Registered Nurse (RN) Clinical Educator - Adult Surgical 700

$20,000.00 Sign-on bonus offered with 2 years of experience!

Why Join Tucson Medical Center?

We don’t only care for our patients, we care for our TMC family too. As a member of our family you can expect to enjoy a wide variety of benefits. In addition to all the benefits you would expect from a leading medical facility (medical, dental, vision, 401K with match) we also provide:

• Family Style Atmosphere with a Supportive Team 
• Competitive Pay
• Career Growth Opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health and Wellness Coaching
• Extensive Onsite Gym for $12.00 a Month

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SUMMARY:

Provides on-going orientation and professional development for all levels of personnel within a clinical department or hospital wide.  Provides clinical orientations, competency assurance and on-going education opportunities.  Works in collaboration with other Clinical Educators in development and implementation of hospital-wide education programs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Acts as clinical role model through 1:1 clinical time with staff to assess and teach critical thinking, priority setting, time management and "culture of patient safety" practices.
• Maintains records of training activities and employee progress; monitors effectiveness of programs.
• Prepares, organizes, directs, conducts, and supervises programs for orientation, training and in-service education; ensures the educational needs of staff are identified and met. Acts as an education resource to nursing community and health care team.
• Assists learners to identify learning needs and guides them to appropriate resources.
• Evaluates new employees’ performance and schedules regular meetings with them, according to the preceptor program, as well as the individual needs of the nurse, as identified by the unit-based educators.
• Serves as a liaison to new employees and actively participates in retention initiatives.
• Maintains computer-based tracking system and compiles required reports and records.
• Evaluates effectiveness of learning strategies and outcomes of educational activities.
• Develops, executes and coordinates nursing orientation program. 
• Plans education around new and existing hospital-wide nursing policies and procedures. Advocates standardization of nursing performance and standards of practice.  Evaluates unit-based procedures and policies and standing orders to meet the goal of standardization. Organizes the unit-based educators’ participation in hospital wide initiatives, such as CPR, JIREH, and CBT training.
• Participates in Leadership Councils as membership requires.
• Maintains clinical expertise through a variety if methods, including direct patient care as necessary. 
• Participates in professional organizations and actively networks to share information and ideas.
• Develops unit competencies related to findings.
• Coordinates classroom/meeting room facilities and instructional aids.
• Creates objectives, lesson plans, and evaluation strategies; present and coordinate in-service and continuing education programs.
• Formulates and develops plans, procedures and programs to meet specific training needs and problems.
• Uses information from QI data, need assessments, risk management concerns, safety issues, and infection control, and JCAHO, HCFA and OSHA requirements to create education programs. 
• Collaborates with internal and external trainers and educators to present courses within the hospital.
• Participates in and coordinate unit Quality Improvement Program on a regular and continuing basis.
• Assists in research and development directly related to department services.
• Implements and maintains established department, unit, and hospital policies, procedures, and objectives as well as quality improvement, environmental, safety, and infection control policies.
• Adheres to TMC organizational and department-specific safety, confidentiality, values policies and standards.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in Nursing required, preferred Master’s degree.

EXPERIENCE:  Three (3) years of RN experience, preferably in a related unit/department within an acute care setting.  

LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION: Current RN licensure permitting work in the state of Arizona and current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.  Additional certification may be required per department.