Clinical Educator
Company: Innovive Health
Location: Medford
Posted on: May 6, 2022
Job Description:
At Innovive Health, our mission is to provide best-in-class home
healthcare services to patients with chronic behavioral health
issues and complex medical needs. Our team of skilled caregivers,
nurses, therapists, and operations staff collaborate to create
innovative, data-driven solutions while ensuring the best outcomes
for our patients. If you have a passion for delivering better
healthcare and are interested in building a meaningful career, join
our team of Innovivers!
Innovive Health is committed to providing and maintaining a safe
work environment and pursuant to applicable state and federal
mandates, requires that all employees receive a COVID-19 vaccine
(including booster if applicable) or obtain an approved religious
or medical exemption as an accommodation. Please be advised we will
take all exemption requests into consideration, however, we may not
be able to accommodate all requests.
POSITION SUMMARY:The Clinical Educator acts as a role model to
nurse clinicians, staff, other health care professionals and
support services, and provides education in Visiting Nursing, using
the patient-centered model of care. The Clinical Educator supports
and promotes practice standards in accordance with the Standards of
Nursing Practice and the Philosophy and Goals of Innovive
Health.
Responsibilities:
- Provides clinical education in visiting nursing for full-time
and per diem clinical staff.
- Conducts clinical new hire orientation and ongoing
training.
- Supports individual staff as well as educational planning and
committee work.
- Assess individual and group learning needs, ongoing evaluation
of educational efforts, and support/facilitation of specialty
certification.
- Assessment of education and collaboration with Leadership to
ensure that staff receives patient safety, mandatory competency
training, as well as other training related to policies and
procedures and advanced technologies that support perioperative
nursing practice.
- Identifies educational needs and issues of staff by collecting
data and related information; analyzes issues, trends, and
supporting evidence to determine the needs of individuals,
departments, and the organization.
- Supports scheduling flexibility for coverage of off-hours, to
include evenings and weekends, to meet the educational needs of the
agency.
- Maintains current knowledge and competency in the field of
expertise and professional development practice; enhances
professional growth through participation in educational programs,
reading current literature, and attending in-services; serve as a
role model; maintains certification in the specialty area; attend
meetings and represent department or hospital on committees as
assigned; provides leadership in the practice settings and the
profession.
- Establishes collegial partnerships with other professionals,
leaders, stakeholders, and others who contribute to the development
of peers, staff, students, colleagues, and others; collaborates
with individuals and groups to facilitate practice and promote
quality outcomes; serves as a consultant and educational
resource.
- Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, efficiency,
quantity, and cost regarding instructional programs and desired
outcomes; demonstrates achievement of productivity goals.
- Follows patient safety-related policies, procedures, and
protocols.
- Demonstrates a proactive approach to patient safety by seeking
opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of
current policies and processes.
- Reports potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical
errors and/or near misses in a timely manner.Competencies:
- Effective communication skills (verbal and written),
documentation skills, interpersonal skills, and problem-solving
skills.
- Demonstrates organizational and assertiveness skills,
flexibility, and the ability to work effectively in teams.
- Analytical - Synthesizes complex or diverse information;
Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to
complement data; Designs workflows and procedures.
- Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer
situations; Responds promptly to customer needs; Solicits customer
feedback to improve service; Responds to requests for service and
assistance; Meets commitments.Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN), nursing education, or
closely related field
- Current licensure as a registered nurse (RN) by the
Massachusetts Board of Nursing
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- 3 years of experience in nursing
- Has an ability to market effectively and deal tactfully with
the community
- Has knowledge of health care business management
- Demonstrates good communication and public relations skillsWe
believe our employees are our greatest asset! What We Offer:
- Flexible Schedules to fit your lifestyle
- Comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental,
vision, disability, and life insurances
- 24 days of paid time off
- Paid Company Holidays
- 401k with company match
- Daily Pay - voluntary benefit that gives you access to earned
pay
- Wellness program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Excellent career growth opportunitiesInnovive Health provides
equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for
employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type
without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin,
disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other
characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Keywords: Innovive Health, Medford , Clinical Educator, Healthcare , Medford, Massachusetts
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