Job Title: RN, Clinical Educator

We are Hiring at Mary & Elizabeth Hospital
Location: 1850 Bluegrass Ave. Louisville, KY 40215
Shift Options: Full Time, First Shift

About Us
UofL Health - Mary & Elizabeth Hospital is a 298-bed, full-service hospital which has served generations of patients in south Louisville. Originally founded by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in 1874, the hospital offers a full range of vascular, orthopedic, cardiac, neurological, surgical, rehabilitative and 24/7 emergency services including 24/7 STEMI service.
Mary & Elizabeth Hospital is home to UofL Health – Weight Loss Care, the region’s only weight-loss management program utilizing the Lap-Band® System. In addition, the hospital provides the Orbera® gastric balloon procedure. The hospital has been recognized as one of the first health care facilities in the nation to receive a Blue Distinction® Center for bariatric surgery.

The hospital partnered with sister facility, UofL Health – Peace Hospital to open a voluntary inpatient medical detox unit at Mary & Elizabeth Hospital to care for patients with substance use disorders. Most recently, Cancer & Blood Specialists, located adjacent to the Mary & Elizabeth Hospital campus, became the third location of UofL Health – Brown Cancer Center. At the center, patients will have continuity of care with trusted oncology and hematology providers, along with access to the multidisciplinary care, pioneering research and clinical trials of the Brown Cancer Center. In addition to the hospital, Mary & Elizabeth has three medical plazas on its campus to provide office space for a wide array of primary care and specialty physicians.

Our Mission
As an academic health care system, we will transform the health of the communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care.

The RN – Nursing Professional Development (NPD) II works collaboratively with leadership and the Education Department to improve the quality of patient care and nursing practice, with associated patient and organizational outcomes across UofL Health. The NPD 2 accomplishes this through facilitation of clinical education programs, professional development, and competency initiatives and professional development activities. Responsive to evolving educational needs across the system, and serves as a clinical expert, proficient educator, consultant, researcher, change agent, leader and interdisciplinary collaborator in specific area of responsibility across UofL Health. Collaborates to identify, develop and deliver educational programs for both individuals and groups in both clinical, classroom, and virtual settings. Fosters empowerment of clinical staff by providing clinical instruction and support to assure clinical competency of staff and safe, effective delivery of patient care, incorporating evidence-based practice (EBP), nursing research, and appropriate skill set standards and best practices. The NPD 2 actively participates in quality improvement (QI), EBP, and nursing research processes across the system. The position supports core behaviors, standards, values, and missions of UofL Health, accrediting bodies, and the profession of Nursing as a professional role model.

Clinical Expert
• Serves as a role model to nursing staff in the delivery of excellent patient care for designated patient populations
• Collaborates with nursing and interdisciplinary colleagues to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate strategies to address complex patient care issues
• Assists staff with clinical decision making and priority setting

• Collaborates with leadership to develop, evaluate, and implement standards of patient care / care planning and professional practice with attention to quality, service, cost effectiveness, comfort, safety, age specific implications, and cultural competence
• Serves as a patient / family advocate, incorporating respect for and acknowledgement of cultural diversity and individual patient needs
• Promotes an environment consistent with the core concepts of Patient Centered Care, and demonstration of the core values

Learning Facilitator
• Facilitates the ongoing education, competency and professional development of the nursing staff and students to meet competency requirements in accordance with departmental objectives and appropriate accreditation standards
• Coordinates orientation of newly hired nursing department employees to the organization
• Plans, prepares, and maintains materials for use in competency based educational programs, utilizing current standards, regulations, and evidenced based resources
• Collaborates in the development or modification of patient education materials, as appropriate
• Collaborates with stakeholders to assess learning needs for clinical staff, designs and implements programs and competency strategies to address identified learning needs
• Incorporates principles of adult learning and evidence-based education in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of education and competency programs
• Assists others in developing clinical reasoning skills
• Participates in learning technologies via simulation, LMS, virtual classroom, and multimedia
• Communicates effectively in visual, oral, and written form and demonstrates effective presentation skills
• Facilitates initial provider and renewal courses for BLS, ACLS, PALS and/or NRP as appropriate for area

Development of Self and Others
• Maintains affiliation with professional organizations
• Obtains and maintains professional nursing certification
• Fosters attainment of professional development and certification for bedside nursing staff through mentoring, classes, programs, and study groups
• Collaborates and supports clinical student rotations in area of responsibility
• Promotes and role models lifelong learning

Leader

• Strives for congruence between educational activities and organization mission and goals
• Demonstrates support for professional organizations and excellence in professional practice
• Serves as a professional role model
• Integrates ethical principles in all areas of clinical practice
• Demonstrates the value of nursing professional development in assisting with the achievement of unit, facility and organizational goals
• Assists in the fiscal and administrative operations through cost effective use of resources

Consultant / Interdisciplinary Collaborator / Facilitator
• Serves as an educational consultant and/or facilitator to outside institutions as well as hospital committees, task forces, and projects
• Maintains involvement in professional, community, and clinical specialty activities
• Serves as a consultant to clinical staff, physicians, administration, Nursing school programs, and the public for clinical education and the clinical nursing care of hospitalized patients

Change Agent
• Identifies and supports needed opportunities for change
• Develops programs that assist attendees to embrace change as a desired process to support best practice
• Challenges existing practice when not aligned with current best practices
• Demonstrates flexibility

Researcher
• Expands the scientific base of nursing practice by initiating and/or participating in continuous quality improvement and evidence-based practice activities and/or research studies
• Critically analyzes current nursing research methods and outcomes for inclusion in the curriculum content of education to support patient care
• Incorporates current research findings into educational activities
• Supports and demonstrates validated evidence-based practice
• Disseminates research findings though clinical presentations and publications

• Maintains compliance with all company policies, procedures and standards of conduct
• Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education:
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited program (required)
• Master’s degree in nursing, leadership, or education (required)
• May consider matriculated candidates actively enrolled in a master’s program, subject to completion.

Experience:
• Minimum of 3 years as a Registered Nurse in area of clinical specialty (required)
• Previous experience in education, teaching or professional development (preferred)

Licensure:

• Current KY RN licensure or compact license with privileges to work in Kentucky (required)

Certification:
• Professional nursing certification (ANCC Recognized) in clinical specialty (required)
• Basic Life Saving (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) (required)
• Specific resuscitation certifications (Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation Program) based on area of clinical specialty (required)
• Professional nursing certification in professional development or education (preferred)
• Certification as Instructor for AHA BLS, ACLS, PALS and/or NRP (preferred)