Description
Were looking for an Inpatient Education Coordinator for PICU / CICU someone whos ready to grow with our this position you will provide education and administrative support for unit operations under the supervision of Manager or above and ensure effective and efficient implementation of the various key educational processes at the unit level. Also assists in the implementation of designated centralized components of the key educational processes.
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Job Duties & Responsibilities :
- Ensures the design implementation and evaluation of a cost-effective unit-based orientation process that focuses on knowledge skills and relationships.
- Designs implements and evaluates on an annual basis a cost-effective unit-based orientation pathway for each job as measured by feedback from the leadership team.
- Individualizes the unit-based orientation pathways to meet the specific learning needs of staff as measured by feedback from orientees preceptors and leadership team.
- Creates and maintains orientation schedules and accurately inputs preceptor and orientee schedules.
- Calculates monthly orientation hours.
- Ensures that appropriate communication has occurred regarding orientation schedules as measured by feedback from orientees preceptors and leadership team.
- Acts as a role model in building supportive and collaborative work relationships with new employees as measured by feedback from staff orientee preceptors and leadership team.
- Teaches facilitates or develops staff designees to participate in 32-36 hours of centralized courses / centralized planning activity annually as measured by Nursing Professional Development reports.
- Reviews and discusses with orientee and manages the orientees progress at least weekly as measured by feedback from preceptors orientees and leadership team.
- Monitors orientation processes and identify and improve problematic trends as measured by preceptor staff orientee and leadership team feedback.
- Updates unit-based orientation pathways at least quarterly and reviews with leadership team.
- Provides feedback to NURSING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT to improve centralized orientation pathways as measured by feedback from the leadership team and NURSING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
- Coordinates / Conducts required training to close performance gaps in knowledge and skills.
- Implements a unit-based plan for advancing competence of staff on all shifts that results in improved performance.
- Assesses plans implements coordinates evaluates and documents for patient care.
- Orients and develops preceptors.
- Coordinates the annual assessment and validation of priority high-risk skills.
- Coordinates the unit-based clinical experience for students.
- Participates in the Quality Outcomes Program and / or unit-based quality initiatives for the purpose of educating staff and monitoring clinical outcomes that demonstrate nursing excellence.
- Provides administrative support for unit-based operations.
Skills & Requirements :
Bachelors Degree Nursing requiredMSN - Nursing Education - preferredRN - Lic-Registered Nurses by the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact requiredBLS - Cert-Basic Life Support by the American Heart Association required2 years Clinical nursing experience required (PICU and / or CICU)1 year Preceptor or educator experience preferredRequired Experience :
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Key Skills
Organizational skills,Classroom Experience,Data Collection,Microsoft Publisher,Special Education,Adult Education,Microsoft Powerpoint,Teaching,Curriculum Development,Administrative Experience,Public Speaking,Writing Skills
Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1