NICU Clinical Educator

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

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. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required.

·Assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, evaluates and documents age/population appropriate patient care to identified unit populations.
Provides and documents safe and effective holistic care, reflective of the nursing process of the patient population served in the service line area when needed.

Acts as a leader and resource for front line staff to implement high-quality, cost-effective patient care and establishes therapeutic interventions according to the evidence based practice and appropriate policies and procedures related to the delivery of care.
Ability to function as a staffing resource in area of expertise

·Ensures the design, implementation and evaluation of a cost-effective unit-based orientation process that focuses on knowledge skills and relationships.
Designs, implements and evaluates on an annual basis, a competency based effective unit-based orientation individualized to meet the specific learning needs of staff.
Creates and maintains orientation schedules for preceptors and orientees and ensure communication of schedule.
Acts as a role model in building supportive and collaborative work relationships.
Reviews and discusses orientee’s progress at least weekly with orientee and unit director.
Develops education action plans in collaboration with the unit director.
Monitors the orientation process and identifies/improves problematic trends.
Teaches, facilitates or develops staff designee to participate in centralized professional development activities/planning.
Provides feedback to CPDP to improve centralized clinical orientation as measured by Leadership and CPDP Team.

·Orients and develops preceptors.
Develops, implements and sustains a process for unit specific orientation, professional development and support of preceptors.
Facilitates preceptor participation in ongoing centralized development.
Serves as a resource to preceptors by providing coaching and support in difficult situations.
Assesses learning needs of preceptors and provides unit-based development activities in conjunction with centralized curriculum.
Reviews orientation paperwork to ensure timely documentation, submission upon completion, and accurate competence assessment and validation.

·Coordinates the annual assessment and validation of priority high risk skills.
Facilitates the identification and validation of high risk unit-specific skills annually according to DCH established guidelines and timeframes.
Coordinates the assessment and validation of high risk unit-specific skills according to DCH established guidelines and timeframes.
Participates in the assessment and validation of house-wide high risk skills.
Reports results of assessments of unit and house-wide high risk skills to unit director and CPDP.

·Coordinates and conducts required training to close performance gaps in knowledge and skills.
Maintains instructorship status in the identified Basic and/or Advanced Life Support Program i.e BLS, PALS, NRP, etc. needed to support their service line
Determines performance gaps using organizational/unit-specific policies, procedures and guidelines, performance improvement data, and accrediting and regulatory standards.
Develops and/or implements required unit-specific training activities that address performance gaps.
Evaluates, documents, and reports training outcomes (level 1 and 2 evaluations).
Establishes a process to track and report compliance/attendance for unit-specific training activities to NICU Leadership and CPDP.
Tracks and reports attendance for house-wide required training activities.

·Implements a unit-based plan for advancing competence of staff on all shifts that result in improved performance.
Assesses needs for continuing development for each job/role using feedback from staff, and Leadership.
Compiles and analyzes needs assessment, reports outcomes to NICU Leadership and CPDP.
Assists in analyzing house-wide data to determine needs for centralized development activities and in implementing centralized development activities that support unit-specific needs.

Prioritizes unit-specific development needs, designs and markets plans to address needs on all shifts.
Utilizes a variety of cost-effective teaching learning strategies that incorporate adult learning principles and increases competence of all staff.
Evaluates, documents and reports outcomes of development activities.
Provides staff with individualized feedback on development activities.
Collaborates with CPDP as needed to assess, plan, design, implement and evaluate unit-specific development activities that support validation of competencies and ongoing development as it relates to provision of safe patient care.

·Coordinates the unit-based clinical experience for students.
Implements a unit-based process that facilitates a positive and effective clinical experience for students.
Coordinates orientation of students/faculty to unit.
Assists with centralized student/faculty orientation.
Supports and provides feedback for staff acting as preceptors for students.
Assists with student tours and career activities related to unit.

·Facilitates the unit-based PI process.
Collaborates with Leadership in reviewing, analyzing data and performance gaps indicated by data, and in establishing action plans to improve performance issues.
Incorporates knowledge of performance improvement initiatives into development activities.
Evaluates, documents and reports outcomes of development activities.

·Provides administrative support for NICU operations.
Starts and completes tasks with minimum of prompting. Willing to make recommendations and assume additional responsibilities to improve workflow, workload and efficiency.
Adjusts and updates schedule to facilitate orientation needs of new staff.
Will assume role of charge nurse and/or staff when deemed necessary

BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS

Customer Service – Understands, utilizes and role models the Driscoll Way customer service standards with peers, leadership and internal and external customers. Meets customer needs while remaining a good steward of organizational resources.
Adaptability/flexibility – Demonstrates the ability to change behaviors and plans to meet rapidly changing/ competing job demands (new or unusual situations). Receives change as a challenge. Revises plans to meet changing circumstances.
Communication – Conveys information and shares ideas using the appropriate techniques to reach different audiences; promotes understanding and open information sharing. Listens actively; solicits and gives constructive and honest feedback. Is sensitive to the needs, ideas, and feelings of others. Develops and maintains rapport with others.
Team Player – Fully participates in maintaining a positive team environment that is conducive to customer satisfaction. Builds trust among co-workers, focusing on accomplishing hospital and departmental mission and goals. Works effectively with a diverse group of people in pursuit of the organization’s goals. Shifts personal goals when necessary to focus on group objectives. Looks for ways to help others and to support their work. Initiates warm transfer techniques to refer customer service concerns to the right individual; does not display “it’s not my job” attitude. Values others’ contributions and shows respect for all individuals throughout the organization. Can be counted on by others.
Accountability - Takes responsibility and ownership for delivering results through personal initiative and commitment. Willing to make recommendations and assume additional responsibilities. Organizes work and uses time efficiently. Takes the initiative to find additional work during slow or downtimes. Recommends innovative ways of doing work more efficiently and effectively.
Leadership - Exhibits confidence in self and others, inspires respect and trust. Reacts effectively under pressure and during change and motivates others to perform well. Demonstrates the ability to change behaviors and

plans to meet rapidly changing/ competing job demands (new or unusual situations). Receives change as a challenge. Revises plans to meet changing circumstances.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

Current RN license in the State of Texas
A minimum Bachelor's degree (B. S.) from four-year college or university in nursing required. MSN or equivalent preferred.
Broad knowledge of nursing functions, specific knowledge of patient care activities on assigned unit(s) and knowledge of key educational processes.
Five (5) years clinical nursing experience, with a two years experience as a preceptor preferred.
Education and/or presentation skills preferred.

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