Clinical Nurse Educator-Immediate Care Center Full Time Days

Clinical Nurse Educator-Immediate Care Center Full Time Days Full-time Salary Range Minimum : $40.50 Salary Range Maximum: $64.80 Compensation: USD 40.5 - USD 64.8 - hourly At Northwestern Medicine, every patient interaction makes a difference in cultivating a positive workplace. This patient-first approach is what sets us apart as a leader in the healthcare industry. As an integral part of our team, you\'ll have the opportunity to join our quest for better health care, no matter where you work within the Northwestern Medicine system. We pride ourselves on providing competitive benefits: from tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to 401(k) matching and lifecycle benefits, our goal is to take care of our employees. Ready to join our quest for better? This is a Full Time, salaried role at 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday for our Immediate Care Center. Travel is required with this role to our various ICC clinics. The Clinical Nurse Educator reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards. The Clinical Nurse Educator is an educator, consultant, role model, staff/patient advocate, change agent, and leader. In collaboration with nursing and practice leadership, peers, mentors, the quality team, and the NM Academy this position designs, develops, implements and evaluates a variety of educational offerings in order to improve clinical care and clinical/organizational outcomes. This role elevates the standard of professional nursing practice and the organization by developing, coaching and mentoring staff to become expert clinicians and leaders.

RESPONSIBILITIES

ONBOARDING & COMPETENCY: develops, coordinates, administers, facilitates and evaluates onboarding and competency programs Conducts onboarding, training and competency evaluation of new and existing staff. Develops and evaluates initial onboarding and training programs, establishes initial competencies, continues and reinforces onboarding activities Evaluates orientation of staff, identifies further instructional needs.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Identifies educational needs, develops evidence-based adult education strategies and project plans and implements appropriately. Facilitates formal and informal clinical staff education for system educational initiatives Develops, evaluates and facilitates appropriate education program record keeping, promotes continuing staff competence. Conducts learning needs assessments Provides ongoing staff clinical competency feedback, assists manager in establishing and evaluating staff clinical performance expectations. Supports ongoing development of critical thinking skills among clinical staff Identifies and develops the practice level “mentor” and “preceptor”, acts as a clinical resource to the practice level staff. Participates in the development and education of evidence informed policies, clinical guidelines, procedures, protocols and clinical tools Coordinates student affiliations and participates in curriculum development

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

Participates in assurance of regulatory requirements and training, implementation of quality metrics. Identifies areas of opportunity to streamline work processes, improve workflow and achieve clinical staff top of license practice. Identifies and resolves problems related to the work environment and the quality and safety of care and services, actively participates in quality and process improvement projects Contributes to monitoring of nursing sensitive indicators Contributes to innovation, knowledge dissemination, evidence-informed practice and research initiatives by participating in activities such as conferences and journal clubs May perform other duties as assigned Required Registered Professional Nurse (IL). Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (American Heart Association) certification. Master of Science in Nursing or Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Master’s degree in a related discipline (education). Candidates with at least 50% of a Master’s degree program completed will be considered. Minimum of 2 years relevant clinical experience. Demonstrated ability to develop, implement and evaluate educational plans, with a focus on the principles of adult learning. Preferred: Certification in related specialty or education, willing to obtain once eligible Ambulatory experience Working knowledge of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status. Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Artificial Intelligence Disclosure Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person. We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit ourBenefits section to learn more. Sign-on Bonus Eligibility (if sign-on bonus offered for position): Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign on bonus. Exception: New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position at NM may be eligible depending on the job family. Job Location #J-18808-Ljbffr Northwestern Memorial Healthcare