Job Abstract

• Designs, directs, implements and evaluates educational offerings based on knowledge, skills and learning levels of nursing staff.
• Identifies learning needs and desires of nursing personnel.
• Develops and utilizes appropriate evaluation systems to determine the effectiveness of educational activities.
• Consults with individuals within the Nursing Institute regarding professional nursing practice and roles.
• Develops and maintains a cataloging system for tracking of nurses orientation progress and competency development over their first year of practice.
• Develops relationship with key stakeholders such as leadership team and fellow educators, etc.
• Supports both clinical and professional growth of nurses, primarily new graduate nurses
• Manages complex needs of nurses, determines and provides resources to support identified need
• Required to travel between various Cleveland hospitals.
• Flexible work hours required, primarily days, but can expect to support Caregivers evenings/nights/weekends PRN
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required.
• Master's Degree strongly preferred.
• Master’s Degree in Nursing with a non-nursing Bachelor’s degree is acceptable.

Certifications:

• Current state licensure as Registered Nurse (RN).
• Certification in specialty preferred.

Complexity of Work:

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Work Experience:

• Minimum two years recent nursing experience required with demonstrated clinical expertise to include clinical nursing experience, preceptor, BCLS or ACLS instructor.
• Demonstrated knowledge of education methodology such as needs assessment, curriculum development, instructional design and principles of adult learning.
• Presentation skills required.
• Ability to facilitate meeting with leadership team required.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion; manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• Requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.
• Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.
• Note: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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