General Purpose of Job:

To provide and coordinate education support for service line staff. The Clinical Educator will provide service line specific professional development under the supervision of the Director of Professional Development & Practice with input from the specific service line Director. To ensure effective and efficient implementation of the key educational processes at the unit level and to assist in the implementation of designated centralized components of the key educational processes in conjunction with Professional Development Specialist/Coordinator. The key processes are: leading organizational change, orientation, annual competence assessment, preceptor development, required ongoing training, patient education, student affiliations, and enculturation of evidence-based practice.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, evaluates and documents age/population appropriate patient care to identified unit populations. (Unit-specific clinical role)
• Ensures the design, implementation and evaluation of a cost-effective unit-based orientation process that focuses on knowledge, skills and relationships.
• Orients and develops preceptors.
• Coordinates the annual assessment and validation of priority high risk skills.
• Coordinates and conducts required training to close performance gaps in knowledge and skills.
• Implements a unit-based plan for advancing competence of staff on all shifts that result in improved performance.
• Coordinates the unit-based clinical experience for students.
• Facilitates the unit-based PI process.
• Provides administrative support for unit based operations.

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 or patient care activities on assigned unit(s) and knowledge of key educational processes.
• Five (5) years clinical nursing experience, with two years experience as a preceptor preferred.
• Education and/or presentation skills preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
• Current RN Texas license
• Basic Life Support Provider
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider
• Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (if applicable to unit)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider (if applicable to unit)
• BLS and/or ALS Instructor status as appropriate within 1 year of employment
• Specialty certification in clinical area and/or professional development required upon reaching eligibility.

Additional Requirements:
• Oncology/Hematology experience required
• Must maintain APHON certification