Education Coordinator-Perioperative Services

Description

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UNC Health Nash, an affiliated member of the UNC Health system, invites passionate healthcare professionals to join our esteemed team. Governed locally, we proudly serve a diverse patient base, spanning Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Wilson Counties, and beyond. With a steadfast commitment to elevating community health through exceptional care, we prioritize excellence, compassion, and innovation, ensuring every individual receives the highest standard of support. Joining our team means becoming an integral part of our dedication to wellness, where we constantly strive to redefine excellence in healthcare through state-of-the-art facilities and pioneering programs. Join us in this transformative journey, where your contributions will make a lasting impact on our community's health and wellbeing.

Summary:

Coordinates staff development and educational needs of surgical services staff, patients and families. This is an advanced level position in education, which is performed under minimal supervision. Serves in a lead capacity over others as it relates to special projects or subject matter expertise.

Responsibilities:

1. Assigns and delegates preceptor responsibilities. Assures new staff are assigned preceptors for orientation. Assess effectiveness of preceptors in teaching. Determines learning needs of preceptors and provides guidance to preceptors to improve teaching skills. Assess progress in meeting goals of orientation and assimilation into unit/clinic.
2. Coordinates staff development for staff, patients. Performs learning needs assessment of staff on unit or clinic annually and bases educational programs on identified needs. Identifies learning needs through specific patient care issues, staff requests and new or revised policy and procedure introduction. Assists staff in patient/family education through identification of complex patient needs or changes in technology. Participates in the development of essential competencies for clinical areas/service line.
3. Develops educational materials. Develops educational materials, self-instructional programs and teaching protocols for staff related to identified learning needs of staff for specified patient populations. Develops or compiles materials for patient education. Assist staff in development or update of materials for patient/caregiver education related to specific needs. Assists staff in development of teaching protocols.
4. Develops standards of care for specified patient population. Leads unit or clinic -based clinical practice group to develop and/or revise standards of care for specific patient populations. Assists staff in the development of nursing care plans for specific patient population. Facilitates implementation of care plans in clinic or unit. Assists staff in identifying patient needs and coordination of care towards goals.
5. Provides learning opportunities for staff. Arranges in-services based on learning needs of staff using institutional resources to meet identified learning needs and to teach mew procedures, policies and new technology. Uses a variety of strategies and media to provide new information to staff. Coordinates annual competency assessments of staff.
6. Serves as a clinical resource and role model. Provides clinical supervision to staff in developing clinical knowledge, skills and abilities. Precepts selected staff with identified learning needs. Demonstrates clinical competence in patient care.

Other information:

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) from an approved nursing program.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

• RN (current license to practice as a Registered nurse in North Carolina.)
• BCLS (recertification required every 2 years)

Professional Experience Requirements:

* 5 years related experience required in a clinical position within an operating room and peri anesthesia area.

Legal Employer: Nash Hospitals

Entity: Nash UNC Health Care

Organization Unit: NGH Operating Room

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: NASH HC

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes