RN Clinical Educator - LTACH
Bethlehem-PA-18015-United States
Tour of the Specialty Hospital!!
* Must have recent ICU experience
To learn more text "RN - Good Shepherd" to 484-894-1659
The Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital has been helping patients recover from complex medical conditions and injuries since 2000. The first long-term acute-care hospital (LTACH) in the region, we help patients who are too medically fragile to transfer to a skilled nursing facility, acute rehabilitation hospital or their home after a hospital stay. In addition to general rehabilitation, our team is renowned for their expertise in ventilator weaning and respiratory care.
- Job summary
- To ensure that clinical staff has the knowledge and skills necessary to provide high quality, competent, and safe care to residents.
- Essential functions
- Assures learning needs of clinical associates
- Develops in-service programs in response to clinical needs and teaches staff according to current accepted standards care/practice as well as Good Shepherd policy.
- Evaluates educational programs on content, technique, and instructional material
- Develops and implements orientation plan for new associates providing on the job supervised education as well as classroom instruction appropriate to assessed competency
- Coordinates the completion of mandatory in-service education according to state and federal regulation as well as Good Shepherd policy
- Plans, develops, and conducts orientation, preceptor and mentoring programs for employees
- Supervises the maintenance of in-service educational records
- Maintains a system to monitor compliance with attendance and competency achievement for associates which includes feedback to both staff and department heads
- Collaborates with clinical management teams to identify specific clinical education needs
- Participates in developing Best Practice Standards to assure patient safety and quality of care
- Works collaboratively to develop and implement QAPI programs
- Contributes to the development and revision of policies and procedures
- Oversees educational and documentation programs and software
- Develops and implements learning needs assessments to prioritize education offerings
- Serves as advanced practice nursing role model / ensures nursing operation
- Participates as an active member of the Nursing Management Team
- Completes rounding on nursing units in and effort to review clinical skills and monitor care delivery
- Participates in setting Best Practice standards to assure quality of care
- Maintains all aspects of HIPAA requirements
- Acts as a preceptor for new and current associates and students
- Maintains professional / technical knowledge
- Reviews new educational and documentation programs and software
- Creates and develops course offerings unique to the Good Shepherd patient/resident population
- Shares knowledge and skills with staff regarding best practice
- Attends educational workshops, reviews professional publications, establishes personal networks, and participates in professional societies.
- Complies with hospital and legal requirements
- Supports clinical practices that adhere to the organization’s philosophy, goal, standards of care, and required governing regulations
- Contributes to the development and/or revision of policy that supports evidence-based practice, federal regulations as well as standards of care.
- Contributes to team effort
- Promotes Good Shepherd by promoting the positive reputation of Good Shepherd.
- Responds to change in a consistent and positive manner.
- Qualifications
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required
- Master's Degree preferred
- Work Experience
- 2-4 years of demonstrated clinical and teaching experience preferred
- Licenses / Certifications
- Registered Nurse license required
- Basic Life Support / CPR, as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required
- ACLS certification required
- Advanced nursing certification or completion within 2 years required
- CPR Trainer certification required
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