Description

Clinical Educator - Labor and Delivery @ Swedish First Hill

Full Time (40 Hour Weeks)

Variable Shift

8 Hour Shifts

Hiring Bonus and relocation for eligible external candidates who meet all conditions for payment - this is in addition to the fantastic benefits and compensation package offered by Providence that begin on your first day of employment. Join us, and find out how many ways we offer you the chance to focus on what really matters - our patients.

The Clinical Educator has the shared responsibility and accountability for the clinical quality outcomes for patients/families, education of staff, and assist in resource management. Will take an integral role in planning, implementing, providing, and evaluating evidence-based education to the caregivers. The person in this position must demonstrate schedule flexibility, actively collaborates, develops partnerships, and is perceived as a team player.

Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at Swedish First Hill and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

• Assess the clinical educational needs of staff. Facilitate project teams to design programs to meet specific educational outcomes.
• Work in collaboration with customers and other stakeholders to develop annual educational goals, design and evaluate educational activities. Provide feedback regarding skills performance and competency of clinical staff.
• Incorporate knowledge of changing organizational goals, current trends in healthcare, changing patient populations, clinical research and literature in the development and provision of educational programs.
• Maintains knowledge of professional, regulatory and accreditation standards to ensure that educational offerings meet or exceed these standards.
• Incorporate quality management and improvement processes into educational planning. Link educational programs to quality improvement findings. Participate in local or unit-based quality improvement teams.
• Attends and participates in regular and ad hoc unit-based quality initiatives with a focus on identifying educational opportunities that results in maximizing positive clinical outcomes.
• Collaborate with team members to facilitate achievement of educational objectives in a manner that avoids duplication of effort and maximizes resources.
• Takes the lead in onboarding new staff that includes partnering with administrative support to ensure all appropriate clinical application accesses are achieved in timely manner.
• Coordinates the orientation and mentorship of new nurses (fellows, residents, experienced new hires, support, and float staff). Routinely monitors the progress of the orientation to ensure goals are met.
• Develops and execute a learning needs assessment of the unit on an annual basis for all clinical and support staff.
• Contributes to employee’s professional goals and objectives by discussing educational needs of each employee with Nursing Leadership annually and adhoc.
• Acts as a clinical resource. Bedside direct observation of the delivery of hands-on nursng care should be performed as necessary to educate and assure staff competency.
• Makes unit rounds daily to remain familiar with patients and staff within assigned areas of service to assist and provide direction to nursing staff regarding clinical decision making service and priority setting.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree - Nursing Baccalaureate degree (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing. Or
• Coursework/Training: Nursing degree.
• Washington Registered Nurse License upon hire.
• National Provider BLS - American Heart Association upon hire.
• 3 years of recent experience at the bedside in Women’s & Infant Services, specifically high-risk Labor and Delivery with higher volumes. Functioned as Preceptor. Proficient working knowledge of evidenced based professional standards (AWHONN, ACOG, AAP). Proficient in adult teaching and learning principles.
• 3 years of experience developing and providing education in a health care setting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree - Nursing Leadership, Nursing Education, or Clinical Nurse Specialist.
• Prior teaching experience (clinical instructor/lecturer for school of nursing).

Why Join Providence?

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our mission of improving the health and wellbeing of each patient we serve.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

About the Team

Swedish is the largest not-for-profit health care system in the greater Seattle area. It is comprised of five hospital campuses (First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, Edmonds and Issaquah); emergency rooms and specialty centers in Redmond (East King County) and the Mill Creek area in Everett; and Swedish Medical Group, a network of more than 128 primary care and specialty care locations throughout the Puget Sound. Swedish, named a LinkedIn Top Company to grow your career, employs nearly 13,000 caregivers (all employees), including nearly 1,400 providers. Whether through physician clinics, education, research and innovation or other outreach, we're committed to caring for the people in our region and beyond.

We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

We are committed to cultural diversity and equal employment for all individuals. It is our policy to recruit, hire, promote, compensate, transfer, train, retain, terminate, and make all other employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin (including certain language use restrictions), ancestry, disability (mental and physical including HIV and AIDS), medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, age, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, and military and veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status. We will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified caregiver or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business.

We are a community where all people, regardless of differences, are welcome, secure, and valued. We value respect, appreciation, collaboration, diversity, and a shared commitment to serving our communities. We expect that all workforce members in our community will act in ways which reflect a commitment to and accountability for, racial and social justice and equality in the workplace. As such, we will maintain a workplace free of discrimination and harassment based on any applicable legally protected status. We also expect that all workforce members will maintain a positive workplace free from any unacceptable conduct which creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.

Requsition ID: 215853

Company: Swedish Jobs

Job Category: Clinical Education

Job Function: Clinical Support

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Shift: Variable

Career Track: Nursing

Department: 3901 SFH LABOR AND DELIVERY

Address: WA Seattle 747 Broadway

Pay Range: $44.34 - $71.60

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

Swedish Health Services is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Providence does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.