Overview:
The Clinical Education Specialist is accountable for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of education related to orientation, mandatory/required education, continuing education and professional development within a specialty area, site or organizational framework. The individual incorporates existing and new practice, quality, safety and regulatory standards into education that aligns with the organization/unit culture and goals. Helps leader direct Lead Preceptor, or completes the lead preceptor duties on select units.
Responsibilities/Job Description:
Job Expectations:
- Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates competency based orientation and education programs for new staff.
- Provides didactic, experiential and skills based orientation for the specialty.
- Reviews and revises competency validation tools in collaboration with practice and operational leaders.
- Follows up with new staff to evaluate competency progression and organizational assimilation.
- Partners with leaders to develop individualized learning plans for new staff who need additional assistance to successfully complete orientation.
- Performs needs assessments and gap analyses to ascertain needs for ongoing education and competency validation.
- Distributes needs survey to staff, obtains data and does analysis at least annually.
- Participates in unit/department/specialty improvement work, including data collection, in relation to educational needs.
- Provides recommendations on educational needs.
- Develops annual plan for ongoing competency validation and education.
- Collaborates with leaders to acquire and analyze data to develop a plan for competency validation of unit/department/specialty staff.
- Plans and implements competency validation program.
- Develops plan in collaboration with leaders for mandatory, required, continuing and professional development educational offerings.
- Partners with organizational team to publish and disseminate education calendar.
- Supports leaders with education and competency regulatory requirements.
- Develops and implements education.
- Utilizes adult learning principles and a creative, innovative approach to education to engage learners.
- Able to discern learning need from performance issue.
- Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering educational activities.
- Collaborates with content experts (e.g. Advanced Practice Nurse Leaders [APNL] and Professional Practice Nurse Lead [PPNL]) to develop evidence-based content.
- Initiates, develops, implements and evaluates educational offerings for mandatory and continuing education.
- Develops and oversees in-services on new products, policies, procedures and equipment.
- Partners with Learning Management System (LMS) team to develop content, product and assignment list.
- Facilitates tracking and reporting of competencies and education.
- Assists leaders in tracking and reporting completion of mandatory/required education/competencies.
- Collaborates with operational leaders to ensure that educational records of staff contains essential regulatory information.
- Assists with regulatory body surveys/reviews/visits.
- Promotes professional practice development.
- Participates in formalized preceptor development program through teaching, mentoring and coaching.
- Supports certification review for the specialty.
- Assists APNL/PPNL and operations leaders in shared governance work.
- Collaborates with and supports the work of the Unit Councils to improve patient care and interdisciplinary workflows.
Organization Expectations, as applicable:
- Demonstrates ability to provide care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served
- Partners with patient care giver in care/decision making.
- Communicates in a respectful manner.
- Ensures a safe, secure environment.
- Individualizes plan of care to meet patient needs.
- Modifies clinical interventions based on population served.
- Provides patient education based on as assessment of learning needs of patient/care giver.
- Fulfills all organizational requirements
- Completes all required learning relevant to the role
- Complies with all relevant laws, regulation and policies
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Required
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
Experience
- 3 or more years of nursing experience
License/Certification/Registration
- Current MN RN License
- BLS certification
Preferred
Education
- Master’s Degree in Nursing or
- Doctor of Nursing Practice or Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Science
Experience
- 6 or more years Nursing experience
License/Certification/Registration
- Recognized ANCC certification in Nursing Specialty aligned to your area of practice
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