Job Purpose
The RN Ambulatory Clinical Educator provides staff development across all regions/divisions within the USMD primary, specialty, and imaging ambulatory clinics. In addition to the traditional teaching/ education role, the RN clinical educator also acts as a facilitator, leader, mentor and change agent. Primary focus for this role is the implementation and ongoing support of the USMD clinical care model in each ambulatory division.
Minimum Requirements
Education & Training: High school diploma or GED. Graduate of an RN approved nursing school RN.
Required Licenses/Certifications: RN required, BSN preferred. Current, unrestricted State of Texas RN license and BLS Provider is required. BLS, ACLS, PALS, and/or NRP Instructor level certification is preferred.
Work Experience: Work requires 5 years of applied clinical experience as an RN in a health related clinic leadership role.
A Master’s Degree in Nursing may substituted for 2 years of required experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience.
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Conducts needs clinical skills assessments using a variety of strategic tools
- Assists learners in the assessment of needs and identification of outcomes
- Incorporates principles of adult learning in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of education programs and adjusts content and teaching strategies appropriately to the learner’s needs
- Assists with orientation of new clinical staff to the organization
- Develops/coordinates education plans related to initial and ongoing competency validation
- Develops/coordinates core education to address patient population specific nursing care
- Plans, prepares, identifies, maintains and evaluates evidence based materials in all types of media and formats for use in educational programs for accuracy and relevance to the target audience
- Provides educational opportunities that benefit ancillary clerical staff at all stages of their career development
- Delivers competence based programs for ancillary clerical staff with a focus upon improvement of skills and retention of knowledge
- Supports staff development with educational activities (which include remediation, certification, mentoring, life support, NCQA requirements, product roll-outs, etc.)
- Evaluates the effectiveness of educational programming
- Prepares short and long term planning and programs to address identified needs
- Participates in committees, task forces, projects for areas of coverage within organization
- Facilitates teambuilding and leadership development
- Serves as a role model to promote excellence and safety
- Maintains required educational and/or clinical competencies
- Seek opportunities to develop staff in various roles
- Integrates ethical principles in all aspects of practice
- Serves as a role model for education and professional nursing practice
- Performs other duties as assigned