Location:

Altru Business Center

2401 Demers Ave

Grand Forks, ND 58201

Pay Range: $73,819.20 - $110,718.40

Summary:

The Clinical Educator integrates theoretical knowledge, evidence-based principles, and clinical expertise into educational experiences for both new employees and experienced staff. The Educator stays current with regulatory requirements and quality metrics, identifying knowledge gaps, works corroboratively with the leaders of the departments to create learning plans and implement new standards. This position has responsibilities in consulting, teaching, lesson planning, coaching, program development and coordination, as well as research and evaluation. This role serves as a liaison to a variety of partners both within and external to Altru. Supervised by the Supervisor and Manager of Home Health.

Essential Job Functions:

• Assists with the development, implementation, and evaluation of the applicable curriculum based on patient care needs.

• Participates in a systemic, interdisciplinary, and ongoing evaluation of programs, process improvement, desired patient-centered outcomes, and organizational outcomes. Establishes credibility with physicians, leadership, and outside business partners and customers.

• Optimizes employee performance, efficiency, effectiveness, productivity, customer service, teamwork, and specific job tasks by providing educational opportunities, training and development, one-on-one coaching, consultation, and advisement to individual staff members, the department, and other hospital staff.

• Directs and performs orientation appropriate to all new home health employees and re-orients/educates current home health employees to changes in policies and procedures and federal and state guidelines and regulations regarding care and documentation.

• Serves as an expert resource for the organization’s education agenda including the development, delivery, and evaluation of educational programming. This includes delivering courses in a variety of formats such as classroom, e-learning, other blended learning modalities, standardized and custom materials that align to the organization’s education strategy as well as coaching/consultation to individual instructors and departments as needed.

• Engages in a continuous process improvement, reviewing current literature related to best practices for the purposes of maintaining and improving clinical and teaching competencies.

• Develops, implements, and evaluates curricula based on adult learning principles and evidenced based practice to meet changing practices, standards and equipment/supplies.

• Performs home visits as needed.

• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

Certifications

• Registered Nurse | North Dakota Board of Nursing (NDBON) or Compact State Agreement | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources

• Registered Nurse | Minnesota Board of Nursing | Within 12 Months of Start Date | HR Primary Sources

• Certifications

• Physical Therapist | North Dakota Board Of Physical Therapy | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources

• Physical Therapist | Minnesota Board of Physical Therapy | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources

• Occupational Therapist (OT) | North Dakota State Board of Occupational Therapy | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Source

• Occupational Therapist (OT) | Minnesota Board of Occupational Therapy Practice | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources

• Driver's License with Acceptable Driving Record | Drivers License - Current State Licensed | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources

• Basic Life Support (BLS) | American Heart Association (AHA) | Within 90 Days of Start Date | Learning Management System

• *Minnesota Background Study | Minnesota Department of Human Services | Start Date

Notes

• Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse, Physical Therapist or Occupational Therapist

• *If Minnesota license was issued prior to 2018, must complete MN Background study with HR Compliance

Education:

• Required: Bachelors - Nursing- OR -Doctorate - Occupational Therapy- OR -Doctorate - Physical Therapy- OR -Masters - Occupational Therapy- OR -Masters - Physical Therapy

Physical Demands :

• Sit: Frequently (34-66%)

• Stand: Frequently (34-66%)

• Walk: Frequently (34-66%)

• Stoop/Bend: Frequently (34-66%)

• Reach: Frequently (34-66%)

• Crawl: Not Applicable

• Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Occasionally (5-33%)

• Twist: Occasionally (5-33%)

• Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously (67-100%)

• See: Continuously (67-100%)

• Hear: Continuously (67-100%)

Weight Demands:

• Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Medium (20-40 pounds)

• Carry: Medium (20-40 pounds)

• Push/Pull: Medium (20-40 pounds)

• Slide/Transfer: Medium (20-40 pounds)

Working Conditions:

• Indoor: Continuously (67-100%)

• Outdoor: Not Applicable

• Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable

Driving Requirement Definitions:

• Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
• Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
• Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
• Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

Driving Requirement for this position:

Frequent Driver

Reference ID: R5031

Salary : $73,819 - $110,718