Nurse (Educator) at Defense Health Agency

Overview

Nurse (Educator)

Fort Carson, CO : Located just south of Colorado Springs, Ft. Carson combines scenic beauty, pleasant residential areas, and cultural activities to satisfy every taste.

It is an unusually well-rounded military community which offers a variety of recreational and cultural opportunities. World-class ski resorts are available within a short 2 1 / 2 hour drive, golf courses and biking trails are available on the installation as well as in the surrounding community.

Numerous colleges and universities are available for continuing education.

Working for the Department of Defense comes with an abundance of benefits and perks to include competitive compensation packages, paid-time off, medical benefits, student loan repayments, and retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions.

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Responsibilities

Duties

Serves as department of emergency medicine nurse educator within a Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) with responsibility for the planning, coordination, and implementation of continuing education, clinical education to include continuing medical education, continuing nursing education, graduate medical education, and various life support programs.

Identifies, organizes, coordinates, and promotes educational and training activities that ensure, maintain, and improve the clinical competency of all civilian, military professionals, and enlisted health care personnel employed within the department of emergency medicine.

The primary focus of training and education is to enhance the clinical competence of the MEDDAC health care personnel, to include physicians, nurses, and other allied health personnel and to improve the job specific competency of all MEDDAC staff.

Education and training may be presented locally, or through computer-based training, in conjunction with other Military Treatment Facilities (MTFs).

Requires professional knowledge of education concepts, principles, techniques, and practices to perform assigned duties.

1. Incumbent develops, researches, and presents comprehensive plans for short-term and long-range goals for future Professional Programs training.

These programs include but are not limited to continuing nursing education (CNE), continuing medical education (CME), graduate medical education (GME), skills lab verification, population specific competencies, and new employee orientation.

Coordinates and communicates with other departments, directorates and committees as required. Assesses, analyzes, and resolves problems related to training issues.

Develops and distributes annual training needs assessment surveys and customer evaluation forms to establish priorities for future continuing education and staff development activities.

Develops lesson plans and training packets for continuing education credits, prepares after action reports to evaluate effectiveness of various training programs offered;

instructs classes as needed, maintains records of all continuing education offerings, and prepares various weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, analyses information prior to routing through staff offices to identify organizational training problems and priorities.

Incumbent serves as subject matter expert for training development and design. Reviews and evaluates course materials for clarity and technical / educational correctness.

Researches and implements current teaching methodology to enhance training opportunities. Ensures that training is conducted in keeping with principles of adult learning.

Conducts learning needs assessments employing a variety of data gathering techniques. Develops training from analysis of responses.

Maximizes the use of available training resources; coordinates scheduling of instructors, students, and classrooms; resolves scheduling conflicts and takes appropriate actions as required;

designs and aggressively promotes, through multiple media, forthcoming educational offerings; and develops and publishes a master training calendar and a staff development newsletter.

Supports the clinical activities of the department with educational support, relating to health care improvement opportunities.

Coordinates student affiliation programs, to include, but not limited to planning, orientation, training, evaluation, and program review.

Coordinates with the leadership, Plans, Training, Mobilization, and Security (PTMS) / Operations to minimize conflicts between military, civilian and other training events.

Ensures that the department provides appropriate orientation and continuing education consistent with The Joint Commission (TJC) standards and Army Medical Department (AMEDD) guidelines.

Requires familiarity with checklists based on TJC, AMEDD, and civilian personnel management regulations. Identifies general or systemic opportunities to improve training related to clinical competency for individual employees, occupational groups, or functional areas.

Develops learning objectives for identified learning needs. Provides supplemental staff education when trends / needs are identified.

Facilitates essential educational and training activities in collaboration with various departments and agencies throughout the MEDDAC, the Fort Carson community, and the Fort Carson sub-region.

2. Coordinates with department of education to identify training requirements and deficiencies. Stays abreast of the latest developments in education and teaching methodologies to provide appropriate guidance to other instructors who assist in implementing training.

Evaluates teaching strategies and effectiveness through attendance at courses, review of instructor's curriculum vitae / resume, course objectives, lesson plans and outlines.

Ensures consideration of established AMEDD and MEDDAC policies as they relate to employee safety, fire prevention, infection control, Equal Opportunity / Equal Employment Opportunity, and other related policies.

Contributes to the development of the philosophy, mission, goals, and standard operating procedures and protocols of the MEDDAC hospital education office.

3. Functions as a clinical nurse in the Emergency Department providing the full range of professional nursing care and treatment to a wide variety of patients, from newborn to geriatrics, arriving in critical condition because of trauma, suicide attempts, cardiac arrest, respiratory distress, drug overdose, falls, etc.

Provides continuous observation and monitoring and must intervene to prevent complications to restore hemodynamic stability within hospital and EMS transport to higher care.

Provides coordination and management of patient care to patients and families within a continuum of care. Performs triage within the scope of practice.

Delegates patient care activities as appropriate within a care managemen

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