What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Educator position at BHS Baptist Healthcare System?
Summary Job Description: Job Title: Clinical Educator Job Description: The professional development (PD) practitioner at Baptist Health Richmond is responsible for new employee onboarding/orientation, competency management, education, role development, collaborative partnerships and inquiry. The PD practitioner identifies the learner, an individual or a group of individuals in healthcare practice with a gap in knowledge, skills and/or practice who actively engages in professional development activities while assuming responsibility and accountability for learning. These individuals may include organizational staff and/or members of the inter-professional team, which ultimately incorporates the healthcare consumer/partner; (patient, person, client, family, group, community or population). The roles of the PD practitioner include but are not limited to: Learning facilitator: uses the education design process and adult learning principles to bridge the knowledge, skills and/or practice gaps identified through learning needs assessment and evaluation of outcomes. Change agent: works to transform processes at micro, meso, and/or macro system level to use change management strategies and theories to drive desired outcomes. Mentor: contributes to the professional development of others and supports ongoing professional learning as individuals develop across practice, professional and educational settings. Leader: influences the inter-professional practice and learning environments, the professional development specialty, and healthcare, through lateral leadership, a form of “eye-to-eye leadership,” by collaborating with peers on complex problem solving or creative innovation. Champion for inquiry: promotes a spirit of inquiry by generating and disseminating new knowledge based on the evidence resulting in improved quality of care for healthcare consumer/partner. Advocate for PD specialty: actively supports, promotes, and demonstrates professional development as a practice specialty. Partner for practice transitions: supports the transition of nurses and other healthcare members across practice and learning environments, roles and professional stages. Coordinates academic student experiences. Serves on college/university advisory boards for coordination of academic/practice partnerships. Requirements: Registered nurse licensed in the state of Kentucky OR Clinical Allied Health Professional IF RN: Registered nurse licensed in the state of Kentucky BSN required, MSN preferred IF other than RN: Clinical Allied Health Professional required Preferences for RN: MSN preferred 1 year of critical care or ED experience preferred 3 years of acute care experience preferred Instructor Status in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support ACLS/Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) preferred Familiar with principles of adult learning Preferences for Clinical Allied Health Professional 1 year of critical care or ED clinical experience preferred 3 years of acute care clinical experience preferred Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor Status in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support ACLS/Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) preferred Familiar with principles of adult learning Basic Life Saving (BLS) Required prior to hire Familiar with principles of adult learning Proficient with Microsoft Office suite (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Prior teaching experience Benefits: Tuition Assistance reimbursement program Company paid Maternity and Paternity leave. Bereavement Leave (includes pets) PTO Sell Back Program Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation) Work Experience Education 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. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. 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