Clinical Educator Simulation and Certification Coordinator

**Summary** **Job Description:** he 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  Full-Time, Nights  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 other educators to prevent redundancies of educational efforts.  * 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.  * Assesses educational needs through a variety of methods, both formal and informal, for orientation, in-service education and continuing education to preceptors, new employees, and experienced staff.  * 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  * 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.  * Participates in research/evidence-based practice  * Incorporates research findings and best practice findings into the development of clinical practice guidelines/standards/policies.  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:  * Health, Vision, Dental, and Pet Insurance  * Life Insurance  * Short Term and Long-term Disability and Life Insurance  * Identity Theft Protection  * Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually  * Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave  * 5 days of 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 assistance  * Retirement with Company Match  ### _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.