Clinical Educator

Care Synergy has an immediate opening for a Clinical Educator.  Must have an RN license.

Location: Denver, CO

Status: Full-time

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8-5

Annual Pay Range:  $80,225.60 - $94,265.70 

Supplemental Pay: Based on position, schedule and/or availability: Shift Diffs/Stipends

Mileage and Expense Reimbursement: Sixty-two and a half cents per mile – one of the highest in the industry!

CULTURE, BENEFITS AND PERKS: 

• We value engagement, community, and outreach initiatives and know it matters for our team members and our patients. We provide welcoming and supportive care to our patients and a work environment where all team members feel respected and valued.
• We support a culture of work-life balance and provide team members with two, free, confidential and robust benefit programs designed to provide solutions to the logistical and financial problems that arise in life. 
• Employer pays over 90% of employee medical premium in some plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with significant Employer Funding: Single $1,000, Family $2,000 
• Extensive Paid Time Off (PTO/Vacation Pay): 18 days in the first year for FT team members
• Seven Paid Holidays with an additional Floating Holiday
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with Employer Match: 50% match up to 8% of total compensation
• Company-Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Career & Logo wear 
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Clinical Career Ladders
• Certification Pay
• Generous Discover-a-Star Team Member Referral Program
• Team Member Service Awards
• Early Wage Access
• Legal and Identity Protection
• Robust Leadership Development Training Programs

REWARDING WORK YOU WILL DO:

Provides clinical professional development and education services to Enterprise wide staff.  Prepares employees for clinical practice and supports employees in acquiring the knowledge and skills to perform superior patient care.  Creates and delivers training material to all staff members in a variety of formats including one-on-one and group settings.

• Collaborates with the Director of Education to create learning strategies to meet needs of adult learners.
• Assists in assessing the clinical training needs of staff
• Collaborates with team members in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating education initiative across the Enterprise.
• Applies knowledge of adult learning theory, methods, and techniques to design and develop high quality, effective blended learning solutions, including instructor led, web-based, video, self-study, games, role-plays, instructional infographics, etc.
• Works with subject matter experts to identify the target audience’s learning needs to design orientation and professional development programs and individual courses; completes audience analyses to determine knowledge, experience, technical skills and expectations.
• Writes instructional goals and creates content that enables learners to become knowledgeable and proficient.
• Ensures an experiential-blended learning model that is scalable to meet the needs of the Enterpirse’s mobile workforce.
• Creates engaging learning activities and compelling course content that enhances retention and transfer.
• Utilizes feedback from learners and subject matter experts to continuously improve curriculum.
• Coordinates and conducts ongoing education programs; delivers education to small and large groups.
• Creates and develops simulation labs that will professionally develop and educate clinical staff and empower them with the ability to enhance the patient and family experience to the highest level.
• Mentors/trains clinical nurses ensuring they have complete knowledge of their clinical practice/responsibilities as well as electronic medical records (EMR) and documentation.
• Incorporates documentation standards in all learning strategies.
• Conducts comprehensive evaluations of education activities.
• Serves as a reference and resource for clinical questions and procedures to all clinical staff.

WHAT WE ARE GOING TO LOVE ABOUT YOU:

• Minimum Education:    Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred or Registered Nurse with equivalent years of experience.  CHPN certification preferred.
• Minimum Experience:   Three (3) years nursing experience strongly preferred. Experience in hospice, palliative care and/or home health nursing preferred.  Two (2) years in an education role (i.e., mentor/preceptor, clinical education) preferred. 
• Required License:  Current Colorado RN license. Current CPR certification. Valid Colorado state driver’s license and proof of auto insurance.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to lift/push/pull minimum of 30 lbs.

Requires 50% travel to Affiliate locations throughout the Front Range.

Care Synergy is a network of mission driven, nonprofit healthcare organizations dedicated to caring for very ill, frail, and primarily elderly individuals by keeping them at home and out of the hospital while maximizing comfort, dignity, and quality of life.

The Care Synergy enterprise includes a group of collaborating nonprofit Affiliates across Colorado’s Front Range that share resources, expertise, and infrastructure to deliver high quality, compassionate care. Collectively, the enterprise generates approximately $100 million in annual revenue and serves thousands of individuals and families each year through hospice, home health, palliative care, CAPABLE, wellness, and PACE programs.

Across the Care Synergy network, the organizations provide significant community impact, including more than 7,000 hospice patients served annually, more than 2,000 palliative care patients, more than 355,000 hospice days of care each year, and more than $1.6 million in charitable care provided annually.

Care Synergy affiliated programs include The Denver Hospice, Pathways Hospice, Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care, Colorado Visiting Nurse Association, CAPABLE, and Superior Medical Equipment, along with PACE programs including Colorado PACE and Pathways PACE.  

If you need assistance completing the electronic application please contact our Talent Acquisition team via email at cs-recruitment@caresynergynetwork.org. You may also call the Human Resources Department at (303) 228-5647. Applications can be completed in-person at any one of our affiliate office locations.

The Organization does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, creed, ancestry, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation/identity, transgender status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. This prohibition includes unlawful harassment based on any of these protected classifications.