Nurse Educator

Summary

The Nurse Educator is responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing standard of care. The Nurse Educator will oversee the AMAP and STNA/CNA educational courses.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Teamwork with the following and all other duties and responsibilities assigned.
• Effective leadership that includes supporting core values, addressing zero tolerance behaviors and maintaining active communication with clinical and personal care employees.
• Development, implementation, and evaluation of clinical and personal care education and training on industry required topics and best practices.
• Assist with the implementation and development of performance improvement.
• Development, implementation, and evaluation of an in‑house Certified Nursing Assistant training program.
• Assist clinical leadership team with clinical rounding protocols and survey compliance.
• Development, implementation, and evaluation of a clinical and personal care staff mentoring program to aid in new and tenured employee success and engagement.
• Assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of clinical strategy and organizational positioning to improve and diversify clinical outcomes and systems.
• Assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of efficient and effective clinical services software deployment and utilization across all lines of business.
• Act as a regulatory, case mix, and quality measure resource to the clinical services staff.
• Provides clinical services support for direct care and administrative nursing as required.
• Implements standards of nursing practice reviewing and revising annually to reflect changes in nursing practice.
• Serves as a member of professional staff committees in matters pertaining to Resident care.
• Effectively plans, organizes, and directs staff to ensure excellent care.
• Works in collaboration with department supervisors to ensure compliance with the Orchards’ Mission, as well as federal, state, and local laws.
• Reviews policies and procedures to assist in identifying needs that may affect patient care.
• Collaborates with directors and department supervisors to provide education and training for changes in policies and procedures, and/or an introduction to new policies and procedures.
• Participates in problem solving conferences for resident care.
• Determines if there are specific educational needs.
• Develops and implements orientation for clinical staff.
• Reviews competencies annually in collaboration with clinical directors for all nursing positions.
• Supports, educates, and assesses an environment that optimizes resident safety to reduce errors.
• Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of federal, state, local laws, and accreditation standards.
• Demonstrates the knowledge of proper identification and reporting of medical health care errors, protects the patient in the event of a medical/healthcare error and assists in medical/health care error resolution.
• Demonstrates knowledge of principles of staff development, organization, and management.

Other Responsibilities

• Recognizes and responds to priorities, accepts changes and new ideas.
• Is a team player and communicates effectively at all levels.
• Actively participates in continuous quality improvement by assisting and finding new and better ways of performing duties and responsibilities.
• Development, implementation, and evaluation of clinical and personal care education and training on industry required topics and best practices.
• Assist with the implementation and development of performance improvement.
• Development, implementation, and evaluation of an in‑house Certified Nursing Assistant training program.
• Assist clinical leadership team with clinical rounding protocols and survey compliance.
• Development, implementation, and evaluation of clinical and personal care staff mentoring program to aid in new and tenured employee success and engagement.
• Assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of clinical strategy and organizational positioning to improve and diversify clinical outcomes and systems.
• Assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of efficient and effective clinical services software deployment and utilization across all lines of business.
• Act as a regulatory, case mix, and quality measure resource to the clinical services staff.
• Provides clinical services support for direct care and administrative nursing as required.
• Undertakes other job‑related responsibilities as designated by management.

Requirements

• Effectively plans, organizes, and directs staff to ensure excellent care.
• Works in collaboration with department supervisors to ensure compliance with the Orchards’ Mission, as well as federal, state and local laws.
• Reviews policies and procedures to assist in identifying needs that may affect patient care.
• Collaborates with directors and department supervisors to provide education and training for changes in policies and procedures, and/or an introduction to new policies and procedures.
• Participates in problem solving conferences for resident care.
• Determines if there are specific educational needs.
• Develops and implements orientation for clinical staff.
• Reviews competencies annually in collaboration with clinical directors for all nursing positions.
• Supports, educates, and assesses an environment that optimizes resident safety to reduce errors.
• Establishes priorities and organizes work to meet them.

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