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Type: Tribal Salary Range: $34 to $54 / Per Hour Open Period: 12/22/2023 to 9/28/2024 Summary: ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY: *** SIGN ON BONUS *** ** LOAN REPAYMENT Options & Excellent Benefits * Salary Range $69,867 - $112,483 LOCATION AND LIFESTYLE: • Live and work on the beautiful Navajo Reservation, near national parks and forests, canyon country, ski area a day trip away • The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment and a rewarding career in an underserved area • Easy drive to Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Snowbowl ski area, Las Vegas • Easy access to hiking, biking, fishing, skiing • Excellent work/life balance • Very close, collaborative professional staff The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment. The Native American tribes located and served here are the Navajo, Hopi, and Southern Paiute. This mixture along with Anglo, Hispanic, and African American employees of the hospital and school systems make a pleasantly diverse community.
The clinical nurse educator is a registered nurse who has demonstrated competent clinical experience in the acute care setting. This position operates independently with limited oversite of the Staff Development Director. The applicant's practice will align with the roles of the Association for Nursing Professional Development's (NPD) scope and standards of practice: Learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, partner for practice transitions, and advocate for NPD specialty. The clinical nurse educator will utilize the nursing process to assess practice gaps, identify learning needs, facilitate positive learning environments, and evaluate outcomes to ensure high quality clinical practice for optimal patient care outcomes. Areas of responsibility will include staff onboarding & orientation, competency management, department specific educational training, AHA life safety compliance management, implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) & research, staff role development offerings, mentorship, support of health programs student placements, and other educational support duties and requests. The clinical nurse educator will work in partnership and be a member of various committees such as unit practice councils, risk management, quality improvement, ethics, and infection prevention. Duties: 1. Must have the ability to work independently. Ensure a high level of quality and safety in the clinical and educational setting at all times. 2. Assists in developing educational objectives to meet educational needs and regulatory requirements as defined by the units, departments, division and hospital. 3. Schedules and coordinates education sessions to meet staff needs. 4. Prepares reports and maintains records, educational records for orientation, mandatory programs, in-service and continuing education programs, etc. 5. Serves as a resource/educational consultant to assign personnel and unit staff. 6. Identifies, plans and implements cross-training strategies for orientation, training and education. 7. Develops, maintains a written progressive orientation plan that incorporates health care standards, Joint Commission guidelines and corporate requirements for clinical staff. Collaborates with the Unit Directors. 8. Meets with orienteers at regular intervals to evaluate the units' orientation programs. 9. Develops, implements, maintains a preceptor training program to provide supervision, support and teaching orienteers. 10. Reviews and interprets unit policies and procedures with orienteers and other staff, if needed. 11. Assists in gathering, reviewing, creating action plans and monitoring patient and clinical practice, quality and safety measures data in collaboration with the Unit Directors. 12. Must excel at communication, identify and offer solutions for educational needs, well organized, focused and show empathy. Must exhibit traits that area in accordance with the organization's Code of Conduct and Standards of Behavior, with special focus in the skill of caring; showing compassion and understanding for the nurses and patients who are at the receiving end of the care and instructions. 13. Collaborates, networks and researches subject matter to refine and enhance clinical practice to meet current accreditation standards and evidence-based practice standards. 14. Ensure proper PPE is always worn while on duty including but not limited to, face mask, gloves, gown, isolation gown, NIOSH-approved N95 filtering face piece respirator or higher, if available), and eye or face shield. 15. Complete all donning and doffing tasks in a safe acceptable method and discard of used PPE accordingly. (see CDC website for most current updates) 16. Complete task training for all routine cleaning and decontamination processes for all surfaces contaminated by a communicable disease to ensure a high level of patient, visitor, employee, and external customer satisfaction 17. All other tasks/duties as assigned Qualifications: Education: Bachelors Degree in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing Certification: • A valid, current, full and unrestricted Professional Nursing License to practice nursing in any state of the United States of America, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States and maintained throughout current employment. • Must maintain current valid certification of the following throughout employment: o Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association o Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) from the American Heart Association • ANCC Nursing Professional Development (NPD) specialty certification, if none must complete certification review course within six (6) months and attain the ANCC NPD certification within one (1) year of hire. Experience: • Three (3) years of acute care nursing practice such as ICU, PCU, ER, or PACU/post-op recovery • At least one (1) year of experience in clinical education and staff professional development within the past two (2) years • One (1) year of verifiable experience providing staff orientation, involvement in educational program presentations or on the job training of educating clinical staff. Work Type: Permanent, Full Announcement #: 2023-2419 Who May Apply? All Groups of Qualified Individuals Get Details & Apply: https://careers-tchealth.icims.com/jobs/2419/clinical-nurse-educator---staff-development/job?mode=vi Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov