EDUCATOR- NURSE URPG

Educator Position

Responsible for assessing the educational needs of the staff and new employees.

Designs and implements educational programs that meet identified needs.

Continuously assists management in evaluating nursing practice and designing methodologies to improve standard of care.

Provides leadership, clinical expertise, and functional direction to other members of the health care team.

High school graduate or equivalent.

Graduate of an accredited Professional Nursing Program.

Bachelor's degree preferred.

Current licensure state of Texas as Professional Nurse.

Specialty Certification preferred.

Patient Care Services Educator:

BLS, ACLS

Critical Care:

BLS, ACLS

Emergency Services:

BLS, ACLS, TNCC, ENPC, PALS

Women's & Children's Services:

BLS, STABLE, NRP, PALS

Experiences which have provided opportunities to develop skills in teaching.

Demonstrates strong clinical skills.

Able to coordinate, facilitate and manage various educational activities.

Utilizes effective communication and interpersonal skills when interacting with patients, family, visitors, health care industry representatives, physicians, department personnel and other allied health care providers.

Adaptable, flexible, and able to set priorities using critical thinking and analytical skills.

Skilled at effective time management, attention to detail, and multitasking.

Communicates effectively in English, both verbally and in writing, including public speaking.

Able to tailor education to the individual learner.

Demonstrations strong organizational skills and ability to maintain accurate and timely recordkeeping.

Requires walking, standing, or sitting for extensive periods of time as well as pushing and pulling of equipment.

Medium strength requirement: 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.

Involves minimal temperature and moderate noise level changes.

Full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity, and hand-to-eye coordination.

Corrected vision and hearing to normal range.

Assesses educational learning needs based on standards established by accrediting agencies, PI monitoring results, administration / staff request, class evaluations, and other assessment techniques.

Demonstrates and implements development of assigned courses, classes, and activities, based on current clinical and educational practices. Ensures that content is relative to age-specific patient populations.

Collaborates with other Educators in planning/development of orientation, in-services, and other hospital-wide educational offerings.

Able to effectively solve problems through fact-finding, research, facilitation, forming plan of action and evaluation of outcomes. Utilizes data collection to determine if problem is structural, process or outcome based, and works with management to formulate change.

Participates as a liaison between United Regional and the community for health-related activities.

Able to share knowledge and skills of direct and indirect care to patients when: orienting new employees and students, identifying learning needs of the staff, providing in-service education, seminars, and workshops, and developing and initiating action plan for competence assessments.

Serves as a liaison between providers and hospital personnel for the purposes of training and education.

Maintains knowledge and competence for clinical practice staying abreast of nursing trends, policies, procedures, and regulations specific to area of practice.

Collaborates with other educators to manage and maintain the Learning Management System.

Performs all other tasks/responsibilities as necessary.