Orlando Health

Position Summary

Position Summary

Prepares team members to be safe, efficient and competent in the performance of their duties by providing general and specialty specific education.

2 years of critical care experience

Responsibilities

Education/Training

Graduate from an approved school of nursing with a Master in Science in Nursing degree.

Licensure/Certification

• Current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Florida required.
• National specialty certification in area of practice must be obtained within two (2) years of hire, except in cases where there is

no certification available.

• Basic life support, advanced life support, pediatric advanced life support, neonatal resuscitation program certification as required by department or unit.

Experience

• Five years of acute care hospital experience required including three years in functional area of assignment.
• One year of experience in an education role is required.

Qualifications

Essential Functions

• Enhances clinical competence of team members by utilizing an Education Action Plan and annual Needs Assessment
• Develops and coordinates the orientation process for assigned areas, meets with orientees, preceptors and members of the nursing leadership team as needed
• Actively participates in quality and safety initiatives to ensure team members are improving practice so quality and safety standards are met
• Collaborates with Corporate Education to assess ongoing competence of clinical team members
• Plans, develops, coordinates and evaluates unit specific programs to maintain or increase the skill and knowledge of team members
• Ensures adult learning principles are integrated into all programs
• Facilitates and supports team member involvement in professional and organizational activities
• Maintains proficiency in assigned role by participating in direct nursing practice
• Demonstrates professional accountability by involvement in professional organizations
• Provides input for the clinical evaluation of team members
• Participates in the selection, evaluation and hiring of potential team members
• Facilitates professional development of team members through utilization of educational courses
• Assesses and provides education to maintain ongoing knowledge and compliance of organizational, regulatory policies and procedures
• Utilizes evidenced based, quality clinical nursing practice consistent with nursing research, organizational and national practice standards
• Effectively expresses ideas in verbal and written communication to team members and groups
• Embraces, communicates and promotes change
• Completes Sunrise documentation intermediate class and maintains competency in EMR systems including Sunrise documentation
• Participates in formal education presentations, e.g. core specialty courses, corporate-sponsored education programs, or guest lecturing for academic courses
• Develops test questions for Annual Clinical Review (ACR) online testing database, utilizing test construction principles and assembles unit specific ACR test.
• Facilitates and participates in the skills portion of the ACR
• Serves as a preceptor for the Learning Specialist I roles
• Participates in unit-specific, site-specific or corporate committees and/or educational initiatives that influence organizational outcomes
• Participates in professional development opportunities that increases his/her effectiveness in the role
• Creates opportunities to develop critical thinking and critical reasoning skills for all team members
• Provides development programs for preceptor growth
• Utilizes critical thinking and knowledge assessments to plan orientation
• Demonstrates knowledge of the research process; interprets and uses evidence based practice guidelines in addressing learning needs
• Collaborates with student coordinator for student placement and communicates with nursing instructor regarding student

assignment

• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures