Nurse Educator | Full Time

Summary The Nurse Educator, under the direction of the Director of Nursing Education and Professional Practice, demonstrates clinical expertise by incorporating nursing theory and evidence-informed practice. The Nurse Educator participates in the execution of the staff development programs that contribute to the professional growth and development of nursing staff. He/she establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with all disciplines and departments necessary to promote optimal patient outcomes and create a professional practice environment across the Concord Hospital Health System. The Nurse Educator promotes a just culture and a culture of safety. He/she demonstrates commitment to inclusivity and is positioned to be accessible to nursing clinicians in direct patient care. He/she is responsible for professional nursing practice and delivering quality patient care. The role requires competency in adult learning principles and a sound clinical nursing knowledge base. The Nurse Educator exhibits commitment to his/her ongoing professional development as an educator, including seeking feedback and experience across educational modalities, and development of debriefing skills. The Nurse Educator may contribute to educational programs across multiple disciplines and modalities to include didactics, low and high-fidelity simulation, debriefing, in situ simulation, and hands on skill training. The Nurse Educator may develop particular expertise in a specific educational modality or specialty and remains flexible across disciplines. Education Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited college. Master's degree in nursing preferred. Certification, Registration & Licensure Certification required: Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification. Current professional/clinical specialty certification required or to be obtained within a two-year period from date of hire. Certification must be maintained while employed in this position. Licensure required: Licensed to practice in nursing in the state of New Hampshire Experience Minimum of 3 years of clinical experience as a clinical nurse with demonstrated evidence of leadership progression. Demonstrated evidence of competent nursing practice in clinical area or specialty. Competency in adult learning principles and a sound clinical nursing knowledge base. Previous teaching/leadership experience desired. Responsibilities Orientation, Training, and Professional Development Participates in educational needs assessments and identify learning needs of patients and staff. Facilitates opportunities and developmental experiences necessary for staff to successfully precept, teach, and mentor others. Facilitates educational offerings that incorporate new initiatives, products, equipment, technology, policies, procedures, or regulations in either a classroom, simulated setting, or across patient care areas. Track and monitor orientation progress for all nursing and clinical hires. Support competency training and annual education completion by all staff. Conduct an on-going evaluation of offerings by using the latest evidence, scholarly information, and cost effectiveness strategies. Serves as a nurse practice leader, coach, and mentor to staff. Participates in self-performance appraisal process in an on-going manner. Seeks feedback regarding role performance from his/her respective nurse leaders, peers, and others. Provides formal and informal opportunities for staff to develop personal career goals and recognizes their achievement. Provides ongoing formal and informal feedback regarding professional development to staff members. Facilitate and support peer to peer education. Consultation/Collaboration Provides informal consultation on education and practice issues. Participates in committees and task forces as designated by the Director of Nursing Education and Professional Practice. Initiates and maintains effective collaborative relationships. Responds effectively to request for education and training. Fosters exemplary customer service. Direct Patient Care Serves as a role model in providing expert care to patients. Engages in direct and/or indirect patient care experiences that promote, facilitates, and evaluates staff's critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving abilities. Models clinical decision-making skills and critical thinking behaviors in the clinical setting. Provides direct clinical support for orientation and training. Serves as a clinical expert in patient care areas, mainlining and enhancing competency through a variety of methods. Quality/Research Participates in quality and process improvement initiatives as designated by the Director of Nursing Education and Professional Practice. Participates in collaborative care reviews and support improvement efforts as designated by the Director of Nursing Education and Professional Practice. Supports education on new initiatives. Supports regulatory preparations and required learning. Develops educational programs that are responsive to needs identified through unit, hospital, and system quality data. Uses new information and/or research finding in developing and revising program content. Serves as a leader, researcher, change agent, and consultant for quality educational opportunities and organizational activities. Concord Hospital is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants and to prohibit any discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Applicants to and employees of this company are protected under federal law from discrimination on several bases. Follow the link above to find out more. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, you may contact Human Resources at 603-230-7269. Physical and Work Requirements The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 - 50 pounds. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to hear, sit, speak, stand, walk. The employee is frequently required to do fine motor, reach, and smell. The employee is occasionally required to bend, climb, kneel, squat, and taste. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision. The employee is frequently exposed to airborne contaminants, airborne pathogens, bloodborne pathogens, bodily fluids, toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to chemotherapeutic agents, electrical hazards - shock, moving mechanical parts, non-weather related heat or cold, radiation, slippery surfaces. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Concord Hospital (CH) is a nationally-accredited, progressive regional health system. Over the past two decades, CH has evolved from a community hospital to a $550 million net revenue regional integrated health system with more than 3,574 employees, leaders and clinicians who are talented, mutually supportive, and community centered in helping the organization meet its community mission. CH has sophisticated clinical and management practices. The organization consistently performs among the top ten percent of national organizations and has received many national accolades (e.g., most wired, Press Ganey's summit award). After a four-year effort to strengthen and standardize our quality management processes, Concord Hospital has become the first healthcare system in New Hampshire to be certified as being in compliance with internationally recognized quality management practices ISO 9001:2008 certification, issued by DNV GL. ISO certification means that patients can be confident CH has implemented and strengthened processes for internal auditing, control of documents, control of records, control of non conforming products, and preventative and corrective action. Learn more about working at Concord Hospital Culture and Values Career Development Benefits Life Here