We are seeking a Clinical Educator (Registered Nurse) for our dedicated PCICU and Heart Center, caring for the most complex congenital cardiac patients in Northern Virginia. This is a Monday-Friday, day shift role.

Sign on bonus and relocation bonus (for eligible candidates).

Our nationally recognized, 226-bed Inova Children's Hospital houses comprehensive medical services and specialists who focus on the unique treatment of younger patients. Inova Children's Hospital is an award-winning, full-service children's hospital devoted to the healthcare of infants, children and adolescents in the Northern Virginia area.

Job Summary:

As a Clinical Educator of Nursing, you will utilize system strategies and tools to assess the competency of new nursing staff members while focusing on quality of care and patient safety goals. To help achieve our mission, you will integrate theoretical knowledge, evidence-based principles and clinical nursing expertise into educational experiences for both new employees and experienced staff. Your ability to prepare annual self-development plans, set professional goals and seek opportunities for achieving them is expected. Contributing to quality and safety initiatives across the organization is of vital importance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

*Implements Inova Health System programs for staff to achieve patient care and outcome standards, such as core measures, Magnet standards and patient satisfaction.

* Utilizes system strategies and tools to assess competence of new nursing staff members while focusing on quality of care and patient safety goals.

* Plans and implements educational activities to support individual development and organizational goals.

* Informs appropriate nursing leaders when staff is unable to successfully complete, or are noncompliant with, required competencies.

* Integrates theoretical knowledge, evidence-based principles and clinical nursing expertise into educational experiences for both new employees and experienced staff.

* Works with teams to synthesize data about quality and safety measures which lead to needed improvements in standards of care by developing, revising and implementing policies, procedures and protocols.

* Collaborates with clinicians to ensure practice is evidence based and identifies, reviews and applies evidence to guidelines and standards for patient care. * Incorporates best practices and research into educational programs while analyzing quality and effectiveness of educational programs.

Schedule: Monday-Friday day shift

Requirements:

• Master's degree in nursing, healthcare, education and/or other relevant field.
• CCRN certification or will need to obtain within 1 year of hire.
• Minimum of 3 years progressive experience in clinical nursing in designated specialty (Cardiac/PICU) and in nursing/clinical education
• Clinical Nurse educator experience highly preferred.
• BLS for healthcare provider from the American Heart Association.
• Licensed or eligible for licensing in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse.
• Proficient in English. Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to display a caring demeanor toward others.
• Proficient computer skills required.

Inova Fairfax Hospital is proud to announce that the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) awarded Magnet designation, the most prestigious accolade for nursing excellence, to our hospital in December 2020. Currently, only 8.5% of hospitals in the nation hold Magnet designation and Inova Fairfax Hospital is proud to be part of this select group. The new Magnet designation is in addition to several other prestigious recognitions which include: a five star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), being named by IBM Watson Health as one the nation's highest performing hospitals, and among the top 10 Major Teaching Hospitals, an A for Patient Safety by The Leapfrog Group, the #1 hospital in the DC metro area by U.S. News & World Reports and being nationally ranked in gynecologic care.

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