RN, Registered Nurse Clinical Educator I - Nursing Education

Summary:

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - San Marcos, which originated in 1923 as Hays County Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Memorial Hospital, opened at its current Wonder World Drive location in 1983.Our staffof more than 700 Associatesworkswith more than 300 active and consulting physicians to provide quality services to patients and their families. For more than 20 consecutive years, we have been named The Best Hospital in Hays County in the annual "Best of Hays" publication released by the San Marcos Daily Record. In addition to interventional cardiac services, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - San Marcos is a Certified Chest Pain Center and an accredited Primary Stroke Center. We lead the region in da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery andoffersa variety of specialty care services including medical imaging, rehabilitation, hospice, women's services and more.

Coordinates and supports the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of nursing continuing education programs. Working as a trusted advisor to all levels of Associates, utilizes appropriate models, tools and systemic approaches to drive initiatives that enhance CHRISTUS Spohn's Nursing organizational performance.

Responsibilities:

• Onboarding/Orientation - May develop, coordinate, manage, facilitate, conduct, and evaluate on-boarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel, including when changes in roles, responsibilities, and practice settings occur.
• Competency Management - Support ongoing assessment and evaluation of expected level of performance that integrates knowledge, skills, ability and judgment; develop, coordinate, manage, facilitate, conduct competency programs.
• Education - Design educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, which may include licensed and non-licensed healthcare personnel.
• Continuing Nursing Education - may develop, coordinate, manage, conduct and evaluate learning activities intended to build upon the educational and experiential bases of professional RN for the enhancement of practice, education, administration, research, or theory development.
• Professional Role Development - Assist in identification and development of strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning.
• Research/Evidence-Based Practice/Quality Improvement - participation in research, evidence-based practice (EBP) and quality improvement (QI) educational activities and projects.
• Collaborative Partnerships - Share expertise in planning and decision-making to achieve the desired results of the groups or organization.
• Maintains consistency with Administrative and Departmental policies and appropriate behavior, dress, attitude, attendance, confidentiality, professionalism and reliability.
• Ensures compliance with all policies, procedures and standards as promulgated by local, state and federal agencies, the hospital, and other regulatory entities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Education/Skills

• Graduate of an accredited RN program required
• BSN degree required

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of direct clinical acute care RN experience required
• Clinical educator or nursing instructor experience preferred

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

• Current Texas State RN license
• CPR (American Heart Association)
• BLS required
• ACLS required
• NIHSS required within 90 days of hire/transfer date

Work Schedule:

8AM - 5PM Monday-Friday

Work Type:

Part Time