ACLS, BLS, PALS, TNCC, Basic Arrhythmia, and other courses as appropriate.
- Provides direction and consultation to staff and Nursing Directors, Managers, Supervisors regarding review and revision of nursing practice policies and procedures .
- Participates and coordinates with staff development on student rotations, education offerings, and orientation.
- Completes frequent staff needs assessment and gap analysis of practice standards and quality outcomes.
- Supports staff by assisting them to identify their needs as they progress from novice to experts.
- Assists in the development of patient education materials.
- Collaborates with transition coordinators to identify patient needs and education requirements for patients and staff.
- Utilizes direct adult learning principles in educational offers for staff.
- Assists nurses to increase their skills in assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and documentation of patient care through individual instruction, Inservice education, and patient care conferences.
- Plans and presents professional nursing programs.
- Functions as role model and clinical preceptor for professional nursing students affiliated with ARMC.
- Collaborates with community organizations as a resource for health education.
- Identifies relevant clinical practice questions and uses Evidence-based implementation practices.
- Utilizes evidence based practices findings to assist staff to improve quality of care for patients.
- Performs direct patient education activities.
- Facilitates orientation, annual competencies and continuing education for individual departments.
- Facilitates PI projects based on clinical evidence.
- Facilitates communication of policy, procedure and protocol changes that affect practice in each area where identified.
- Identifies department-specific equipment and products requiring education.
- Facilitates education on new equipment and products.
- Works with other educators and Clinical Nurse Practice Coordinators to develop cross-departmental educational programs.
- Responsible for education tracking of assigned employees while communicating delinquencies to employee, ED director and Staff Development manager.
- Assumes responsibility for own professional growth and clinical competency by obtaining a minimum of 15 continuing education contact hours on an annual basis.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Sign On Bonuses for select positions
- Unlimited Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
- Tuition/Certification Reimbursement after 6 months
- Culture of Excellence – Employee Recognition program
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Clinical Nursing Ladder opportunities
- SoFi Student Loan Refinancing program
- 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
- Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
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