AZ - Staff Development, RN Educator

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Job description

Job Description:

Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation, a JCAHO accredited health center, provides services to a 4,400 square mile area and serves as a referral center for the western part of the Navajo and Hopi Reservations. The hospital was constructed in 1975 with a bed capacity of 73. Services provided to the community include comprehensive inpatient/outpatient emergency services, dental and ophthalmology services, orthopedics, OB/GYN, oral surgery, eye surgery and urological procedures. Approximately 49% of the surgeries performed are out patient/ambulatory surgical procedures. Learn more about our organization. The Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation is located in Northwestern Arizona on the land known as the Colorado Plateau. This semi-desert landscape varies in elevation from 4,400 in the Little Colorado River Valley to nearly 7,000 feet at Preston Mesa. The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment. The Native American tribes located and served here are the Navajo, Hopi, and Southern Paiute. This mixture along with Anglo, Hispanic, and African American employees of the hospital and school systems make a pleasantly diverse community. The staff of medical providers includes surgeons, general medical officers, internal medicine, psychiatrists, pediatricians, family practice physicians, obstetricians, ENT specialists, orthopedic surgeons, and urologists. Dental staff includes general dentists, endodontists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, pediatric dentists, dental assistants and hygienists. The nursing staff includes registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, nursing assistants, community health nurses, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, CRNA, and community health medics.
POSITION SUMMARY
The clinical nurse educator is a registered nurse who has demonstrated competent clinical experience in the acute care setting. This position operates independently with limited oversite of the Staff Development Director. The applicant s practice will align with the roles of the Association for Nursing Professional Development s (NPD) scope and standards of practice: Learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, partner for practice transitions, and advocate for NPD specialty.
The clinical nurse educator will utilize the nursing process to assess practice gaps, identify learning needs, facilitate positive learning environments, and evaluate outcomes to ensure high quality clinical practice for optimal patient care outcomes. Areas of responsibility will include staff onboarding & orientation, competency management, department specific educational training, AHA life safety compliance management, implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) & research, staff role development offerings, mentorship, support of health programs student placements, and other educational support duties and requests. The clinical nurse educator will work in partnership and be a member of various committees such as unit practice councils, risk management, quality improvement, ethics, and infection prevention.
NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
Bachelors Degree in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing
Certification:
A valid, current, full and unrestricted Professional Nursing License to practice nursing in any state of the United States of America, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States and maintained throughout current employment.
Must maintain current valid certification of the following throughout employment:
o Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association
o Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) from the American Heart Association
ANCC Nursing Professional Development (NPD) specialty certification, if none must complete certification review course within six (6) months and attain the ANCC NPD certification within one (1) year of hire.
Experience:
Three (3) years of acute care nursing practice such as ICU, PCU, ER, or PACU/post-op recovery
At least one (1) year of experience in clinical education and staff professional development within the past two (2) years
One (1) year of verifiable experience providing staff orientation, involvement in educational program presentations or on the job training of educating clinical staff.

Position Urgency:
Normal

Shifts:
Days, M-F, may have to work evenings

State License Details:
Must Be Currently Active

Minimum Years of Experience:
2

Minimum Guaranteed Hours:
No Guarantee

Specialty Type:
Nursing

Sub Specialty:
Nurse Educator

General Certifications:
ACLSBLS/BCLS

Bilingual:
No

EMR Used:
Allscripts

Holiday Coverage Required:
Yes

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