Job Description

Registered Nurse Educator at Intermountain Health summary:

The Registered Nurse Educator provides clinical expertise and education to caregivers and healthcare professionals, ensuring alignment with industry education standards. Responsibilities include assessing and guiding caregivers in their learning needs while coordinating multi-disciplinary approaches to patient care. The role also involves developing educational tools and resources, and serving as a mentor and consultant in the assigned specialty area.

Job Description:

The Nurse Educator will be an expert in industry education standards supporting and guiding caregivers in self-improvement and self-development. The Nurse Educator will assess, guide, support, coordinate, and evaluate caregivers? orientation and ongoing learning needs in alignment with their associated program, service or care group. Under the direction of the Education Manager will be a resource, consultant, and mentor to caregivers and clinical coaches in their assigned area fostering self-reliance and building a social team.The RN Educator may be asked to travel to various locations to perform their work duties.

NIGHT SHIFT

Scope

• Provides clinical expertise relating to assigned area for patients, families as well as for a variety of healthcare professionals. Utilizes nursing process for each patient through the nursing assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Assist in coordinating a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care with other members of the care team.
• Provides individual and group education to patients and families. Provides accurate assessments of a patient's physical and emotional status, identify learning needs and any unique special requirements needed to facilitate a positive learning environment for the patient, patient support/family and the community in the applicable specialty area.
• Acts as a resource person to healthcare professionals in the hospital, home care and the community regarding specialty area.
• Consults with physician regarding patient's treatment and educational plans. Develops communication tools to support effective education and disease management.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• Current/valid Registered Nurse license from the state licensing board
• Basic Life Support (BLS) is required May be required to have additional specialty certifications
• Three (3) years relevant nursing experience

Preferred

• Advanced Care Life Support (ACLS) preferred
• Previous formal education activities is preferred

Physical Requirements:

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.- and -Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.- and -Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.- and -Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.- and -Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc).- and -May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Location:

Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital

Work City:

Billings

Work State:

Montana

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.  

$36.35 - $54.53

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here .

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

All positions subject to close without notice.

Keywords:

Registered Nurse, Nurse Educator, Clinical Education, Healthcare Training, Patient Care, Nursing Standards, Mentorship, Caregiver Support, Medical Education, BLS Certification

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Full time, Night shift,

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