Registered Nurse (RN) - Educator
Jackson Health System
Miami, FL

Nurse Educator, Medical Surgical Palliative, Full Time, Days

Department: Jackson Memorial Hospital Medical Surgical - Palliative Address: 1611 NW 12 Ave, Miami, FL 33136 Shift Details: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (salaried) Why Jackson Memorial Hospital: Jackson Memorial Hospital is the flagship hospital for Jackson Health System and it has been a beacon of medical excellence and community care for more than a century. Throughout its rich and storied history, Jackson Memorial - located in the heart of the City of Miami - has been ground zero for some of the world's greatest medical breakthroughs and important moments in South Florida. We've grown into one of the nation's largest public hospitals, and one of the few that is also a world-class academic medical center with a proud mission and proven success. Jackson Memorial is an accredited, tertiary teaching hospital with 1,500 licensed beds, where nearly every medical specialty is provided by some of the world's most skilled and highly regarded multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals. Summary The Nurse Educator in a professional member of the health care team providing educational support to staff that direct care to patients, and assists in the standardization of patient education practices. Administers, organizes and conducts training and education programs in concert with employee orientation, mandatory/required training, in-services, continuing education, on-the-job training, quality assessment, and process improvement projects. Assists the multi-disciplinary team content experts in the development of appropriate and standardized patient education materials. The Nurse Educator serves as a consultant, facilitator, preceptor and educator for staff and managers. Maintains records of orientation, in-service and training activities. Contributes to the review, revision and distribution of policies and procedures. Works with managers to design and develop programs to support and implement unit level goals and objectives. Performs under the direction of leadership but independently seeking guidance and direction as needed. Responsibilities * Demonstrates knowledge of curriculum development which incorporates educational theories, principles and models based on adult learning. * Designs curricula which support departmental education needs and nursing practice that reflect current trends in the health-care environment and organizational priorities. * Exhibits the skills and abilities to design, implement, monitor and manage curricula based on sound, contemporary educational models, principles, and best evidence. * Implements programs to meet staff development goals, objectives, competencies and outcomes by utilizing a variety of innovative and creative teaching strategies to meet individual and group learning needs. * Maintains current nursing knowledge and skills in theory and practice that reflect evidence-based, up-to-date knowledge. * Serves as a clinical expert/consultant within area of expertise. * Synthesize, integrate and generate knowledge pertinent to nursing education and practice. * Utilizes current research findings or evidence based practice in curriculum development following the evidence based model. * Pursues research opportunities to enhance and/or maintain professional self-development and professional nursing practice. * Communicate best practice in nursing education by integrating intercultural and interdisciplinary competence in the development of curricula, course design, teaching and nursing practice. * Promote a professional record by participating in ongoing professional development. * Maintains membership in a national specialty organization. * Seeks educational opportunities to increase and maintain own knowledge in area of specialization. * Contribute to professional stature of nursing within organization by presenting or publishing locally, statewide or nationally. * Participates in educational programs for the community annually through hospital or community events. * Leads, develops and serve as role model/mentor to others. * Actively participates in department, hospital and system wide committees, taskforce and initiatives Participate in relevant accreditation readiness. * Maintain current knowledge of county, state and federal guidelines/requirements, as they apply to job. * Assist with promoting and maintaining interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork through effective lines of communication and participation with other departments and disciplines Support quality or performance improvement initiatives. * Participates in meeting goals and objectives of assigned areas, professional development and institution that are evidence based and fiscally sound. * Demonstrate ability to anticipate trends and challenges, or problem areas, and recommend appropriate action. * Performs other related duties based on the needs of assigned area. * Follows and performs all related unit specific policies and procedures, as detailed on the unit specific competency check-list. * Utilizes job and unit specific equipment as required. * Demonstrates behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Expertise). * Performs all other related job duties as assigned Experience Generally requires 5 to 7 years of related experience. Preferred Experience * At least 3-5 years' Clinical Nurse Educator experience, strongly preferred. * At least 5 years RN experience in inpatient Acute Care setting, highly preferred. Education Bachelor's degree in Nursing is required. Preferred Education Master's degree in Nursing Education, highly preferred. Credentials *