What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Educator position at Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.?
Monday - Friday schedule, no nights / weekends / holidays / on call Rewarding development of direct patient care staff Structured professional development to enhance personal growth Collaboration with operational and clinical leaders to ensure quality patient care is provided to our dialysis patients Facilitation and implementation of our world-class dialysis training program Opportunity for professional development by participating in national projects related to the development of our staff Ability to support all dialysis modalities PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Aligns with regional, group, and corporate, business-related goals through all activities and actions.
- Adheres to standards and scope of nursing practice, company policy, procedures, compliance, regulatory, legal, and ethical, requirements.
- Focuses all programs towards achieving a culture of patient safety, clinical quality goals, and improving patient outcomes, using company and industry guidelines and standards.
- Develops competency and skills to educate personnel in all chronic kidney disease treatment programs.
- Empowers and promotes a culture of lifelong learning through professional programs, coaching, and available technologies.
- Collaborates with relevant partners at all levels to schedule, provide, and implement education programs, technologies, and processes for new and current personnel.
- Utilizes appropriate educational venues and generational learning techniques to deliver, support, and evaluate training.
- Partners in the implementation of action plans through to resolution, as appropriate.
- Uses facilitation techniques and the variety of tools and resources available to promote immersive, engaging, learning experiences.
- Develops and maintains open, effective, and timely communication with internal and external customers such as company management and facility team, government agencies, physicians, hospitals, and contracted travel personnel.
- Demonstrates leadership competencies, excellent communication, customer service, continuous quality improvement, relationship development, critical thinking, team building, motivating employees, performance management, and decision- making skills.
- Supports metric / KPI programs, with timely and complete data documentation, reporting, and ongoing quality improvement processes.
- Maintains knowledge of products, services, and strategies to support and train staff appropriately in all modalities.
- Trains new employees with demonstration and oversight of direct patient care-related activities.
- Perform other related duties as assigned. PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS :
- The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The position requires travel between assigned facilities and various locations within the community.
Travel to regional, departmental, and corporate meetings may be required.
May be exposed to infectious and contagious diseases / materials.
The employee may occasionally be required to move, with assistance, machines, and equipment of up to 200 lbs., and may lift chemical and water solutions of up to 30 lbs.
as high as 5 feet.
