Nurse Educator

Job Summary

Treat actual or potential health problems using nursing diagnosis and case management. Teach, counsel and provide supportive care to the patient and their significant other .

Essential Functions

• Guides new nurses and students thorough and timely assessment of patient’s condition including physical, psychological, social and rehabilitative aspects.
• Assists in helping new nurses and students to identify problems / nursing needs including discharge needs
• Guides new nurses and students to intervene appropriately to address identified problems and needs. Plans care according to standards of care.

Manages time efficiently / sets priorities appropriately.

• Assists new nurses and students to evaluates effectiveness of care and revises plan if necessary .
• Provides education consistent with the patient / family’s learning abilities and preferences; evaluates outcomes
• Reports pertinent observations regarding patients to physicians and other health care team members.
• Helps to assure that shift report is given on time, accurately and concisely.
• Reinforces that the documentation on the patient’s medical record is accurate, complete and concise.
• Maintains National Patient Safety Goals
• Assists new nurses and students to verify, coordinate and carry out physicians orders accurately
• Assures that Charge Nurse can coordinate interdepartmental transfers smoothly and efficiently
• Assures that Charge Nurse can coordinate interdepartmental activities (i.e. lab, radiology, etc.) to ensure timely efficient care.
• Communicates and coordinates with Case Manager and Nurse manager to ensure timely discharge, patient satisfaction and quality care along the continuum of care.
• Practices Universal Standard Precautions
• Demonstrated knowledge of and practices department safety procedures, including safe handling of equipment and hazardous substances.
• Initiates incident reports appropriately.
• Follows the 5 rights when administering medications
• Uses 2 patient identifiers before administering medications.
• Initiates and effectively maintains IV therapy.
• Verbalizes unit specific quality improvement projects
• Verbalizes hospital-wide quality improvement initiatives
• Collects, interprets or relays quality improvement data for the unit.
• Gathers learning needs from staff and managers and prioritizes needs
• Prepares program objectives to meet identified learning need
• Matches program content outline to objectives
• Selects teaching methods that are appropriate for achieving program objectives
• Prepares program, evaluation forms and registration
• Creates audio visuals and handouts that highlight important concepts
• Delivers lecture / in-service presentation that is clear, logical and uses principles of adult learning
• Summarizes evaluations within 7 days of end of program and uses information to revise program as needed
• Coordinates schedule of new orientee with nurse manager and preceptor based on the experience and learning needs of the orientee
• Reviews orientee-preceptor schedule
• Meets regularly with orientee and preceptor to determine learning needs and ways to achieve them
• Participates in frequent and objective evaluations of the orientee
• Assists in planning remediation for orienteer’s deficits
• Facilitates removing orientee from orientation as soon as orientee’s practice meets the standard for independent, safe practice
• Compiles 1 complete orientation file and signs off with Nurse Manager
• Contributes to solving educational problems and issues
• Build a working rapport with the staff
• Prioritizes needs based on emergent educational or administrative needs
• Shares clinical expertise with other educators in program preparation
• Mentors preceptors in their ability to evaluate orientees effectively
• Prepares posters to meet an identified need
• Prepares self-learning packet to meet an identified need
• Works with Nurse manager to identify appropriate competencies / learning needs of staff
• Writes critical elements for a competency
• Assures protocol is followed throughout competency testing
• Completes required paperwork / reports (due by 5th of every month)

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Minimum Education / Certifications

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing. Current NJ license

BLS, ACLS preferred

BSN, Master’s Degree preferred.

Minimum Work Experience

3-5 years Med-Surg / Critical Care experience in acute care

Preferred 5 years experience as an Educator

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