SCOPE OF POSITION :
Provide clinical education experiences to foster professional development of staff in clinical areas. This includes orientation of new staff in addition to the ongoing development of current staff to include training and competency programs.
Promote safe care for surgical patients and maintain patient safety as a priority for all clinical practice and operations within the perioperative service line.
Perform audits and chart reviews as needed internally or as requested by government or regulatory agencies. Collaborate with the Perioperative Management Team and the Education Department.
Report to the Director of Education.
RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Validate competencies and skills based on employee specific needs assessment.
- Establish individualized goals and experiences with both new and current staff.
- Maintains working balance of national benchmarks and relevant quality initiatives.
- Provide / coordinate experiential and service line specific learning opportunities.
- In collaboration with the Education Department, facilitate the ongoing development of staff with a focus on clinical expertise, critical thinking, communication skills and professional behavior through role modeling activities.
- Actively participate in quality and performance improvement activities. Maintain policies and procedures. Develop, revise, and implement standards of care for the department.
- Synthesizes national guidelines, current literature, and evidence-based practice to implement, maintain, and evaluate perioperative services.
- Maintains competence in national clinical practice standards and disseminates safety and specialty related information to perioperative team members.
- Collects, analyzes, and evaluates outcome data to anticipate and mitigate potential patient risk and to enhance nursing professional practice.
- Promotes professional growth and development of nurses and providers through role modeling and mentoring.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS :
- Licensed Registered Nurse, State of Connecticut.
- MSN required
- CNOR Certification required or obtained within 12 months from hire
- Minimum five (5) years Operating Room Experience
- PACU experience preferred
- Previous experience teaching groups preferred.
- Must have basic computer skills and ability to access internet and other programs applicable to Waterbury Hospital procedures.
- Perform automated functions that fall within job responsibility.
- Sign on Bonuses for Specialty roles
- Flexible Scheduling
- Paid Time Off
- Community based hospital
- Free Parking
For union positions we also offer :
- Pension match
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