Clinical Nurse Educator

Company: HCA Healthcare
Location: Mcallen
Posted on: January 23, 2023

Job Description:

Description IntroductionLast year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Clinical Nurse Educator with Rio Grande Regional Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!BenefitsRio Grande Regional Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
  
  
• Fertility and family building benefits through Progyny
  
  
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
  
• Family support, including adoption assistance, child and elder care resources and consumer discounts
  
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  
  
• Retirement readiness and rollover services and preferred banking partnerships
  
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
  Learn more about Employee BenefitsNote: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
  
  Would you like to unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues? Join the Rio Grande Regional Hospital family! We will give you the tools and resources you need to succeed in our organization. We are looking for an enthusiastic Clinical Nurse Educator to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential!Job Summary and QualificationsWhat you will do in this role:
  • The HCA Clinical Education Service Line (CESL) is part of our strategic nursing initiative to create an organizational structure (shared services) focused specifically on clinical education. The CESL will develop and deploy consistent world-class curriculum, content, and programs across HCA's 200 acute care facilities nationwide. The strategy of our center shared services implementation focuses on our amazing clinical educators dedicating their time in high value-add, top of skill efforts with our clinicians. To aid in this effort, HCA will leverage size and scale to share clinical education best practices across the enterprise and help make decisions that will positively impact our patient outcomes.
  • The Clinical Professional Development Educator (CPDE) is responsible for enhancing professional practice and the provision of quality patient care by providing evidence-based, quality educational programs and activities that promote professional competency for nursing, inter-professional and non-licensed clinical staff at assigned facility.
  • The CPDE actively collaborates in the entire orientation/onboarding process. This includes participating in the development, coordination, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating on-boarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel. To meet this expectation includes the following:
  • Provides orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention
  • Conducts orientation in a manner that facilitates a positive learning environment
  • Promotes cost effectiveness through implementation of efficient orientation/onboarding practices
  • Role models organizational and personal commitment to new employee success
  • Collaborates with the Education Coordinator the logistics of orientation to keep all stakeholders informed
  • Collaborates with the Director Clinical Professional Development to adjust the program based on evaluation results
  • Incorporates organizational values/culture
  • Education is designed to improve professional practice and provision of quality care. To accomplish this goal the CPDS participates in designing and identifying educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, which may include licensed and non-licensed healthcare personal in alignment with HCA and division clinical education request and development processes. These activities are developed to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge, skill and practice. To meet this expectation includes the following:
  • Assesses practice gaps.
  • Identifies learning needs.
  • Identifies desired outcomes
  • Plans educational content delivery with learner engagement.
  • Collaborates with Clinical Education Market Director to evaluate and adjust educational programs based on evaluations and feedback
  • Promotes safe, quality and compassionate patient care.
  • Aligns educational programs with organization's policies and procedures
  • Ensures that educational programs meet regulatory requirements.
  • Understands adult educational theory and able to apply to the development of educational programs.
  • Demonstrates an understanding and ability to apply evaluation methodologies, (i.e., Kirkpatrick) into courses and curriculum to refine clinical programs.
  • Incorporates organizational values/culture.
  • Supports new ideas and innovation in educational design
  • Identifies resources for problem solving.
  • Utilizes current, best evidence.
  • Provides staff with resources and education to implement changesWhat qualifications you will need for this role:
    • Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Education or other clinical related field required
    • Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Education or other clinical field preferred
    • 3+ years of experience in clinical education; 5+ years' experience in an acute care hospital
    • Or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
    • Currently licensed as appropriate to education in the state(s) in which he or she practices, in accordance with law and regulation.
    • Certification as NPD Practitioner and/or clinical certification as recognized by American Nurse Credentialing Center.
    • BLSThis role requires you to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 based on local, state and /or federal law or regulations (unless a medical or religious exemption is approved).HealthTrust Supply Chain is a critical part of HCA Healthcare's strategy. Our focus is to improve performance and reduce costs. We do this by joining non-clinical and administrative functions. HealthTrust Supply Chain best practice methodologies. We develop, apply and monitor cost-efficient initiatives and programs for HCA Healthcare. By improving facility efficiency, medical professionals can focus on our mission - patient care.
      HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
      "There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
      
      HCA Healthcare Co-Founder Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Clinical Nurse Educator opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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