Hospital Educator chez Touchette Regional Hospital

Job Summary:  

The Hospital Educator provides education and evaluation to nursing, patient care, and hospital staff. The hospital educator facilitates evidenced-based practice among the hospital staff and provides administrative support to the Director of Education Services. Other responsibilities include coordination of many aspects of the Educational Services department, including but not limited to: course instruction, creation and design of course curriculums. Ensures staff adherence of Joint Commission and OSHA standards and all related policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Functions and Duties:

• Provides educational leadership to patients and care providers to enhance specialized patient care within established healthcare setting.
• Assists patients and caregivers with educational needs, problem resolution, and health management across the continuum of care.
• Collaborates with medical providers, patient care staff, and unit management in the planning, implementation, and delivery of educational curricula.
• Initiates skills development programs within the parameters of established care models; monitors trends and implements educational strategies to ensure compliance with quality standards and parameters.
• Educates technical and patient care staff in the use of new equipment, supplies, and instruments; coordinates in-service training and workshops for appropriate staff.
• Ensures proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies; promotes continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices.
• Provides assistance in the day to day administration of the Educational Services department.
• Acts as instructor, trainer and mentor.
• Designs, alters and adheres to curriculums as needed.
• Serves as instructor for BLS courses.
• Serves as instructor for ACLS courses.
• Enter new learners as new employees are hired in and/or inactivate employees who are no long employed in E-Learn & Grow system.
• Generate and provide annually (or as needed) employee transcripts to managers/directors.
• Look up functionality for employees who forget their password.
• Assist employees to find their assigned lessons.
• Keep managers/directors updated when assigned lessons are late/overdue.
• Assist with AHA coursework and curriculum design in maintaining and monitoring oversight for instructor compliance to instructor duties.
• Emailing completion cards/ecards to each individual upon completion of related class.
• Create and support eRosters for Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
• Assists with answering questions, providing information, collating and assisting in test preparation.
• Supports the Educational Services department by performing other duties as assigned by the Director, Educational Services.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited school of nursing required.
• Master’s degree in Nursing or Education preferred.

Experience

• Hospital environment and culture familiarity[TK1] 

Certifications, Licenses, and Registrations

• Current unencumbered Illinois RN license.
• Current BLS and ACLS Provider Certification.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor certification within 1 year of hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) instructor certification within 1 year of hire.
• SECURE instructor within 1 year of hire.

Skills and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge and understanding of protocol, procedures, and standards within area of nursing expertise.
• Ability to provide operational guidance and leadership to technical staff in area of specialty.
• Knowledge of related accreditation and certification requirements.
• Ability to assess educational needs and design and develop responsible curricula.
• Working knowledge of the use of established care models in the development of education programs.
• Ability to plan, implement, and evaluate individual patient care programs.
• Experience with administrative Learning Management Systems (computer based learning system), i.e. Elsevier
• Working knowledge of the AHA’s BLS and ACLS training.

Physical Demands:

• Sit or stand for a prolonged period of time
• Regularly exposed to body fluids with the risk of bloodborne pathogens or airborne pathogens
• Must be able to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) (mask, gown, gloves) when required.
• Able to lift 25 pounds from floor to waist using proper body mechanics
• Able to transfer or position clients greater than 50 pounds with assistance or assistive devices
• Requesting assistance is expected.
• Required in positioning and moving clients and medical equipment. Pushing required performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
• Considerable twisting, bending, stooping, kneeling and reaching during many aspects of clients care (bathing, making beds, setting up and monitoring medical equipment).
• Able to use one or both hands for grasping, pushing/pulling and fine maculation to perform procedures.
• Able to feel vibrations, temperature changes and pulses.
• Near acuity: clarity of vision at 20 inches or less; with 20/40 vision or better with or without correction.
• Far acuity: clarity of vision at 20 feet or more; with 20/40 vision or better with or without correction
• Able to accurately read labels. Read written communication and monitor medical equipment findings.
• Ability to adapt to continually changing environment.
• Able to accept constructive criticism and accept own limits.
• Emotional and mental stability needed to maintain a therapeutic relationship with clients, families and health team members.
• Must be able to hear a forced whisper at 5 ft.