Health Educator is responsible for developing and designing health education programs meant to increase community awareness and knowledge. Conducts needs assessments and keeps up-to-date on changes in health care technology to keep program material current. Being a Health Educator develops, coordinates, and disseminates educational resources and materials. May provide health education outreach and consultation. Additionally, Health Educator requires a bachelor's degree in a related area. Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department. The Health Educator work is generally independent and collaborative in nature. Contributes to moderately complex aspects of a project. To be a Health Educator typically requires 4-7 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Job Description:
The Nurse Educator will be an expert in industry education standards supporting and guiding caregivers in self-improvement and self-development. The Nurse Educator will assess, guide, support, coordinate, and evaluate caregivers? orientation and ongoing learning needs in alignment with their associated program, service or care group. Under the direction of the Education Manager will be a resource, consultant, and mentor to caregivers and clinical coaches in their assigned area fostering self-reliance and building a social team.Scope
This is a full-time facility level role directly reporting to the local Education Manager with dotted line accountability to clinical leaders based on portfolio.
Job Essentials
Collaborates with colleagues in all areas of the organization to understand goals, priorities, learning needs for care area (e.g., performance, competencies, skills, new initiatives), and ensures evidence-based practice is adopted within specialties for all caregivers.
Participates as an education representative on local Shared Leadership Teams (or equivalent).
Facilitates high quality and focused new caregiver orientation, supports ongoing learning needs of existing caregivers, and clinical coaches, ensuring learning opportunities by utilizing standardized orientation tools and resources (e.g., CSS).
Executes learning initiatives as guided by the Education Manager including but not limited to the coordination of new skill development, transition to new equipment or processes, and providing just in time in-services/refreshers.
Conducts needs assessment and communicate findings to clinical managers and education manager.
Assists caregivers in achieving novice to expert mastery.
Evaluates clinical education outcomes and report outcomes to Education Manager.
Maintains huddle board metrics associated with clinical education.
Documents learning requirements utilizing recommended approved tools.
Supports compliance and regulation in preparation for surveys and audits (e.g., The Joint Commission, CMS).
Supports simulation-based learning needs of new and existing employees (e.g., acts as facilitator, confederate, subject matter expert in the development of scenarios or during simulation activities).
Provides coaching and mentoring to clinical coaches and caregivers to assist them in managing their own personal learning, growth, and job enrichment opportunities.
Ensures learners are aware of learning expectations.
Organizes skills days or skills pass offs sessions, as appropriate.
Meets regularly with Nurse Educators in all areas of the organization.
Be visibly present on units, meeting and educating day shift, night shift and weekend shift caregivers. Visible presence in each unit.
Initiates opportunities to regularly recognize caregivers and peers.
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Physical Requirements:
Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
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Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
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Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
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Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
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Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc).
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May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
Anticipated job posting close date:
04/15/2024Location:
Primary Childrens at Wasatch CanyonsWork City:
Salt Lake CityWork State:
UtahScheduled Weekly Hours:
40The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
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