Job Description

Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider--we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.

The nursing Clinical Educator is a dedicated clinical expert and positive role model who inspires and motivates members of the healthcare team to optimize patient care outcomes.

Required

Behaviors:

As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization:

Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality

ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.

Required

Qualifications:

Registered Nurse licensure in New Mexico Clinical expertise in acute care Demonstrated leadership, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills Working knowledge of adult learning principles Self-motivation and accountability Team orientation Advanced certifications as required according to the "Life support certification for patient care providers" policy for specific department

Preferred

Qualifications:

BSN or actively pursuing Five (5) years clinical experience

Duties and Responsibilities

:

Be available to all staff (including all shifts) in the areas below:

LEAD-

Leads by example as an expert practitioner in safe patient care planning and delivery

INITIATE-

Initiates unit-based strategies for developing clinical skills

PLAN-

Works with nursing leadership to plan, coordinate, and provide education and training to nursing staff using multiple modalities

CONSULTS-

Identifies and assesses need for changes in services provided in order to improve quality and/or improve efficiencies, based on patient satisfaction core measures and results

EDUCATE-

Provides opportunities for staff to be educated and trained on new equipment, supplies and initiatives

ASSIST-

Functions as a clinical resource to assist nursing staff, physicians, and other ancillary staff as appropriate

COLLABORATE-

Collaborates with unit leadership to assess, plan, and implement pertinent protocols and practices

MONITOR-

Audits and evaluates staff competency in care delivery using approved methods of verification. Provides results to appropriate leadership

PATIENT CARE-

Maintains ability to provide safe direct care to a group of patients and performing all RN nursing duties

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT-

Maintains clinical competency and knowledge of current trends in area of specialty. Evaluates and disseminates current literature to nursing staff, physicians, etc.

Patient Safety 1-

follows patient safety-related policies, procedures, and protocols

Patient Safety 2-

demonstrates proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes

Patient Safety 3-

identifies and report correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk

Patient Safety 4 -

report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors, and/or near misses in a timely manner

Patient Safety 5-

encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they do not understand or "may not seem right" Works within assigned units but collaborates with other Clinical Educators to provide hospital-wide education as needed Actively participates in providing input for staff evaluation and goal-setting Provides input as relevant in disciplinary actions Supports the Clinical Scholar in assessing, goal setting, and monitoring progress with new staff members and their clinical coaches Identifies and assesses need for changes in services provided in order to improve quality and/or improve efficiencies, based on patient satisfaction core measures and results Actively participates in the Nursing Professional Development Committee Organizes work schedule in order to provide the necessary education for all staff on all shifts Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC's Service Standards into their daily work:

Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship

Other duties as assigned

Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions

:

Handles emergent and/or crisis situations Exposure to infectious waste and communicable disease Flexible hours; must be able to work all shifts and days of the week Ability to speak in public forums * Accepts legal accountability for decisions and actions