Job Description

Additional Job Information

• 40 hours per week
• Days with occasional coverage on off-shift as needed
• Areas of responsibility include 32 bed, adult ICU and 24 bed Progressive Care Unit
• Care for patients on ventilators, CRRT, Impella's, Intra-aortic Balloon pumps to name a few.
• Open heart surgery and TAVR program, Level I STEMI and Level I Stroke hospital.
• Patient population includes respiratory and cardiac arrests, sepsis, kidney failure, vascular and thoracic surgeries, craniotomies, craniectomies, ventrics, chiari's, AVM's, hemorrhagic and embolic strokes.
• Prefer candidate with previous ICU Educator background and proven leadership skills
• Benefits begin on first day of employment
• 6% 401k match
• Free parking

Overview

Job Summary

The Nurse Educator in a professional member of the health care team providing educational support to staff that direct care to patients and assists in the standardization of patient education practices. This educator administers, organizes, and conducts training and education programs in concert with employee orientation, mandatory/required training, in-services, continuing education, on-the-job training, quality assessment, evidence-based practice projects, and process improvement projects. The Nurse Educator maintains records of orientation, in-service, training activities, and is responsible for organizing, coordinating, and administering all aspects of competency validation

Job Responsibilities

• Designs curricula which support departmental education needs and nursing practice that reflect current trends in the health-care environment and organizational priorities.

• Implements programs to meet staff development goals, objectives, competencies, and outcomes by utilizing a variety of innovative and creative teaching strategies to meet individual and group learning needs.

• Serves as a clinical expert, consultant, and supervision within the critical care areas

• Utilizes current research findings or evidence-based practice in curriculum development following the evidence-based model.

• Pursues research opportunities to enhance and/or maintain professional self-development and professional nursing practice.

• Maintains membership in a national specialty organization.

• Participates in educational programs for the community annually through hospital or community events.

• Actively participates in department, hospital and system wide committees, taskforce and initiatives Participate in relevant accreditation readiness.

• Assist with promoting and maintaining interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork through effective lines of communication and participation with other departments and disciplines

• Participates in meeting goals and objectives of assigned areas, professional development and institutions that are evidence based and fiscally sound.

• Demonstrate ability to anticipate trends and challenges, or problem areas, and recommend appropriate actions

• Follows and performs all related unit specific policies and procedures, as detailed on the unit specific competency checklist.

• Boone Health has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

• Performs Other Responsibilities as Assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree – Nursing

• 5+ Years’ Experience

• No Supervisor Experience

• Licenses/Certifications: Missouri RN License, Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience: Combined 10 years of ICU/PCU experience

• Education: Master’s degree in nursing or related healthcare field

• Board certification in a nursing specialty relevant to the educator role (such as CCRN, PCCN, or CEN)

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Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

Legal Statement

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Equal Opportunity Employer