Nurse Educator, Nursing Education, Full Time

Full Time - Eligible for Benefits , Day , 0800-1700

Nursing

This position is responsible for staff development, which includes the application of adult education principles, as well as patient and family education. The incumbent performs an outcome evaluation relative to clinical practice, provides consultation to other health care providers and is an excellent clinician.

The incumbent is also accountable for integrating adult learning theory into the nursing specialty.These leadership skills include role modeling, coaching and monitoring to develop the nursing staff. The incumbent also has consultation skills to collaborate with nursing management, other departments and professionals within the hospital as well as in the community.These include assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of a patient population whose age is determined by the particular educator's specialty. The incumbent also assists with legal and regulatory standards to maintain quality care.The incumbent also has advanced adult education skills. The major challenge is to develop the staff using a variety of adult learning principles including didactic, self-directed and clinical modalities. The position requires outcome evaluation of these teaching and learning strategies.The incumbent must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, motor/sensor, psychosocial, and safety appropriate to the age of the patient served and meets standards of quality as measured by the department Competence with Special Populations competency standards.Evidence based nursing practice, along with critical thinking skills are required to provide optimally safe patient care when interacting with internal and external contacts and exercising judgment and making decisions. Professional nursing practice is congruent with the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics.For Department 530271The incumbent is responsible in collaboration with MA Training Coordinators for developing and coordinating up-to-date in-service classes for existing registered nurses, medical assistants and outpatient clinical staff related to all competency-based clinical skills. This includes maintaining an up-to-date and published calendar of detailed new employee training schedules, in-service classes and competency assessments to all registered nurses, medical assistants, clinical staff and their supervisors/managers within Outpatient Clinics.This position will assist MA Training Coordinators with the MA Trainee program, including reviewing candidates, program coordination, creating and maintaining curriculum to support the successful complete of program to become a Medical Assistant.This position does provide patient care

Education: Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform job duties safely and effectively. Bachelor's degree in nursing or other healthcare related field required. Master's degree preferred in nursing or other healthcare related field.

License(s): Ability to obtain and maintain a State of Nevada Registered Nurse license required at time of hire.

Computer / Typing: Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and Word and have the ability to use the computer to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.

Actual salary offered may vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, an individual's location and their knowledge, skills, and experience as well as internal equity.

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