Clinical Nurse Educator-Hamburg Emergency Department

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📍 Lexington, KYFull time

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Summary

The clinical nurse educator (CNE) functions to ensure that clinicians are prepared to be responsible for promoting patient safety and high quality patient care through clinical leadership, education, consultation, modeling, and research. The CNE incorporates evidence-based practice, theory, and research into various patient care settings according to patient needs by collaborating with multi-professional multidisciplinary groups; facilitating the development of hospital and department policies, nursing procedures, and regulatory standards and guidelines. The role also includes functioning as a community resource on topics within scope of practice and providing nursing orientation, education, and ongoing competency verification. The CNE is a role model for caring that honors the patient’s mind, body, and spirit.

Job Description:

The Educational Development and Community Education Department provides clinical and non-clinical education, professional development, leadership development, and community education across the organization. 

Clinical Nurse Educator, Hamburg

Full-Time, Days

The Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE) functions to ensure that clinicians are prepared to be responsible for promoting patient safety and high-quality patient care through clinical leadership, education, consultation, modeling, and research. The CNE incorporates evidence-based practice, theory, and research into various patient care settings according to patient needs by collaborating with multi-professional multidisciplinary groups, facilitating the development of hospital and department policies, nursing procedures, and regulatory standards and guidelines. The role also includes functioning as a community resource on topics within scope of practice and providing nursing orientation, education, and ongoing competency verification. The CNE is a role model for caring that honors the patient’s mind, body, and spirit.

Job Description:

  • Collaborates with department directors, nursing staff, and others to identify unit-specific educational needs.
  • Collaborates with human resources department, nurse educators, professional development specialists, clinical nurse specialists, and department directors to facilitate the unit/hospital orientation program for area of responsibility. 
  • • Provides ongoing support and coaching to preceptors and/or new employees.
  • Demonstrates ability to teach programs using adult learning principles, professional presentation skills, and quality audiovisual aids and handout materials.
  • Evaluates achievement of learning objectives 
  • Facilitates attainment of necessary or desired educational credit from accreditation bodies for a given professional category and submits required documentation after the program
  • Maintains meticulous records regarding achievement of required education.
  • Participates in patient care delivery
  • Participates indirectly in the delivery of patient care in area of specialization. Acts as a resource for staff in locating answers to questions, best evidence, current policies, procedures, and protocols.
  • Provides clinical consultation

Requirements:

  • Current RN license or work permit in Kentucky.
  • Three (3) years of acute care experience in the designated specialty within the last five (5) years
  • BSN from accredited nursing program
  • Certification as Professional Development Specialist (PDS) preferred
  • Basic Life Support certification.
  • ACLS/PALS/NRP/TNCC/ENPC certifications as required by department of assignment.

Benefits:

  • Tuition Assistance up to $6,000 annually
  • Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • 5 days Paid Time Off available upon hire
  • Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
  • PTO Sell Back Program
  • Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
  • Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

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This Clinical Nurse Educator-Hamburg Emergency Department role at bhs is based in Lexington, KY. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Is the Clinical Nurse Educator-Hamburg Emergency Department role at bhs full-time or part-time?
This is listed as a Full time position. It is posted as a Clinical Nurse Educator-Hamburg Emergency Department role in the BHS Baptist Healthcare System department at bhs.
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