NURSING EDUCATOR

Role Objective:

The Clinical Nurse Educator is responsible for promoting best practice through staff development and education ensuring optimal patient outcomes 

Responsibilities :

The key responsibility of the Nurse Educator is to meet the educational needs of the nurses in the organization

- Orientation of new nurses

- Development and management of Mandatory education

- Clinical support and ongoing education of nurses

- Assessment of nurses using clinical competencies

- Identify and respond to the learning needs of individuals and the service

- Evaluation of the effectiveness of education within the organization

The Clinical Nurse Educator is responsible for maintaining and developing the following key performance areas :

1. Clinical Practice

- Perform nursing practice in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines.

- Practice within own abilities.

- Demonstrate accountability for nursing practice.

- Maintain accreditation in mandatory and extended skills.

- Demonstrate a high level of understanding, knowledge and skills in home oncology, home pulmonology, home ICU Care, post operative care,neonatal, paediatric critical care and retrieval nursing.

- Maintain own clinical competency skill levels.

- Demonstrate expert clinical knowledge through problem solving and decision making.

- Identify strategies for optimizing patient care based on current research and trends in clinical practice.

2. Education and Research

- Implement and evaluate clinical education programs and in-services for nurses.

- Develop, implement and evaluate a unique service orientation program in collaboration with the Unit Heads and Director Nursing.

- Initiate, participate and contribute to the development of clinical knowledge and skills of new and existing nurses.

- Provide clinical support to new and existing nurses.

- Develop and maintain clinical educational resources. Health Care at Home India - Confidential

- Identify individual learning needs of nurses in consultation with the nurse, Nursing Head and Director Nursing in order to support individual learning plans.

- Perform clinical assessments of nurses and provide certification of competency where required.

- Participate in the delivery of formal and informal education.

- Develop, implement and evaluate extended skills programs for nurses in collaboration with the Nurse Educator.

- Actively participate in activities that promote the professional development and education of nurses.

- Conducting workshops and seminars

- Supporting all nursing heads in conducting clinical audits

- Co-coordinating internal and on job training with HR and Director Nursing

- Actively participate in staff appraisal process along with nursing heads

This job description is subject to change if the role develops or is reviewed over time.

Reviewed and Approved By : Functional Head HR

Qualifications :

Minimum: BSC Nursing

- Preferred MSC Nursing

Experience Required:

- 3- 5 years of clinical and teaching experience

- Atleast 2 years experience as a Nursing Educator

- Demonstrated clinical teaching and facilitation skills using technology

Personal Skills & Qualities :

- Understanding of teaching and learning in the health care environment

- An excellent ability to work in a high pressure and fast paced environment.

- An ability to use own initiative to deliver results.

- Effective communication & interpersonal skills with problem solving ability

- Self-motivated and energetic approach, showing interest in understanding the business and industry.

- Confident to deal with queries and handle complaint

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