Nurse Education Manager

Pay Rate: $100 per hour - $103 per hour

Shift Timings: 7AM (Must be Flexible for both 4X10 or 5X8)

Summary:

• Leads nursing practice using the tenets of the Professional Practice Model of Relationship Centered Care and the Care Delivery Model of Modified Primary Nursing for the promotion of the patient experience.

Responsibilities:

• Projects and cultivates a professional image to colleagues and communicates caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and trust.
• Incorporates ethical principles into the decision-making process for the patient and family in collaboration with the clinical nursing staff and the healthcare team.
• Fosters a spirit of scholarship, inquiry, life-long learning, and innovation for self and others.
• Disseminates knowledge and skills relative to the role, patient population, clinical specialty, and global or local health community healthcare needs.
• Serves as a professional role model and preceptor for new staff and students.
• Articulates and integrates the values of research and evidence-based practice and its application to nursing practice and the environment of care.
• Contributes to the profession of nursing through leadership and participation in professional organizations.
• Demonstrates proficiency in all aspects of Hourly Care Checks and role models expected behaviors.
• Ensures the integration of Care Checks into clinical activities to enhance Relationship Centered Care.
• Validates staff competency in Care Checks and provides consistent meaningful feedback with more focused feedback as needed.
• Communicates quantitative and qualitative information regarding the patient experience to the staff and the Interdisciplinary Patient Care Team.
• Collaborates with the Nurse Manager/Assistant Nurse Manager/physician dyad and escalates concerns as appropriate.
• Follows up on all patient concerns in a timely manner and provides service recovery as needed.
• Demonstrates caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening through dialogue, body language, and actions.
• Oversees the development and implementation of the nursing education budget, including capital equipment allocation, and makes recommendations according to company financial goals.
• Maintains, reviews, and evaluates educational record keeping and reporting systems and modifies as necessary.
• Conducts and participates in meetings related to area of assignment.
• Conducts and participates in research activities including pilot studies/initiatives related to education, healthcare management, clinical practice, and other associated areas.
• Performs as a clinical leader who actively creates and supports nursing practice and an environment of care that reflects clinical excellence.
• Demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and communication techniques necessary to provide care, based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the patients served in the assigned area.
• Age Specific Competencies (Neonate/Infant, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult, Geriatric) Identifies physical, behavioral, and emotional characteristics typical for the age group.
• Modifies approaches based on patient age-specific needs and responses to treatment.

Requirements:

• Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing OR Master’s degree in Nursing/related Healthcare field with experience in Nursing Education and/or Nursing Leadership.
• Candidates enrolled in a graduate program will be considered with close graduation dates committed.
• Licensed as a registered nurse with current registration in New York State.
• ACLS and BLS certifications.
• ONS Chemotherapy Administration Certification required if assigned to oncology.

Preferred Skills:

• Masters in Nursing Education preferred.
• Professional Board certification in clinical specialty.